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Tech4 posted a review for Hichki in Movies
Hichki is about one such person who is determined to give compassion, knowledge and understanding to the world. Naina Mathur (Rani Mukerji) suffers from a neurological condition called the Tourette Syndrome since childhood. We are told it’s a speech defect that aggravates whenever she gets nervous. She makes unique sounds, more like mildly suppressed screams. She wants to teach because years ago a teacher stood up for her and she understood the impact she could have if she stepped out into the world and did the same. After 5 years and 18 unsuccessful attempts, one of Mumbai’s prestigious schools gives her a chance to teach. The teenagers she is supposed to teach are unruly, live in a bad neighbourhood and feel alienated among students from other social strata. Naina, however, is determined to give them a sense of purpose. Hichki begins well with a focus on Naina’s struggles in life. She is battling a multifaceted war -- within the family and outside it. Director Siddharth P Malhotra sees a chance to go melodramatic here. He begins exploring the situations to evoke tears. He uses the usual techniques: Heightened background score, people standing and clapping in slow motion and the person of interest drifting alone against a crowd. The emphasis on drama takes the focus away from the class struggle between slum dwellers and the upper middle class. The anger to be counted as equals has been touched upon but not explored. To let Rani Mukerji’s underdog teacher shine, evil characters are created without any justification. They sort of cushion Rani’s saint-like teacher. She, in a way, gets bigger than the cause. Such stories tend to follow the easier route, and Hichki is no exception.
Tech4 posted a review for Raid in Movies
Amay Patnaik (Ajay Devgn), a super-honest Income Tax officer, conducts a raid on the corrupt and connected Rameshwar Singh (Saurabh Shukla). But it seems as if Patnaik has signed his own death warrant. film is based on material sourced from several true stories of IT raids conducted in Uttar Pradesh in the early ’80s. Ironically, Rameshwar’s residence ‘White House’, on the outskirts of Lucknow, is home to 420 crore of black money and Patnaik — a man with a steely reserve and squeaky clean reputation — who has received a tip-off, is determined to find the missing wealth. If you are idealistic, you can easily fall for Patnaik. He is the kind of hero who is badly needed to unleash a battle on corruption that our country is synonymous with. And you stay invested in him because it is our Utopian belief that with more Patnaiks, the system will be washed clean. Of course, Rameshwar has connections in high places, including the Prime Minister, no less. And he tries his level best to insult and intimidate Patnaik through strong-arm tactics. Raj Kumar Gupta (Aamir, No One Killed Jessica, Ghanchakkar) returns to the big screen after a gap of five years. Mercifully, the hiatus hasn’t made him rusty. He manages to go through this taut drama with the requisite speed, but with very few real surprises. Also, he doesn’t inspire great performances. The supporting cast is a complete let down with most actors looking like they swallowed castor oil but are still constipated. With the exception of Ajay, there is not one noteworthy act. Ileana looks gorgeous in her sari and bindi avatar, but she overdoes her cuteness quotient. Instead of reacting like she is married to an IT officer, she behaves like she is married to a BSF jawan. One knows that the perils of both the jobs, but an actor still needs a certain subtlety to show the difference between a uniformed man facing a bullet and the plainclothesman biting the bullet. Ritesh Shah’s dialogues provide some whistle-worthy lines and the dialogue lauding valour and values makes your chest puff up in pride. You are absolutely one with the hero in most situations and want him to win at any cost, especially because the likes of an absconding Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi make you feel really angry and cheated. The romantic track between Ajay and Ileana is too orchestrated with the stock montages of them doing the usual shaving foam routine and some more blah stuff. But they luck out with the melodious tracks — Sanu Ek Pal Chain and Nit Khair Manga — composed by Tanishk Bagchi and sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, both of which have a haunting quality.