A tale without a soul, but with a lot of moments. Review on Chingari - Bollywood

That's simple.

What Chingari lacks is a soul and what it can offer is some good performances and some of the best moments.

Any movie to make a place in the minds of people should have a soul. If a film have a soul, it will attract the soul of the audience and at the meeting place of these souls, a film take its place in the audience's minds. In fact Chingari lacks the soul.

It have a story. It have a morale. It have good acting. But it lacks in soul.

But you can find a lot of good acting performances and moments of its own in the film. The plot selected is a good one, but Kalpana failed to convert it into an effective movie. She hold the audience for some times and then release them from the hook.

Sushmitha Sen, deserves special applaude and if no other great performances comes in this year forward, she may win a national award for her actiing. Whether she receives it or not, she deserve one for her acting in this film. We had often compared Aishwarya and Sushmitha. Aishwarya beat Sushmitha in several grounds, but after seeing Chingari, I have to tell, the fight is not yet over. Congratulations Sushmitha, be a good performer.

Mithun Chakravarthy is again in good spirit and it is nice to see the veteran again in the form.

The combination scenes of Sushmitha and Mithun Chakravarthy are highly effective and well presented. Even the sex scenes are well shot and I wonder the brutality of mind is clearly depicted in it.

Anuj Sawhney as the Postman looks fresh. He acts good. However, he looks so small for pairing with Sushmitha Sen. Eventhough the charecter is of younger age than Sushmitha, still their pairing is not accepted in minds. Anuj did a good performance, but he was handicapped by the script, which made him the scape goat for the sake of the story.

Mithun Chakrabarthy & Sushmitha Sen gives 2 very very good combination scenes which I have to mention specifically. One, the love making scene and the one where Sushmitha yells at him with courage. Please remove those 2 scenes and the film is nothing much to talk about. It simply tells the power of the 2 scenes.

Now, about the film.

Photography is ok.

The Sets are strictly ok. But all the sets gives you a same mood and colour.

Music is dull. Had kalpana had selected some melodious and rhythematic music which suits the situation the film might have some more effect on the audience. Some songs are out of place and Kalpana failed to add colours to the music, which is any way a poor show.

Background music is not at all effective. Normally the art films use limited music. It is true. But when a film releases commercially, it should have some back ground music which can support the situation and to intrude to the minds of the audience. The effect of a pathos or a comical number or a thunderous drum for a viallains presence may be an exageration for an art film, but then, the directors should find some back ground which provide such music to the film.

The lengthy dialouges are surely a set back. And we should admire the patience in delivering the lengthy dialogues, we should also appreciate the patience of the audience.

There is a scene, where Anuj & Sushmitha is in personal dialogue and in the back ground you can see Sushmitha's daughter playing. I was not listening to the dialogues, since the playing of the daughter was shot so specifically. But it was sympathetic, that the poor little girl was instructed to play as her own and not to move away from the scene. What tht poor girl can do? She jumbs in one legs how many times? She rotate how many times? She put the token out how many times? Dont' say it was to show the helplessness of the child, but the carelessness by the director.

The Hero, supposedly to wed Sushmitha and save her and her child goes to fight a group lead by the highly powerful priest and dies is simply shows the immaturity of the Hero. And the waiting by Sushmitha where she do not know who wrote the letter, but she hope it could be the postman, but failed to tell her love to him, and expecting a death threat, prepares such a good marriage preparation is not convincingly expressed. So is her sudden coming back to ordinary life as 'said' in the movie.

However a scene where the child tried to immitate Sushmitha and Sushmitha's reaction to it was shot well and it was simply superb.

Also a funny line. Where Sushmitha says the person who wrote the letter is surely a fool, because that person can sleep with her for less than the money, you have to laugh. It is one of the few relaxing one liner.

Now, about the sexism. If woman are treated as sex object in many films, one has to say that the man are treated as sex object in this film, at least in one occassion. it is that explicitly depicted that not only the curves of a lady, but the curves of a man are also can be shown in a film. But sadly, the film do not attract the audience who might have interested to see that. I am just mentioning this point here, just to point that the point which is intended not gone without noticing.

Overall, the film which have a story and a morale, but failed to hold the soul which it could have carried.

If you intend to watch the film watch it alone.