Move over instant love,
experience intense love! Vikramaditya Motwane’s love saga LOOTERA is an
old-school romance [all those Dev Anand classics if you remember]
retold-redefined in the finest & superlative form of cinema. It’s pure,
unadulterated and subtly mesmerizing in its each frame with an everlasting
depth of emotions we naively have lost somewhere in today’s ‘where the hell are
we going so fast’ way of life. So, it’s time to rediscover priceless moments of
love, heartbreak, longing and redemption deep down within our ‘still very much
alive’ hearts.
A heartfelt story inspired by O. Henry’s THE
LAST LEAF, smoothly & unhesitantly transports you in times of 1950’s where
vintage cars, regal mansions and zameendars in fears of ‘soon to be taken care
of’ by the government of India come involuntarily in picture, in any given
scenario. Varun- a swindler disguised as an archaeologist enters into
vivaciously alive Pakhi’s life only to fall in love but with no fortitude to
pursue it further and returns back in his dark galore of crime after blatantly
shattering Pakhi’s world. The fate brings them together again, now in the
turmoil of more harsh emotions like retribution & redemption.
With Mahendra Shetty’s charismatically painted-tainted-printed perfect picture frames, a thoroughly meticulous Art Direction, well-researched costume design, and spellbound performances that leave you speechless, this modern masterpiece is worth every penny you spend in the name of cinema. Sonakshi surprises you the most and come out as a winner all the way so does Ranveer. Great to find that the actor in question could really pull out in every situation he’s put into. Character artistes [Aadil Hussain as inspector K N Singh and the actor playing Pakhi’s Father] are also a reason to hold your interest intact while experiencing this picturesque & poetic journey of love.
With Mahendra Shetty’s charismatically painted-tainted-printed perfect picture frames, a thoroughly meticulous Art Direction, well-researched costume design, and spellbound performances that leave you speechless, this modern masterpiece is worth every penny you spend in the name of cinema. Sonakshi surprises you the most and come out as a winner all the way so does Ranveer. Great to find that the actor in question could really pull out in every situation he’s put into. Character artistes [Aadil Hussain as inspector K N Singh and the actor playing Pakhi’s Father] are also a reason to hold your interest intact while experiencing this picturesque & poetic journey of love.
But this writing-work will never get its dues
if I can’t have praises for the captain of ship Mr. Motwane. In his directorial
debut UDAAN, we all might have missed his simply understated finesse of art
& craft because of revelation that it came with such beautiful story with
unheard unseen before emotions but this time with LOOTERA, he doesn’t leave any
stone unturned, any effort undone that has even a bare minimum chance to doubt
on the filmmaker’s sense, sensibility and sensitivity. If UDAAN pronounced him
Bollywood’s one of the finest storyteller, LOOTERA crowns him as the most
evolved filmmaker, to my surprise in his only second venture.
Having stated that, I can not miss my warning that if you like to visit Cinemas only for a full-on entertainers having slapstick comedies, popular item numbers and nonsense action, this is strictly not yours type. It takes its time to grow on you, like love does in most cases and also it doesn’t always speak in words but emotions flow all over on this grand canvas of cinematic excellence. Experience it. [4/5]
Having stated that, I can not miss my warning that if you like to visit Cinemas only for a full-on entertainers having slapstick comedies, popular item numbers and nonsense action, this is strictly not yours type. It takes its time to grow on you, like love does in most cases and also it doesn’t always speak in words but emotions flow all over on this grand canvas of cinematic excellence. Experience it. [4/5]
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