REVIEW : SANDEEP AUR PINKY FARAAR

Producer- Dibakar Banerjee and Aditya Chopra

Director- Dibakar Banerjee

Star Cast- Arjun Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta and Jaideep Ahlawat

Genre- Thriller

Trite and Ambiguous!

Rating- *1/2 (One and a half)

Jyothi Venkatesh

It is a trite tale of a suspended Haryanvi cop Pinkesh Dahiya alias Pinky (Arjun Kapoor) who sets out to save a successful MBA banker Sandeep Walia (Parineeti Chopra) from being bumped off by her own boss, after she becomes pregnant with their child when he finds her too sticky to stomach.

The film meanders with an implausible and illogical plot on and on, with the audiences unable all the time to fathom what the hell is actually happening on the screen.

A middle aged couple Raghubir Yadav and Neena Gupta are introduced from nowhere and they become a temporary refuge for the couple on the run, and their presence, morally and physically grounding, lends the film a distinct flavor.

You also have a eccentric cop in the form of Jaideep Ahlawat who is chasing the runaway couple.

The languid pace of the film coupled with the monotonous expressions of Arjun Kapoor as Pinky and the absolute lack of a cohesive plot make this a grotesque experience to sit through.

The biggest problem with this film which had been censored almost a year ago but the release had been postponed twice earlier is that its mixing is horrible making you unable to hear what exactly either Arjun Kapoor or Parineeti Chopra are telling each other.

Dibakar Banerjee, who is otherwise a deft storyteller, falters very badly in this plot penned by him with Varun Grover where you only end up falling asleep halfway through the film with its lazy editing.

Anil Mehta's cinematography is lovely and he captures the locales of Pithoragarh very well while Anu Malik has got an opportunity to not only compose the music but also sing a zany number in the film Vaibhavi Merchant’s choreography is just about okay.

As far as performances go, though Parineeti Chopra deserves kudos for tackling a very complex and DIFFICULT role with formidable ease.

Also lending her role as pregnant dimension and eschewing romance of any kind, Arjun Kapoor disappoints you with his insipid acting ability which fails to grip you.

While Raghubir Yadav is excellent, Neena Gupta lends an amazing and brilliant presence to the film.

Alas Sharon Prabhakar appears just for about a minute in the film and vanishes by the time you blink your eyes.

It is indeed very painful to see that Jaideep Ahlawat who is impressive in most of his outings falters here in the film with a jaded look.

On the whole, the film disappoints you with its abstract and black theme and you tend to take the title of the film too seriously and even end up being ‘faraar’ after running away from the screening halfway through this trite and ambiguous film.