Lootera- Movie Review

 

Starring :- Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha

Director:- Vikramaditya Motwane

 

So guys, this is the time to open up that familiar old story book from the book shelf whose slight yellow pages whiffs of a sweet smell and intoxicate you in the beauty of the story.

Set in 1950’s, the government has abolished zameendari, and in a faraway land of Manikpur one old zameendar babu lives with his chulbuli and beautiful daughter  Pakhi ( Sonakshi Sinha- she is simply brilliant in her act both as a lively daughter in first half and complete opposite second half). A young, charming and soft-spoken archeologist Varun Shrivastava (Ranveer Singh in a very controlled act) wants to dig up the area around a 500 year old temple (owned by the Zameendar) which hosts a gold idol and supposedly a lost civilization. The young man ends up digging hole in Pakhi’s heart and before they could get married the father daughter duo realizes that he has dug a hole in their pocket encapsulating all the khajana and idol.

The story then moves to the cold Dalhousie (which acts almost like a character in the love story which by then turns into a cold and gloomy affair between the protagonists) The life of Pakhi and Varun takes a complete circle to get complete. The second half is more touching than the first (I am not going to reveal any further!)

What stands out best in this film is its brilliant and nearly flawless treatment by the director Vikramaditya Motwane (his earlier ‘Udaan’ was also critics’ delight) the narration of the story gives you time to get sunk into the period drama and you fell in love with the simplicity of old times (loved the way Ranbeer shaves keeping a balti upside down and a small mirror on top of it! J ).

Every detail of the movie is nicely carved out, be the use of old film songs, virtually zero background score- sync sound is the technical term for it! you can actually hear birds chirping and wind flowing use of old cars, dialogues with a period touch in them. Every detail adds to the cinematic brilliance. Adapted by short story ‘the last leaf’ by O’ Henry the director, screenwriter and musicians does a tremendous job by creating such an emotionally touching, beautiful, and a lovely masterpiece.

Special praise for Sonakshi Sinha who gets to showcase her acting skills good job lady!

All in all this film is pure artistic chef-d'oeuvre (let me make it simple…..a nice poetry with violin and piano playing in the backgroundJ !)  

 

 

Score Stack Up:-

+ ive:-  Good Music, good story and brilliant performances.

-  ive:-  slight low on comic offering.

 

 

Box Office, Paisa Vasool Rating:- 3.5 out of 5

Tanmay's Rating : 4 out of 5

 

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Scores Classifications- 

(5)  Very Good, Must Watch 

(4)   Good, Should Watch 

(3)   Not Bad;

(2)  One Time Watch; 

(1)  On your own risk;