***1/2
Months of eagerness+ well built excitement+ days of persuasion= 2 hours of 'Much ado about nothing. It leaves the veiwers impressed but with the comment 'it could have been better'.
The movie is nothing minus Rani, once in, during the next half she holds the plot strong and does not let it slip. Guys, go watch it for her. She has lot of Oomph as a jaded profane Meera Gaity, the flashiest in the entire movie.Gals, you will not be able help watch the movie with a green eye. (I love the coinage)
The first half of movie fails to grab attention. A bespectacled and sombre Vidya in shapeless shirts with a stoop is a complete disaster. From the scream straight out of lungs in the hospital till the visibly rehersed 'Jess was my sister' it is all forced. She better lets her body speak as a traumatized, anguished Sabrina, Jessica's sister whose life revolves around ailing parents and denied justice.
Though the movie is from the eyes of two women- determined and gutsy Sabrina and the straight forward, cuss spouting TV journo, some significant roles have been well essayed by the defending laywer, no prizes for guessing the accented hindi, the dutiful cop who accepts bribe for not beating the accused in custody (though he fights for justice till the end) and the newcomer Myra who plays the effervescent Jessica. The politicians in the film are boorish and the Page 3 society a tad too effete.
Still Rajkumar Gupta has dished out a delicious flavorsome delicacy. The film however could have been made attractive with a little garnishing. Please do not forget Amit trivedi for the spunky metallic tracks Dilli Dilli and Aali re.
All in all the movie opens the 2011 calender for Bollywood with a loud bang if not a earsplitting one. And yeah!! has all the potential to 'Fly Solo' :)
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