Ardh Review: Movie is an enjoyable watch that will tug at your hearts despite its shortcomings
Ardh Movie Rating: 2.5 Stars
Just watched Ardh movie on Zee5. Let’s focus on the complete details, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this movie.
Cast: Rajpal Yadav, Rubina Dilaik, Hiten Tejwani and Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Director: Palash Muchhal
Release Date: 10th June on Zee5
Story: Movie follows the story of Shiva Kumar (Rajpal Yadav) who lives in a Chawl with his wife Madhu (Rubina Dilaik) and his son Chintu (Swastik Tiwari). He is a lower-middle-class man who has years of theatre experience behind him and wants to feature on the silver screen someday. However, the movie business is brutal and auditioning for roles won’t feed a family.
To make ends meet, he takes up odd jobs like washing utensils at an eatery, working at a construction site, sticking posters on metropolitan walls, or being spot boy on sets. Amid this, he lives his dream of being an actor as he dresses up in a saree and gets in the shoes of a transgender Parvati, who earns money at traffic signals, and goes about blessing strangers.
Only two people know about his secret his supportive wife Madhu and his friend Satya (Hiten Tejwani). Will Shiva fulfil his dreams to get that one breakthrough role which might change his life forever. That is the crux of this film.
Positives
1. Excellent Performances
2. Story
3. Direction
Negatives
1. Length
2. Music
3. Climax
4. Screenplay
Durgesh Tiwary’s View : When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch this movie on premiere date because trailer looks amazing and realistic.
Shiva struggles to become a mainstream actor in Mumbai despite being a theatre actor. With the help of his wife Madhu, he disguises himself as a transgender and begs for money to survive.
Ardh story have their hearts in the right places. He attempts to touch upon various themes in his narrative about a struggling actor who has not yet received the recognition he deserves. There’s commentary on class and caste privilege and how they influence one’s ability to dream. One also sees how the inner hierarchy of the showbiz is at work, how good talent falls prey to superficial body standards, the workings of nepotism, and much more. A more nuanced treatment of Shiva’s pretention to be one of the community, would have added much more value to the narrative. It’s an emotional story but you don’t feel for the characters because of weak direction. The story is realistic and many struggling actors would relate to it, but the script could have been crisper and tighter. The transition from one scene to another wasn’t smooth.
Apart from this, the film also suffers from poor execution. At certain points, the screenplay feels disconnected, as if we are watching episodes in a series and each begins anew. There’s a song and an early 2000’s style dance sequence featuring Shiva and Madhu, and maybe its only goal was to increase the runtime of the film when there was nothing much left to say. This social saga, may wrap you in its emotionally appealing narrative but it is not free of flaws. Overall, it is an enjoyable watch that will tug at your hearts despite its shortcomings. My view on this movie Recommended
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