That a Real Story of Victim SARBJIT. Review on Sarbjit

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Asis clear Sarbjit struggles to survive, his sister Dalbir(Aishwarya) struggles to make the authorities admit Sarbjit's identity & free him. With Dalbir running from haughty CM to indifferent PM, eating under dusty trees, holding dharnas in streets, Sarbjit's home slowly collapses. His father dies, his wife Sukh(Richa) languishes, his daughters are torn between frustration and grief.

So First half like as she is all wrong for the part, her attempts at the rural Punjabi accent slipping up every so often & then she goes full tilt at her lines, ratcheting up the volume, to such an extent that you want to tell her to hush When she does go silent even if precisely for two and a half scenes she is able to convey her pain and anguish so much better If she had modulated her act ‘Sarbjit’ would have been a better Movie.

And of course there is the superfluous `giddha-shiddha’  when will Bollywood make a Movie on Punjabi characters minus this cliché? Richa Chaddha hovers mostly in the background, with only one or two scenes which she owns. One noble Pakistani shows up, in the shape of a lawyer( Darshan), who believes that Sarbjit is innocent. The rest is taken over by Ms Rai, straining every sinew, delivering loud lectures to both Indians and Pakistanis & heaven help us Talibanis.

Randeep Hooda brings Sarbjit to life with utter sweetness - ever-smiling, no bitterness mars Sarbjit's face. As in 12 Years A Slave the hope to live and love keeps Sarbjit going his nails and teeth growing black as he gets an annual bar of soap, cherishing a fragment of moonlight, excitedly washing his rags before his family visits - after 18 years of his imprisonment. Whether he's eating a sweet, stroking a cat or answering, "Ilzam?" with a bewildered "Pata nahin", Randeep imbues Sarbjit with beautiful, powerful humanity.

Yet, the story deftly weaves in a larger backdrop, from Pokhran to Parliament, 26/11 to Kasab, the editing sharp, the visuals - blue-green skies, grim dark cells, Sukh's red'lapstick', Sarbjit's blackened ankles - memorable. The direction depicts a human being and a human truth - individuals often face prisons of politics where the innocent can be shackled in darkness.

Sarbjit breaks your heart - but in contrast to India-Pak fantasies, it bears no blame. It makes you cherish your loved ones - and appreciate others too.

Movie concept is clear.