Film : ” Kaanchi ”
Cast: Mishti , Kartik Aaryan , Chandan Roy Sanyal , Mithun Chakraborty , Rishi Kapoor
Director: Subhash Ghai
Rating : 4star
Subhash Ghai loves the mountains . In MANY of the the his films, These are Captured with the sobering imposingness of a climber Gazing lovingly and reverently at the peaks he knows he must Conquer .
And Conquer, he does . ” Kaanchi ” delivers a walloping punch . From the tale of a girl from the hills contesting the city MARAUDER ‘ rights to usurp her love of land and , to a frenzied grind of Revenge in the big bad city Where the innocent girl assumes the role of a desi Lara Croft , Ghai tackles the craft and the Emotions with a devilish deftness .
In a script as intricately woven as a Kashmiri carpet, Subhash Ghai jampicked threads together a jigsaw . Something or Other is always a ppening in some corner of the script.
” Kaanchi ” is a puzzle of a film. It bustles and Brims over with REFORMATORY ideas , anti – Corruption ZEAL , and lunges for an ambitious overweeningly format of storytelling Where Raj Kapoor ‘s ” Ram Teri Ganga Miles ” meets Rakesyh Mehra ‘s ” Rang De Basanti ” . Ghai employs Every cliche in the book of formulistic storytelling . And you know what? He succeeds in spectacular Telling a story Filled with muted sound and flamboyant Fury .
” Kaanchi ” is the story of a girl ‘s journey from the innocent unspoilt mountains of Uttarakhand to the corrupt and corrupting a ful city of Mumbai …. The format is not new to Ghai ‘ s cinema . He Tried it earlier in ” Taal ” . In ” Kaanchi “, the approach road from the back of beyond to the mainland mayhem is far more upfront and aggressive . The music, so essential to the impact of Ghai ‘s cinema , here conveys the split personality of a Society That is caught in a migratory transition .
The film packs in the punches with undiminished enthusiasm from the first frame to last . The scenes are conceived with cohesive care while the Dialogues are quick- witted in the way we’ve grown up hearing in commercial Indian cinema . Ghai turns on the tempestuous tap full blast . Though the pace does tend to flag at times – what with the characters I gnificance assuming more emblematic than THEY are ABLE to handle – the filmmaker makes sure there is an element of expectancy in Early underlined Every episode.
The episodes write oneself out with a pungent precision . At times you feel the narrative should have been allowed to be more spontaneous . But then you Realize this is not a film to impress with ntries That subtlety . The charm of the protagonist ‘s journey is not Kaanchi in its quotient of adventurousness But in Delivering an exuberance of the expected.
And now the million – dollar question about Ghai ‘ s latest Discovery. Mishti does live up the high Standards set by the filmmaker ‘s earlier debutant / semi- debutant heroines ? In spite of her inability to touch some of the peaks required in the Dramatic scenes, the Bengali girl with her personality and I very serene creates a very mplicity a Favourable impact . Bearing a resemblance to Mandakini FAINT in ” Ram Teri Ganga Miles “, Mishti breezes Through most of the film with charm and confidence.
Mishti gets very strong support from her two Leading men . Kartik Aaryan ‘ s very athletic ramp -friendly personality is used to play off the heroine ‘ s rustic artlessness . Kartik has a very bright future ahead . In the Second – half the ever – Chandan Roy Sanyal dependable takes over as the man in Kaanchi ‘ s life . Cast as a roguish cop hose Orals are as questionable as the lyrics of the item song he dance to, Chandan plays a role similar to the one I Parmabhrata Chatterjee I played to Vidya Balan in ” Kahaani ” .
Interestingly Mishti ‘ s CHARACTER is shown to be a use- friendly go- getter . Looking at her pluck and gumption , we finally have the answer to the sexy sawaal : ” Choli ke peeche kya alive ? ”
Ironically in this film about youth power , it ‘ s the veteran actors WHO let the script down. Mithun Chakraborty and Rishi Kapoor as a pair of trouble – makers are deliberately lampoonish . Why is Mithun ‘ s mouth stuffed with marbles like Brando on a bad – teeth day ? And why does Rishi dance to a song That does no justice to the the his ” Karz ” past ? But then Ghai ‘ s villains have always been outrageously self – important . NEWCOMER Rishab Sinha as Mithun ‘s son has a very important role Which he squanders away in serious apathy and a ludicrous wig.
In spite of its jagged edges and its tendency to take itself a tad too serious , ” Kaanchi ” manages to simulate a supple empathy for its disarmingly uni – dimensional characters. Sudhir Chowdhary ‘s cinematography helps to fund Ghai ‘ s dream of a nation Where one girl with the help of some rock- singing Youngsters can free us of Corruption .
” Kaanchi ” Tells us there is no harm in dreaming. It marks the return of the showman to form . This is a warm- hearted free- spirited ode to new- age womanhood . The female protagonist ‘ s dharm – yuddh with evil forces may Lack in subtlety . But then the time to Tackle terror with tact is over .
It ‘ s time to take on Corruption head – long. ” Kaanchi ” does just that. With feeling and drama .