Wow! This is one of the rare movies that actually made me cry. Tears were rolling down my cheek by the end of the movie and head was heavy with dizziness. Keeping philosophy of the movie aside, as far the cinema is concerned, it was an absolute brilliant. I would say that not only Vikrant Massey but all of the actors did phenomenal work. The innocence of Medha Shankar is enough to make anyone fall in love with her. BGM could have been a little better. Cinematography is nice and overall, movie sticks to realistic plane.
The story that shows the story of struggle and success touches you deep within. You feel for the character since the beginning and celebrate his success as if he were your peer. The bonding the character manages to develop is amazing. We want him to succeed. And at the end, when he indeed successes, what a beautiful scene it was. The way both he and Shraddha rolls down crying. The way Manoj goes back to Dushyant and thanks him, the way he calls his mother, the way his father feels proud. It was all so great.
Another scene that stuck with me was, when a character fails his 6th attempt, he opens his tea stall and start guiding others. It was so easy for the director to show that he committed suicide, after all the buildup that the movie attributed to him. But it was a nice gesture. But then there is a scene where that tea wala bhaiyya lectures the English medium student. That felt a bit too over the top and unnecessary.
Romanticise upsc Imaandari English medium look down upon
Now coming to philosophy, this is where I have got some problems with the movie. In my eyes, the movie unnecessarily romanticises UPSC and works as a motivation detox. I am not a huge advocate of motivation industry myself. So, I didn't find the motivational undertone very becoming of the movie. The movie stresses that one should never give up and should always restart and that is all fine, but without a proper subject and rational of thought, this becomes just blind motivation.
Then, the whole subplot about honesty. I guess the movie handled it nicely and neither became a cynic nor too preachy. I thing I didn't like that the movie glorified the poor while showing a negative sentiment for the English medium privileged kids. Honestly, I am quite fed up of this constant undertone in all Bollywood movies. Indeed the poor ones who makes lot of struggle to make ends meet and yet continue their battle deserve our utmost respect, but if the means to glorify them is to look down upon the privileged ones by showing the stereotypical rich rude kids, I don't think it's justifiable. Both rich and the poor has got despicable people that has nothing to do with their economical status. So, I didn't find it very welcoming from a director of the intelligence of VVC.
Keeping these nitpicks aside, this is indeed a very well made movie glowing with the extravaganza of heroism. If you liked superheroes in your childhood, this is the one movie you should look up to.
The story that shows the story of struggle and success touches you deep within. You feel for the character since the beginning and celebrate his success as if he were your peer. The bonding the character manages to develop is amazing. We want him to succeed. And at the end, when he indeed successes, what a beautiful scene it was. The way both he and Shraddha rolls down crying. The way Manoj goes back to Dushyant and thanks him, the way he calls his mother, the way his father feels proud. It was all so great.
Another scene that stuck with me was, when a character fails his 6th attempt, he opens his tea stall and start guiding others. It was so easy for the director to show that he committed suicide, after all the buildup that the movie attributed to him. But it was a nice gesture. But then there is a scene where that tea wala bhaiyya lectures the English medium student. That felt a bit too over the top and unnecessary.
Romanticise upsc Imaandari English medium look down upon
Now coming to philosophy, this is where I have got some problems with the movie. In my eyes, the movie unnecessarily romanticises UPSC and works as a motivation detox. I am not a huge advocate of motivation industry myself. So, I didn't find the motivational undertone very becoming of the movie. The movie stresses that one should never give up and should always restart and that is all fine, but without a proper subject and rational of thought, this becomes just blind motivation.
Then, the whole subplot about honesty. I guess the movie handled it nicely and neither became a cynic nor too preachy. I thing I didn't like that the movie glorified the poor while showing a negative sentiment for the English medium privileged kids. Honestly, I am quite fed up of this constant undertone in all Bollywood movies. Indeed the poor ones who makes lot of struggle to make ends meet and yet continue their battle deserve our utmost respect, but if the means to glorify them is to look down upon the privileged ones by showing the stereotypical rich rude kids, I don't think it's justifiable. Both rich and the poor has got despicable people that has nothing to do with their economical status. So, I didn't find it very welcoming from a director of the intelligence of VVC.
Keeping these nitpicks aside, this is indeed a very well made movie glowing with the extravaganza of heroism. If you liked superheroes in your childhood, this is the one movie you should look up to.