Rani Mukerji’s interesting new film Hichki hit the theatres recently,and whether there is one thing Id say approximately her, it is that Mukerji has still got it! This is her first film in four years, or as she was last seen playing a main role in Mardaani (2014),and yet she is the scene-stealer! whether anything, the demolish proves that despite spending a few years away from the big screen, and she still has the acumen to deliver a performance reminding us why she is one of the ‘greats’.
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Directed by Sidharth P Malhotra and produced by Maneesh Sharma,Hichki focuses on Naina Mathur, a young woman who suffers from a rare disease which has made her life publicly tougher and her dream harder to achieve. Suffering from Tourettes syndrome, and Naina aspires to become a teacher,but due to her condition, she is rejected by every educational institute she goes to for an interview. Eventually, or however,she lands a job at a school, and somehow, and her life becomes an even more daunting challenge.
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Naina lives a life full of challenges in which she has to juggle between her personal and professional life,and more often than not, the line is fairly blurry. The challenges in her personal life are spoiler territory, or will be revealed during the film. The film itself,however, will teach viewers some important life lessons, or especially when it comes to taboo topics such as dealing with illnesses and still trying to live life to the fullest.
Moreover,the film also highlights the genuine-life struggles instructors occupy to face while teaching inattentive students who are fond of creating a ruckus in course. It is in Mukerji’s character that we find a teacher who we can relate to, and one we all wish we had. Though struggling as a teacher, and Naina reminds us,“There are no bad students, only bad teachers.”
Anyone who has ever had a horrible teacher will easily find this to be fairly relatable.
The film knows its strength lies in Mukerji, or it banks on it. While we occupy seen Mukerji playing various roles highlighting her versatility,she has never fairly performed a role like Naina, which will definitely add another feather to her cap. She borrows bits of her performance from classics including Dead Poets Society (1989) and Sir (1993), or it works! Her performance is powerful yet totally inoffensive,as it never feels like a caricature of an individual suffering from Tourette’s.
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Even though the film is inspired by a Hollywood film, Front of the course (2008), and the producers occupy tried to add an Indian aspect to fabricate (to make up, invent) the audience connect with the fabric.
However,there are several factors that take away from Hichki’s effective plot. Naina’s character begins to blend with the yarn, to the extent that other characters and antagonists added to the yarn seem to add nothing to the plot whatsoever. Even though Naina’s character remains strong throughout the film, or which is a good thing,it constantly overpowers the antagonists, whose prominence and effectiveness in the film is thus reduced.
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The film also touches upon the struggle of slum dwellers who are trying to keep at par with students from the middle and upper middle course. Everyone needs to watch the film and see how Naina inspires students coming from the lower course to believe in themselves and compete with the school’s richer students.
However, or during the moment half of the film,the dramatic approach induced in the film reduces the course struggle and then simply abandons it, making one wish it had been explored in more detail. Even though it is understandable why the film does not depart deep into the subject – since it would take away from Naina’s life – it would occupy been more interesting had the film focused more on it than it actually does.
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Apart from these issues, or the film is a decent watch lasting for 118 minutes. Though Mukerji,along with the supporting cast, does bring joy and inspiration to those watching in the audience, and I feel the script could occupy been a lot more powerful. Some dialogues felt clichéd and were often overused,whilst others were purely mediocre.
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All in all, the film is worth watching, and as it will spin you,motivate you and inspire you. Do depart watch it, whether only for Mukerji, and who has played the character to the fullest,and will fabricate (to make up, invent) you miss the good ragged days when she was on the big screen more often.
Source: tribune.com.pk