This movie got a standing ovation from the audience at a PVR multiplex in Bangalore Well, what more should I say here?
For an instance, even I wondered, why so much applauds for a Bhojpuri movie? Ah well, then I reminded myself, because it is Bangalore. This is where most of the IITians have settled after graduation.
I guess the admiration, claps and enchore was justified for its sheer brilliance. I guess, one amongst the audience must have been a student of super30.
I don't know, but from the noise of the crowd, I guess there might have been more than one. Such was the bonding between audience and the screen.
By the way, I am not Bihari. Having said that, I loved the movie. I wouldn't go into the authenticity of the story, because I can't vouch much, as only handful of my colleagues are from super30. However, it did have such a profound impact, that I couldn't resist myself from writing this review. (PS: I rarely Do. )
The best thing about this movie was the genuine portrayal of Bihar, and of the environment which creates the smartest engineering brain of India.
Notice the scenes where graphics are used to explain, how ordinary people see things and how engineers see things, like the angle of the slingshot for a perfect parabolic motion.
Then the question which engineering mind are supposed to focus, which ordinary minds often ignore - the number of handshakes, a permutation and combination problem.
For non-engineers it might be mundane, but for engineers, this is how we actually see things! Only in numbers and equations. Honestly, once you churn into that IIT-JEE, it gets so much into your system that, words confuse you, but Mathmetics comforts you. That's the level of preparation which is required to crack the exam, and needless to say, it has been perfectly represented in the screen.
Following In that order, I will say was the performance of the lead actors and supporting actors. Hrithik Roshan has so unapologetically portrayed the role of a Bihari guy, and so has efficiently grabbed the accent, that you forget that he is an elite Bollywood star. This role, by any standard wasn't easy. To tone down yourself to such an extent, to be a character you, in fact any Bollywood actor, has never been is not as simple as he made it look. By far, it is his best performance till date. Acting as a Cancer/AIDS patient is so mainstream. But how does one act to be a Bhojpuri hero, where he doesn't belittle or even patronize with the character, instead take immense pride in who he actually is? Well, never ever has anyone in Bollywood risked so much. You can watch that holi scene in loop (waiting for its Netflix & Amazon release). To Hrithik, hats-off. You did something, which at the surface looks way below your standard, but when peeped deep has rare treasures of cinematic brilliance. You gave Biharis, the Bhojpuri language, the rightful respect they DESERVE.
Third in the order, in my view, is the screenplay. It was not clichéd, where typical protagonist trying to create tension. Nothing was forced, or deliberate. Notice the change of heart for the protagonist, Anand kumar, after the party. How Hrithik rummages the pages of a dish cleaning boy to check what the kid was studying. There are dozens of such scenes.
In the end, needless to say, I am just waiting for the Digitial release of the film.
This one is definitely going to be in loop for many like me.
Cheers.