Filmistaan Hindi Movie Review. Review on Filmistaan

Story:

Sunny(Sharib) is a small time actor who is awaiting a perfect break. The film commences with him doing the mimicry of popular Bollywood stars. Subsequent to much toiling, Sunny lands up in a job for assistant director for a documentary that is being shot by an American media team for the money but life takes an unusual turn when he gets kidnapped by a group of Pakistani right winged terrorists.

Captured in Pakistan, the filmy buff finds that the other side of the border is connected to each other by Bollywood. Even though the film is essentially about Sunny’s escape route back to his homeland, the film is a heart wrenching story of India-Pakistan’s animosity. Though the expression of great joy at India’s victory at a cricket match is frowned about, the differences between the two countries is all a matter of perception!

Analysis:

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The film commences accompanying a memorable shot where a budding actor is sitting on his couch and sipping his morning cuppa. The director doesn’t shoot him directly but via a mirror on his cupboard. While the movie flows, that first powerful shot gave an insight into what the film has in store for us. The story is novel yet not an unthinkable otherwise out of the world product. Nitin Kakkar deserves a salute for smoothly continuous binding heavy topics of accessing unauthorized, cross border terrorism, the ideals of right wing Islamists and yet the prevailing love for Bollywood. Anything dealing with the hostility of India and Pakistan gets sucked in by gloom but Kakkar manages to maintain his film consistently light hearted.

Filmistaan is similar to Queen, it isn’t about the script, as it is about the moments. There is a lightness in the narrative which is well nuanced and still the film emerges as thrilling. In all likelihood a person like me who's a complete film buff hence Kakkar’s vocabulary made perfect sense to me. At the same time if I understand the psyche of India well, Kakkar has managed to tell a story that will have many keen takers simply due to the fact that the story is beautiful sans the articulation.

In a particular scene, Sunny is locked up in a room while Aftab plays Maine Pyaar Kiya outside for his villagers. As the film advances, a very excited Sunny is simultaneously reciting the lines of the film with its recognizable feel and zeal. Eventually, his captivators who are frustrated of his rantings allow him to watch the film out of desperation to get him to shut up.

Now coming to the second half of the film, the plot becomes racy and every bit nail biting. Sunny’s trysts to escape are so intense that your heart goes out to both him and his accomplice Aftab. For the last half an hour of the film, you’ll be praying, hoping and wishing for Sunny to cross the border. Probably the last scene should have been affirmative and with a filmy ending, but leaving it in haze was justified and more appropriate.

Performance:

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Sharib Hashmi dons the endearing role with a dazzling brilliance. The guy enacts every filmy keedas, keedapanti with sheer earnestness. In the scene, where he humors the children of village by showing the varied style of Bollywood actors shooting a gun to the next scene where he lies hurt and helpless are two being at opposite extremes place one after the other. It is hard to miss that the man redefines versatility and does so without airs. Bollywood has found a fresh and gusty actor finally!

If Hashmi is brilliant, Innamulhaq matches up his caliber accompanying a noteworthy flair. He is superb and the good-fellowship with Hashmi is beyond what is usual. If Hashmi’s work is the pivot, Innam is just the icing on the cake.

Kumud Mishra is easily understandable in his role which is written with a person who has special knowledge. Even Gopal Dutt is first rate as he expresses mostly without words. That blink and miss bit where he smiles at Hashmi as the two watch a film amidst villagers is clever.

Final Word: Filmistaan Hindi Movie Review Nitin Kakkar’s Filmistaan is an extremely good movie to the core that doesn’t give you one dull moment in its brilliantly playful tapestry. Sharib Hashmi is unusually advanced for a debutant and along with Innam’s proficient performance, the duo deliver a shining forth brilliantly film.

Needless to say that the film will make you to watch it again and again! I am going with a straight cut 4 star for Filmistaan.

Awaiting to hear your experience of watching Filmistaan.

Filmistaan Releases on 6th June 2014

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