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| SADIYAAN
MOVIE REVIEW |
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by : Harish |
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Starring:
Luv Sinha, Ferena Wazeir, Rekha.
Direction:
Raj Kanwar
Music:
Adnan Sami
Production:
Inderjit Film Combines |
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There
are people who want to change the phase
of the film industry with experiments
and creativeness. And there are some who
still believe in the innovations and experiments
of the yesteryears which have long become
part of our history books as a way of
story telling. Raj Kanwar is one such
filmmaker who still believes old is gold,
and with hits like Vivah we can be pretty
sure that they do have its audiences.
Films based on the partition have had
some mixed reactions among the audience
and this time it is not lost friends who
wants to play cricket or long lost lovers
trying to reunite or husband infiltrating
the borders to get his wife back, but
this time Raj Kanwar has decided to take
the plight of two mothers. One losing
her son due to partition and the other
finding this boy and bringing up as her
own. So starts an emotional battle between
two mothers and the son trapped in-between.
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Raj Kanwar's Sadiyaan suffers from bad screenplay
especially in the first half, cliched dialogues, outdated
editing techniques (especially the transition). After
a rather painstakingly slow first half (With half
of the 20 odd people in the theatre leaving the movie
half way through) the second half moves a little faster
but the climax gets predictable. But the movie stands
firm in the acting department especially the veteran
actors, Rishi Kapoor, Rekha and Hema Malini. The scenes
where Hema and Rekha share the screen is completely
charged up.
Technically the movie is below average. The cinematography
is tried and tested, editing lacked vision and the
(transition laugh-worthy), the art direction gets
browny points for the first few minutes the rest of
the work in the movie isn't bad either but not great.
Music is below average with no songs able to capture
your hearts (audio/video) but the bg is decent enough
to lure the audience.
In the acting Department the lesser said about Luv
Sinha the better, he looks too thin, he needs to work-out,
he can’t act, he needs to go to an acting class
and he lacks the presence of his star father Shatrughan
Sinha and needs to get some tips from him. Ferena
reminds one of Negar Khan in a few instances, she
is confident but lacks screen presence but she does
have a bright future ahead of her. But the movie belongs
to the veterans Rekha, Rishi and Hema who are just
too good. Rishi continues his amazing form and Rekha
after a long time gets a role where she can showcase
her histrionics and she does that and more with flourish.
Hema also after a hiatus on-screen is a treat to watch.
Javed Sheikh is as usual dependable.
Overall a movie which is just 30 years too late. The
multiplex will rub this off their vision but the rural
areas might spring a surprise.
Verdict:
The movie is time bound, Take a Time machine to the
60s to enjoy it.
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Tags :
Luv Sinha, Ferena Wazeir, Rekha, Raj Kanwar |
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