May 13, 2016 03:33 PM
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After seeing the trailer, Buddha in a Traffic Jam did angst my curiosity to see what lies ahead in this plot. Also, with Jadhav University splattering over the news, fuelled my senses to know the whole shenanigans around this flick.
Vivek Agnihotri, been a director for Erotica of Hate Story, has come up with a packet full of surprises. This is an extraordinary effort to stir up a revolution buried political issues of country. Somehow, a little revolutionary was poked within me as well, tough thing to happen considering what kind of revolutionaries we come across.
Well getting back to the story, veteran actor Anupam Kher plays the role of Ranjan Batik, a senior professor at a reputed business school in Hyderabad. Arunoday Singh as Vikram Pandit, who is pursuing degree in business administration and a total picture of today’s gen social media addict. He believes in Facebook to bring complete revolution and is running ‘Pink Bra’ campaign(remember Pink Chaddhi, yup that’s it) to protest against police carnages.
Pallavi Joshi as Sheetal Batik, Ranjan’s wife, runs an NGO called The Potters Club along with her friend Charu Siddhu(Mahie Gill). Everything is going well and running smoothly till it is funded by government, but money suddenly stops coming in and throws these do-gooders in a web of thoughts on how to get back on feet with no funds. To this Ranjan asks for marketing suggestions from his students and Vikram comes up with a presentation for brilliant plan. But Ranjan dejects it completely without reasoning out why it cannot work, this ignites Vikram’s ego and he confronts his professor. Little did we all expect that he will stumble upon Ranjan’s pot of dirty secrets.
The whole set up as an NGO and why Vikram’s proposal gets shredded was due to… sshhushh no spoilers, you ought to see this by yourself.
When it comes to acting talent, there could have not been anyone better than Anupam Kher and Pallavi Joshi for these characters, a loving couple with their own set of clashing ideologies, simply purr-fect. Mahie Gill plays it well too, showing all the shades between black and white, she’s getting better after every role she does. And talking about Arunoday Singh, still doing a youthful character who eventually turns rogue and finally, an angry young man(seen that in couple of films already).
What Vivek Agnihotri has done here is touch a very sensitive issue of the hidden war going on between Naxals and tribes, and how the whole internal system is damaged up to the core. This flick has shown some guts to bring out the truth of supremacy race that goes on in the dark regions where civilization negligibly exists.
After a real long time, and series of some dull and comedy flicks, here comes a movie that actually influenced few of my thoughts. Though movie is mainly in English and can get difficult for some viewers, but this is a must-watch flick. People with know-how of politics will surely enjoy some surreal brain-tickling games.
