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Adarsh posted a review for Raazi in Movies
If last week 102 Not Out was like a fresh breeze take on life which lingered long after coming out of the cinema hall, making you in total love for the world of the old father son duo, Raazi takes a serious route on life, dissecting the concept of nationalism and how ill founded and belittling it could be for humanity. Unlike 102 Not Out, Raazi does not give you any answer or solution but leaves u with a question in mind...A question whose answer is really difficult as the world is not so utopian. We all want peace between India and Pakistan, war is destroying us. A good huge amount of our revenue, tax which we pay is spent just on preparing for wars and buying arms...just for war. Our maturity as a nation is no where near European nations who hardly spend so much on buying arms hoping for some war with neighbors, their borders are unmanned and porus. One Visa works for all barring a few. The same money, energy, emotion r used for constructive activities. And we fools buy arms from them to destroy our worlds! We also hope that someday like East and West Germany or North and South Korea, India and Pakistan wld again reunite and live peacefully....But a nation whose foundation itself was on the wrong corrupted pretext of communal hate and isolation, in the garb of religion, corrupt political aspirations for power was the sole intention to give birth of Pakistan from the womb of India....Reunion sometimes looks distant ...As frustrating as the condition of the lead protagonist of this movie, Sahmat. A Kashmiri innocent girl who is married to a pakistani high command brigadier's family as a plant to spy and get most important information during 1971 war. The movie showcases how she fights with her human instincts and goes as far as ruining the family and her loved ones there on the name of national duty...for people who only understand war and consider it superior to everything...Above every human existence and emotion. The movie successfully shows how hollow are the concepts of nationality, boundaries made on the pitch of political and other modes of division and how much it can suffocate a sane clean human soul. Every artist has done a great job, be it Jaideep Ahlawat as the spy boss or Rajit Kapoor as nationalist father, or all those playing pakistani family parts...All did great job. Vicky Kaushal as husband of Alia Bhatt and duty bound pakistani officer leaves terrific impact. One dialogue as a lost soul between love and "national duty" of him haunts: " Kya humare beech me kuch bhi sach ka tha..kuch bhi"? But the shining star is Alia Bhatt who perfectly captured the turmoil of war with self, a person whose family was nationalist but as she went to the depth, her confrontations with human values and traits compels her conscience to get everyday burdened with a guilt of doing something which goes totally against the founding idea of humanity. Movie has good cinematography and OK direction. Screenplay is sharp and fast. No drag moment and full of thrill. Script could be a bit more refined. There is no justification given for such blind nationalism that a family jeopardizes its such a young kid. The movie is good, no doubt, but not better than 102 Not Out. Unlike 102 not out, you don't carry the movie nor any character to your home. You don't feel happy but a bit sad for Sehmat and the kind of hopelessness hangs between India and Pakistan. We r currently passing through such a gloomy time with so many negative news that we want some movies like 102 Not Out to give us fresh breath, energy, and tonic to recharge and feel better. Some Answers. Not something which frustrates and leaves us with a question without solution. Picture is good but does not suit the mood of present. It ends with a tragic note of vacuum and loneliness. Finally, 2018 appears to be a promising year in terms of movies .. be it 102 not out, or October or this one..Or those coming soon like Parmanu or Bhavesh Joshi Superhero. This year is definitely good in terms of quality movies.