Saturday, August 23, 2014

MARDAANI : Brave attempt!!

Underage girls from different parts of the country are being lifted,kidnapped, dozed off with drugs intermittently,stark naked, they are left for their 'buyers' to explore them quite mercilessly!
The atrocities of the malicious & cruel business of child trafficking is shown quite brutally, raw & gritty,yet it seems straight & very much realistic ,so much so that you can't stop thinking about the endless tv / newspaper headlines that pop up quite
often, feeling helpless for the poor, hapless victims! Hence, the best part about the film comes towards the finale when the cop leaves it upto
the victims, letting the pimp getting kicked in the nuts by a bunch of
girls he had sold into trafficking, that is when the film succeeds in
getting the applause, whistles and claps from the audience that it
truely deserves!
Pradeep Sarkar tackles the issue quite sensitively, keeping the track
focussed & with as much 'realistic' approach as possible (given the
banner!), without turning it preachy or too melodramatic. Rani Mukherji
after a long (really long!) time gets a role that did full justice to
her craft (special thanks to the writer & director for not turning
her into another 'Chulbul Pandey') & she plays it subtly without
being too loud (like Meera of 'No one killed Jessica)
Newcomer Priyanka Sharma is truely believable as the victim Pyaari while
with just two scenes Mona Ambegaonkar is brilliant in her menacing,
spine chilling act,specially when she turns from the hospitable host of
the house at first to the vengeful lady. But the film did make more of
an impact because of the perfect foil to Rani's cop act is the
antagonist Tahir Bhasin, playing the cold blooded, 20
something,suave,video game addicted criminal maintaining a cool demeanor
brilliantly! Same goes for the rest of the wonderful supporting cast.
Though the film slips in few occasions with some minor glitches here
& there, yet it turns out to be a thoroughly engaging, well made

fare for sure! Must watch!

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