Sarbjit (2016)

Nice Movie.. I would recommend this movie to everyone.Great acting with Aishwarya and Randeep.In this film, Randeep and Aishwarya acting and effort was awesome.Although this movie is bit emotional but they way director present this was awesome.Many things that Indians are not aware about sarbjit are in this movie.I would not recommend this movie if you do not like pain and crying because this is full of this and even I feel this is too much in this film.if you want to know what happen with sarbjit go for the movie and plan another movie or do something else.

You can say 'this is better than most Bollywood' films made, and that this could be even considered to be a part of great Indian cinema films, But terrible pacing, lack to attention of detail and horrible convincing of time span make this movie a definite miss. I can't comment of the characters itself since it is based on true events. I am not sure how Dalbir Kaur or Sabrjit were/are in real life. The acting was good, I don't think any actor over powered anyone else, each had their own strengths in the movie entirely. Pointing out that I personally enjoyed Randeep Hooda's and Aishwarya Rais acting. She may have been a bit dramatic at times for the sake of it but overall great performances. Now in terms of direction....sigh It did not hit the mark. I only hope something went wrong where they had to resort to rushing certain story lines to add in two or three unnecessary songs. Look I get it, most Indian movies need a song for a break of drama or whatever...but a damn biopic DOES NOT NEED SONG NUMBERS!!!! Please future filmmakers, this is not a film to head to the cinema to enjoy fun times. This is a serious topic and should be told in a serious manner. There's nothing wrong with having no songs. In fact your credibility as a artist is stronger in such dramatic films without them. Details....ZEE NEWS logo Oh my god. Why was the 2016 Zee logo present in news broadcasts of 1990's and early 2000's. There was a different logo for back then. How did they miss that! Such a terrible mistake. Also Shoes of 2014 models of Nike were present in the crowd years before the release. Hmm wonder why? Oh right probably no one looked twice. Then comes the age of the characters...Sabrjit was convincing his weight loss and beard his teeth cheekbones all added up to a great old aged confined look. Could they not hire a proper make up artist for the ladies, you know to actually make them look old, make it look like their body had changed. I mean 20 years later and the wife still has a banging bod no wrinkles, the sister is still got wrinkle-free hands and neck. Her hair has remained beautifully full and thick with few strands of grey hair. Look at Paa where Amitabh Bachan had some good makeup done on him. The tools are present but no one wants to actually use them it seems. Now I am not saying that they can't have great bodies or thick hair even after they age, but the wrinkles thats something that makes the movie the time so so authentic. Its a beautiful visual to have. The Pacing The pacing was on and off. Towards the middle of the film felt the strongest (again no songs) I was engrossed in the film entirely worried and almost at the edge of my seat wondering what happened why isn't the government helping, I felt bad for the sister throughout. At times the film was super fast paced and then suddenly you were taken out of it with bizarre scene or couple of shots. With some song at the back. The cinematography of Kiran Deohans was incredible. The shots were absolutely breathtaking and so beautifully composed. The color palette and the lighting to create the mood was spot on!!! At the end of the day this is a tremendous true story told in a simple decent manner. What matters the most is this story being told, so please don't be offended by my thoughts or comments. 2016 a year where everyone gets butt hurt and critical (myself as well lol)) but in all honesty If little efforts were made to change the look of the wife and sister and small details like Zee TV for example were taken care of I am sure this would have probably ended up as one of the great of 2016 and the last 10 years, but unfortunately for me it didn't. Indian filmmakers have the tools and they have such incredible talent. This isn't mindless cinema kinda film, this is a serious drama film. There are such amazing drama films of true stories or events done so beautifully in India, hundreds of them. But where Sarbjit lacked in delivering the right focus of authenticity, it gained in highlighting a sad truth of the careless government and the conflicts of hundreds of families dealing with the border crisis of India and Pakistan. Only hope for more movies to be made on such topics and such issues to educate people and not separate or spread anymore propaganda hate.

Take a film just as that, yes, a film. Something as work of fiction, and this film manages to touch your heart and your emotions like not many can. The suffering of an innocent man, the undeserved torture on a farmer whose only sin was mistakenly, in a state of being drunk, landing on the wrong side of the border. The emotions are so well depicted that you could possibly end up in tears on many different scenes.Randeep Hooda is an actor who keeps growing on me with every film passing. He is a gem that Bollywood has found in the recent years. To top it, I never believed that Aishwarya would be able to pull of the role of a Punjaban so so well, with great dialogue delivery with that typical Punjabi-ness, great immersing into the character of a sister who would go to any length to protect her brother.I wrote such a detailed review that the character limit over here disallows it to be posted. I uploaded it in simple text format on some text hosting site.http://textuploader.com/5bmgt

It's an era for Biographies in India, followed by Neerja and Azhar, Sarbjit is a very sensitive topic for a film. Some brilliant performances by Randeep Hooda, Aishwarya Rai and Richa Chadha. Omung Kumar has beautifully directed the film with all small intricacies. A tragic real-life story. A perfect cast for for Sarabjit- Randeep Hooda has lived more than the expectations. His grief, accent and looks complete the ensemble. His performance is overall quite praise- worthy, just falling short of a little longer screen time. Aishwarya Rai tries to quite live up to the character but there are areas that could have been improved. At some places her walking styles, her lip-twisting and chest-thumping are too posh for a character like Dalbir Kaur. Some of us hark back to her purple lips at Cannes. Although her voice tone impresses you. She has been quite successful to exhibit anger, unstaggering devotion,helplessness and trauma in each and every frame. Richa- Chadha's 3 minute monologue in a closed room with Aishwarya is exemplary. The screenplay, locations and overall-efforts are outstanding, though at a time the Anti-Pakistani Sentiments are a bit too much. Long-stressed empathy is remarkable and will find a place in every person-Be it a Hindustani or Pakistani or any other human. Dialogues are well- written and impactful. Personally, the movie has more songs than it would require. Some are just unnecessary. The first 15 minutes are too fast- showing many happy, emotional and traumatic scenes at a go. This leaves the movie dipping in the post-interval period. But overall I would suggest it's a must-watch to evoke the humanity, empathy and awareness in us. I give it a 8/10.