Madhur’s trilogy after alluring show of big bad world of Bollywood (Page 3) and Boardroom (Corporate) ends with wholly

a different world of people. They sleep at the streets and earn their
          
          

            
            
            



          
          
            
            
            



          
          
          living at the Traffic Signal. Their names are as uncanny as it can be. Silsila, Maniya, Dambar, Tsunami et al. 

 

The first half goes in introducing the various players of this engrossing drama. Silsila, played by Kunal ‘Kalyug’ Khemu
is Godfather to truckload of such people who live on the footpaths and
impatiently wait for the lights to turn red at the signal. Noori
(Konkona Sen Sharma) in the role of hooker scores once again, in
particular when a gay comes and stands in her zone. She is up-front in
mentioning pros like her are facing tough competition with this fast
growing population. Rani (Neetu Chandra) after her glam doll portrayal
in Garam Masala does justice to the role given to her. Dominic
(Ranvir Sheorey) is proving to be next Arshad Warsi. The guy is
immensely intense when it comes to talking through eyes. Sudhir Mishra
makes his acting debut on big screen as underworld don.

 

And
then there are other small time actors who indeed act. Like, an
impotent husband whose young and sexy wife is always cribbing and
crying if not getting drunk. The two home and car loan wallas,
starting their day with coffee and catalog of phone numbers to sell
their new schemes. The black boy getting fascinated with fairness cream
hoarding and applying it     religiously before hitting the bed.

 

The
director is at his best in showcasing Mumbai’s street life. The editing
is done well and the screenplay is of utmost quality. The dialogues are
wonderfully written. The ones that bring out the laughs are when the
Don gets call from the aforementioned car loan wallas and says, “saala
police ke paas apna number nahi hai, in loan waalon ko kahan se mil
jaata hai”, when that gay comes out limping from a car after a night of
action and tells, “kaun kehta hai mard ko dard nahi hota.” The music
has nothing to offer compared to his last two movies. 

 

Where
Madhur fails is the second half. He gets so involved in etching out
each character in the first half that he forgets he also has to offer a
concrete story that will bind the audiences also to the movie and not
just to the characters. However, movie does bring a feel good factor
after you come out of theater. Do watch it for its sheer simplicity and
some stirring depiction.

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