Shahid Movie Review

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Genre : 10/18/2013 12:00:00 AM

Hanslal Mehta

Shahid

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Friday, 18th October 12:00 PM IST SHAHID Is Compelling And Disturbing Tale Pluses: Rajkumar rises to the occasion and delivers a brilliant tale, Hanslal Mehta gives a pitch perfect direction, impactful background sound, compelling screenplay Minuses: Uneven editing, not such great production values Critic Rating: 4/5 Business Rating: 2/5 Verdict: Watch it if compelling realistic cinema moves you Detailed Analysis: Director Hanslal Mehta gave some interesting but half baked flop films in past i.e. 'Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai', 'Woodstock Villa' and 'Raakh'. But this time he does the basic right - chooses a real life drama of activist, compelling material in hand and daft work. Film has so much to say which is important to the society around us and film encapsulates all in a gritty manner - 1992 riots when Shahid gets first exposure to communal violence and injustice, his fight against frame convicts and then final showdown in court about all important case. Film gives layered narration of events and takes no side in a jingoistic manner which makes it special.  Performance wise this is surely Rajkumar Yadav's big home coming as lead actor after good but smaller roles in 'Kai Po Che' and 'Raagini MMS'. Rajkumar lives the trauma and one can feel his honesty form this far. Watch out for the lock up scene, goosebumps! Mohd Zeeshan Ayub once again stands out as Shahid's brother and Prabhleen Sandhu gives natural performance as Shahid's wife. Kay Kay Menon and Tigmanshu  adds up well in small roles. Vipul Sharma, Mukesh Chhabra, Baljinder Kaur and Shalini Vatsa play their part well. Background score is big plus and lifts the mood. Dailogues and screenplay are so taut that not a second of boredom seep in proceedings. Editing is only sore point of the film and that is why it drags a bit at places. Few holes in story might confuse few but that does not disturb the big picture. Overall film should get big thumbs up form critics but will find it tough at box office though exceptional word of mouth can get it few eyeballs. Film is not looking for commercial success but box office numbers can bring such issue based cinema in spotlight!     Go for this one if you always cry about mindless cinema!

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