Cast: Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla
Director: Soumik Sen
Length: 2.15hrs approximately
We all know that there’s a grace in Madhuri Dixit’s dancing
which can woo off many guys and the girls too. But GULAAB GANG director seems
to have taken it too seriously who tries to find a place for song when there is
no need of one. Even if overlook this understandable glitch, there are lot of
other problems the film consists of. The erroneous script in itself create half
the path of hurdle and the director could not really salvage a stumbling film
like this.
The film is pedestrian from beginning itself. The narration
is punctuated with aplenty slo-mos and haunting background score. Each time a
dialogue is cracked, there is indulgence of loud sound to lift the intensity
level. How I wish they had concentrated on the dialogues which themselves would
have made an impact. The action scene placed right before the intermission
leaves you clueless of what exactly the film is dealing with- a group of strong
women who can fight only with goons or a group of women trying to fix the
problems of women. I was confused!
From what could have been a tight, engaging social drama,
GULAAB GANG turns out to be your regular hero vs villain structured within
political dimensions. It’s a shame that the writers used name of a Real-life “Gulaabi
Gang” only to serve you a full-fledged bollywood action affair. Even when the
good people are killed in the film, you find it a task to sympathize with any
of the character. It mostly rounds around rape victims and their fight-backs. In
one honest scene were Madhuri’s character visits a educational class to ask
donation, she gives a key speech about hunger management. It’s a well thought
of scene, but alas there are hardly any such moments in the film.
The action is strictly sub-standard as it is filled with
pathetic lust for heroism and no realism. Its just too much! The music is plain
boring and remain pointless portion of the film. Doesn’t matter…the whole film
is pointless. The story is packed with lazy twists and the director fails to
extract even a single winning performance from his cast.
Madhuri Dixit seemed tired and exhausted in some of her
scenes as she is given a much unexplained shape to her character. Although Juhi
Chawla is comfortable in a role where she demands her assistants to do some of
the silliest stuffs. Its not a great performance by any measure, but she does
have her moments of sparks which relieves at some places.
GULAAB GANG feels tad long film even at a modest run-time.
The basic premise of the film is itself a biggest setback for the film which
couldn’t do even an inch of justice to this real life group of women. Miss it!
Rating- 1.5/5
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