Movie Review: Thar

Rating: 2 of 5

Star Cast: Anil Kapoor, Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Mukti Mohan

Director: Raj Singh Chaudhary

Raj Singh Chaudhary takes a leaf or two from the book Sergio Leone and manages to set a proper gloomy mood throughout. But, the problem is he fails to build an equally intriguing narrative to support the feel of the film. Abhishek Chaubey had successfully balanced to achieve both in Sonchiriya and that keeps Thar killing minute after minute. Harsh’s Sidharth uses the nastiest of torturing techniques on Jitendra Joshi’s character, but he keeps the worst of them all to use on those who’ll watch this film.

Anil Kapoor’s attempt at playing a police officer having a love-hate relationship with his life is a commendable one. He flawlessly whisks to manage an extremely tough dialect & maintains a particular body language all the time.

On the other hand, Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor continues to choose uni-dimensional characters, which are extremely solid on paper and equally lifeless on-screen. He’s yet to possess the power to imagine how he’ll look on-screen after reading his role.

Fatima Sana Shaikh can’t emote as good as she recites her dialogues. I know it’s a strange analogy, but follow me when I say she’s a treat to your ears but not for your eyes. Don’t get me wrong, she’s extremely pretty but fails to expand the range to express herself. Mukti Mohan gets an extremely unimportant role to get noticed, which she plays earnestly.

Raja Singh Chaudhary makes a film that ‘tries’ to make sense but fails to actually make it. Being the captain of the ship, he takes too many rough turns as far as the storytelling goes. But, he faces the dilemma of how to build intriguing storytelling when you don’t have an intriguing story to tell?

Ajay Jayanthi’s background score manages to pack in some chills and could’ve garnered great acclaim if it was used for the right story.