I came to see Rajkummar Rao's new film, which is being directed by Pulkit, named Malik, in the rain in Rodepur. I saw this movie. The cast includes Rajkummar Rao, Saurabh Shukla, Prosenjit and others. Now let's talk about how the movie was. Another big reason to watch the film as a Bengali is Prosenjit, because Prosenjit is doing Hindi films. And I thought that we will get Prosenjit in an outstanding way. I'll talk about what I found.
Story Overview
90's Allahabad, where a mafia is ruling, whose name is Malik. The minister, the police, everyone is running around with their noses. Now they all want to kill him. An officer is brought from Kolkata to kill Prosenjit. Prosenjit can't kill him. And what's Malik's story? What's his past? This is a two and a half hour movie.
Now the first thing that you will feel after watching this film is that suppose you have a story, in which there are no ups and downs. The story is not like that. But I have to make a movie. So from Malik, you will learn how to make a two-and-a-half-hour movie with just a basic plotline without any story. It's a gangster movie. There is no role of police in the film. The rest of the characters have no role. This movie is directed by Rajkumar Rao. I felt that the film was made to break the image of Rajkumar Rao Small Town Boy.
The rest of the actors were told that, look brother, Rajkumar has created an image of a small town boy, it has to be broken. "The other one said," "OK, we'll help." "" We will not play like that. These words are coming.
Let's look at the positives first.
Positive Aspects
The backdrop that is set here, which is showing the errata, the errata is set well. The way it has been shot, the places where it has been shot, the premiumness gives you a feel. And there's the routing. Along with the premiumness, there is also the rootedness, which was needed for the film. Because Malik says that the character is rising from a very small place, so the rooted look and feel that was needed to show that place, that rooted look and feel has been tried here. And that's good.
Acting & Performance
Saurabh Shukla is good in his own right. Sarab Sajdeva is pretty good, all right. Prosenjit - I'll be back later. Now I am coming to the negative side of why these big actors are okay. When you're making a gangster film, it's important to have a balance. It is very important to have a balance of the police, administration, with what the gangsters are doing. Here everyone except Rajkummar Rao is being used as a puppet. Police and administration have no role in it. You see 'Shooter Lokhanbela' as a gangster movie. Look at the role of the police. How impressive is that. You can see the police here. It looks like a papaya. Brother, there they are. What is there though? If not, what is?
There are so many good actors here, I could not use them. Sarab Sajdeva could not be used. How good was the performance. There was a lot more to this story. That is, even after the story was basic, more elements could be added to this story. which they could not enter. The writing is very bad. Character is not built-up. What a beautiful elevation Sarab Sajdeva's character could have been. What a beautiful display of character. With Rajkumar Rao. But we don't see that. The character seems to make a lot of sense. Saurabh Shukla, who is such a good actor, has somewhat outshined his act with his performance. I mean, he was trying to play his character. Even when there's nothing. I mean, there's no character. Yet his performer, meaning performer since he is good, Saurabh Shukla, he is still able to leave his mark somewhere.
None of the other characters were used well. The team here, Rajkumar has a team, because the gangsters, there will be a team. We have to show the bonding in the team. It's not bonding. Where does the emotion go? Won't be. So, there is no role of his wife, mental children, here. So how do you interact with him? When the audience is with him, when something is happening with him later, how will that place emote? There is no emotion there. The film is high on emotions.
Now let's talk about Prosenjit. Everyone is laughing that how Prosenjit acted? Firstly, it can be said that Prosenjit is not at all in this film. If his role is cut and added to the two and a half hour film, then maybe he will have a role of 10 to 12 minutes. Okay? What happens most of the time? The site can be developed in time. character can be developed. But he is not given a place. What's an actor to do? He is presented in such a way. And I didn't understand it, seriously. Why did you sign the film? This film, believe me, as a Bengali, I love Prosenjit's work, I respect it, even if Prosenjit was not in this role, there was nothing surprising in the film. I'm serious.
Such a big superstar of Bengal, when he is going to Hindi, we do not have an expectation. You will see that whenever people from any other industry work in any other industry, they do not have to choose the script with much attention. Tell me why? The reason is that our Bengali, Prosenjit chose a script, even if it is here and there, roughly we will talk for two days, maybe we will forget three days. He is doing a Hindi film. Such a big budget film with such a huge cast. Rajkummar Rao plays the lead role. He's portrayed so well in the trailer. And then go to a movie theater. And going to the movie theater, you see that he has no role. When it came to the script, when it was being read, what did Prosenjit think and sign the film? I didn't really understand.
You see, I'm giving you an example. Ravi Kishan is a big star of Bhojpuri cinema. When he works in Hindi cinema, look at his roles. 'Lapata Ladies', that film would not have been possible without Ravi Kishan. He wrote the role that way, that's how he gave her space. And then he played that role. Or you can say, when Ajay Devgn's role is coming in 'RRR'. Ajay Devgn's role in 'RRR' was huge, wasn't it? It was a small role. But it's effective. The roll has been imparted. The man has been charged. The story goes on. That's the devgn. Looking at Prosenjit here, you will feel that brother, empty puppet. If not, nothing will happen.
And I think Prosenjit should not do such a thing. If he works in Hindi, his stardom, what stardom he has in Bengali, that should be kept in mind. That yes, the people of Bengal will be interested to see this film, because I am in it. And I have to play my role in such a way that my audience, the loyal fan base that I have, doesn't get heartbroken. I can give them something. I can give you something new. You won't find that in this movie.
I will say, Prosenjit in the future, whenever you choose a film like this, it is my request to Edge Fan, that you look at it and choose the script. So that you have something to do. It's not a problem where you don't live. I couldn't understand why.
Final Verdict
None of the characters were well built. The story is not well written. No one's performance has been highlighted here. The film is directed by Rajkumar Rao. Police have no role in it. You can't see the tile. No high points, no low points. Climax, Climax forcefully increasing. Then one of them, I'm not saying, will be revealed. You'll see the movie. At last you will understand. Expand that space. creating force. You'd think it wasn't necessary.
What's in the movie? And what an experience I had. I'm serious, I mean I'm very depressed, I've been. Anyway, this was Malik's review of the film. Comment on who you saw.