Sometimes a beautiful concept gets drowned out in covering all commercial aspects of a movie. This is what happened to Sardar ka Grandson. The movie directed and written by Kaashvi Nair, could have been so much better if there was rigorous editing and a tighter screenplay.
Now that we have abundance of titles on the OTT platform to choose from, it is very important to give the audience good content with extraordinary editing. Also, the length of a movie matters a lot when people can easily shift their focus on a better one.
Neena Gupta in her role of ‘Sardar’ is a treat to watch. Though couldn’t say the same for her makeup which seems that it would fall off any minute. Other supporting characters are also good in their respective roles, be it Divya Seth or Kumud Mishra. Kanwaljit and Soni Razdaan are well casted. Aditi Rao Hydari is adorable in her cameo and John Abraham looks great.
The camera shots bringing past and present together are beautiful and yet the movie doesn’t work for you. Nonetheless, the brief but important scenes related to the partition were heart touching and well portrayed by the actors.
However, once you watch the movie you will get to know that there are many reasons why the movie doesn’t leave a long-lasting effect on the audiences.
First reason, is the length of the movie. The slow build-up of premise, the sub plots, the songs, are all distractions to the actual plot.
The lead actor and the lady paired against him, the lesser said about both of them, the better. A character ‘Chhote’ (Mir Mehroos) who seems so promising, could in fact been given more screen time instead.
The movie is based on ‘Structural Relocation’, an interesting and novel concept. But the movie is a textbook case of how a good concept doesn’t mean a good movie. You also need matching performances, engaging screenplay, efficient editing, and a conclusive ending. The film had none of these.
But just for the performance of ‘Sardar’, I would still give the movie 2 out of 5 stars.
Neena, keep shining!