Film Review: Udta Punjab
Date: June 17 2016
Director: Abhishek Chaubey
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena
Kapoor, Diljit Dosanjh
Rating: 4 stars
On
a dark night you can hear the trees rustle, the streets are desolate but a lot
is happening in the bushes, in the corridors, in the fields and in the alleys
of a buzzing city. Punjab’s pop singer Tommy Singh/Shahid Kapoor is flying on the
stage at his concert and his followers, singing his songs are flying with him.
On
a sunny morning a young worker/Alia Bhatt spots something suspicious in the
fields and later discovers a precious packet that transforms her life.
Sartaj
Singh/Diljit Dosanjh belongs to a family of cops who have surrendered to the
system while Doctor Preet Sahani fights the system from outside.
Udta Punjab is not just
about them, it is about the entire state – those fighting the drug menace and the
addicts fighting themselves!
As
the mercurial, obsessive junky singer Shahid Kapoor is magical. Ali Bhatt is
haunting in every frame and Kareena Kapoor the only soothing presence in the
dark, disturbing film where brutality is upclose and pathos stomach churning.
I
watched three-fourth of the film through the veil of my duppatta; you will have
to be brave too for the sake of your country.
Our
gratitude to writer Sudeep Sharma and director Abhishek Chaubey, for awakening
us to the moment of truth…!!
@bhawanasomaaya
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