Soorarai Pottru – Movie review

Based on the auto biography of Capt. Gopinath ‘Simply fly’ , Soorarai Pottru is a dramatised version of the same by Sudha kongara . Nedumaaran Rajangam ( Surya) a son of Tamil teacher in village of Solavandhann , who aspires to get air connectivity to the remotest of the village in an affordable way. Maara undergoes quiet a roller coaster ride in this ordeal as he gets ruffed up by huge airline bosses who wants air travel only for the privileged and not for the common people. He goes into huge debts making enemies along the way . How Maara fights all the way and reaches his goal is the rest of the story.

It’s Surya and Sudha all the way in the movie, when the story mellows down its Surya who brings it up by his performance and Sudha’s script keeps it together all the way. On the cast its Surya who shoulders it towards the end, other than him Uravashi and newcomer Aparna give a balanced performance in the movie. The weaklings are the so called villain Paresh Rawal’s role is weak for his character and doesn’t bring the best in him. The story though based on the specific details doesn’t engage us all the way , reduction of duration might help in the flow. I give the film 6/10

 

Sanju – Movie review

Sanjay Duttt’s controversial life is brought to screen by Rajkumar Hirani with Ranbir playing the lead role of Sanjay Dutt. The film starts with the Supreme Court’s judgement in the Arms Act against Sanjay Dutt, giving him 5 years of prison and a month’s time to surrender himself. He turns to an established writer Winnie Diaz ( Anushka Sharma) to pen his biography. Though reluctant at first Winnie goes through Sanju’s life as a son of a veteran Actor, a friend, a drug addict and finally as an Actor who survives highs and low in his career.

Hirani in his exceptional style brings us an extreme insight of Sanjay Dutt’s Life; Ranbir Kapoor shows how talented he is in this character which he owns throughout the film. Two other actors along with Ranbir shine in the film, one is Vicky Kaushal who plays Sanjay Dutt’s friend Kamlesh and Paresh Rawal who plays as Sunil Dutt. Both these character play an important role in the film and their relationship will bring some emotional moments in the film which will stay in your heart for some time. Manisha koirala as Nargis Dutt has a brief role but played well in the character. Cameos of Anushka and Sonam were also well done. Movie might feel a bit long, but the narration keeps you alert. Sometimes Ranbir’s imitation does look overdone, but for most of time you just see Sanjay Dutt in him.Though the film doesn’t tell us some crucial life moments of Sanjay dutt, Sanju shows how he manages to take control of his roller coaster life and survives. I still give it 8/10