Somebody mentioned Sci-Fi in Bollywod and I was all like – whaaaaaaaat!??! I was not surprised but already disappointed. I was like, again some American will watch this and lose respect for Bollywood. With Sci-Fi and psychological thrillers and animation – we have a long way to go. But, with Shree, I think bollywood just made the break through. Concept – 10/10. Story – 8/10. Performances – 7/10. Risk – 100/100 and the risk paid off.
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Shree (2013) (IMDb | Wikipedia) : OVERVIEW
Shree is a 2013 Bollywood thriller film starring Hussain Kuwajerwala, directed by Rajesh Bachchani and produced by Vikram M. Shah.
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Inception in Indian concept. Not exactly, but the way you had keep track of each scene, each word and then conjoin the disjoints to make sense – Shree belongs to that category. It makes you think. A Sci-Fi nerd would be happy to indulge in such a cinema where the rom-com bored audience might get a splash on which might not settle as yet.
STORY
Shree (Hussain Kuwajerwala) is an accountant in a telecom major, earning peanuts for salary for the job of Jairaaj Randhawa (Rio Kapadiya). He has a cute girlfriend, Sonu (Anjali Patil) who he plans to marry one day. Jairaaj is looking forward for one of his scientific experiment which has already gone wrong on 8 other people, which he offers to Shree in return for a luxurious life with his girlfriend forever. The real charisma of the movie is the experiment which is performed on Shree. It’s fantastic. I am not revealing a thing.
PERFORMANCE
Hussain Kuwajerwala has shown the audience that small screen TV stars are the ones who have a lot of unexplored capabilities and once you invest it, you leave a hall full of audience wanting for more. Rio Kapadiya is in good form. Shivani Tanskale’s character in the first half looked like a sidekick’s kick. Anjali Patil was disappointing. I found flaws in her loudmouth acting and that was it.
MUSIC
Dude, who gives a care in the world about music when the movie doesn’t give a damn? You have to consume some kind of knowledge in science-geographical theory to understand the conceptualization in the movie. This is rare, isn’t it? To watch a bollywood movie, now someone is asking you to go read a book or Google and read about a concept? New, I say and simply awesome. Rajesh Bachchani (Director) and Vikram M.Shah (Producer) are the Christopher Nolan’s of Bollywod. The camera-work is lousy and amateur. Also, there is too much talking/flashbacks/voice-overs/betrayal for the suspense to systematically unfold. But, wait till you see and then judge, I had say.
VERDICT
A disclaimer – this movie is confusing. (Not that I didn’t understand the concept or something!) but, yes, it’s a lot of work for a story to go astray and with the camera zooming in and out- your life can take sad turns at places where the actors also don’t know which heights of science they have reached.