UDAAN (2010)

DIRECTED BY: Vikramaditya Motawane

STARRING: Rajat Barmecha AS Rohan

                      Ronit Roy AS Bhairav (Rohan’s father)

                      Ram Kapoor AS Jimmy (Rohan’s uncle)

                      Aayan Boradia AS Arjun (Rohan’s Half-brother)

When I saw this movie I decided to not to write a review on it because if I would not write correctly about the movie it will be injustice to movie and to readers, but I realized that many of the readers might not even have the knowledge of this movie because it was not released on the big scale,I thought that this should not be missed so i am here. I saw it because of Anurag Kashyap. Anyway this movie should not be missed for many reasons.

The story is backbone of this film and performances are soul and music energizes the whole product. It is about a boy’s journey when he got abandoned by his father for 8 years and he has to return to his father after getting expelled from his school. He came to know that he has a half-brother whom he didn’t know. His disciplinarian father has his rules for the life and he controls the life of his two sons, he has his own strange ideology which according to him is perfect for the life. He wants his sons to pronounce him SIR not ‘papa’ or ‘dad’. Where as on the other had Rohan has his dreams and desires, his own ideology. His dream of learning literature and becoming writer gets garbage like response from his father. The story moves with Rohan’s fight against the odds and his mental state.

The debutant director has done tremendous job. He has narrated the story so effectively that despite of its slow pace one remains connected with film very well. Rohit Barmecha as Rohan is outstanding. Ronit Roy as a authoritative father is excellent and doesn’t go over. Ram Kapoor as understanding uncle is also very good. Real surprise comes from the kid who plays Arjun-Rohan’s half brother- he had very limited dialogues but he impressed with his facial expressions, superb. Music as I told energizes the whole movie is soulful and one would love to enjoy it even after.

( special mention to UTV and Anurag Kashyap who regularly brings something different and innovative to the audience. Great work)

On the whole a refreshing experience. Good story with excellent performances. Don’t miss it.