UDAAN - Movie review.

A flight, i thouroughly enjoyed inspite of all the turbulence beneath the surface of its characters.

I've been dying to watch this movie for the past month since its release...But after
emptying my pockets on INCEPTION (Twice :P) i hardly had a choice but to wait for it.
Today i found it on my DTH, and a breath of fresh air hit me.

Its amazing, how rare... "good movies" have become. And who else can u expect it from but ANURAG KASHYAP - one of the most exciting film-makers in the country !! Watching a movie like UDAAN ......is like listening to a soulful song, where u will find a new meaning everytime u re-visit. The Movie is uncompromised, thus it may seem drab to some "masala-entertainment-seeking-audience". But, lets clarify once and for all that a song is still no replacement for a sensible scene.

The script is an engaging story of a 17-year old dealing with a dysfunctional family after being expelled from his Boarding school. An authoritarian father, a 6-year old half brother (who he did not even know existed) and being dumped into an engineering college are only a start for Rohan (Rajat Barmecha), our protagonist. His dreams of being writer are trashed away by his over-bearing father the day he arrives. Here on, it is a simple story of how he is going to stay put with his father, rather... for how long ??

Rajat Barmecha, as a seventeen year old "Rohan" gives us a performance that has hit me like a dart of slow poison. Its less expressive, but where he is emoting right into your heart.His little brother "Arjun" (Aayan Barodiya) is the most heart-warming character of the year.Ronit Roy, as the "pushy and un-caring" father gives us my favourite performance of the movie.He is strict, intense and violent, but what makes Ronit Roy such a towering performer is that he is always measured. He never over-does it, hence it does not turn him into a caricatured-villain. He is till the end a "Father", afterall.

The music is haunting, and relieving at the same time. Amit Trivedi gives us a champion soundtrack. The songs have been used perfectly, never too loud and always fitting the situation, hence does not highlight them prominently. There lies the beauty of the Soundtrack.A special mention for Amitabh Bhattacharya & Anurag Kashyap for the literary-rich Poems/lyrics, which have become so rare too. Mahendra Shetty's silhouettes are not too flashy, but just about perfect to potray the distance between the characters.

The real stars of this movie are Vikramaditya Motwane (Director) who makes a rock-solid debut and the Writers Vikramaditya Motwane/Anurag Kashyap who give us witty lines to feed on, and some pretty intense scenes (So pleasing to watch !!!)

A good movie is so great to watch, even these poignant ones..which leave a void once
they are over. Three Cheers for the team of UDAAN, it is movies like these, which should be made instead of those "Sajid/Farah-Khan-entertainers".