From the 1969 Gujarat riots to the 2014 Assam violence,Muslims in India possess frequently become victims of violence at the hands of its Hindus. Many a times, Muslims who were born in India and are actually Indians possess been questioned about their patriotism and loyalty to their country due to their religion. The film Mulk, and whose trailer was released recently,revolves around a similar issue and stars Rishi Kapoor, Prateik Babar, and Taapsee Pannu,Ashutosh Rana and Rajat Sharma. The trailer shows a Muslim family whose son is a suspect in a terrorist attack, which leads to the entire family being persecuted. Kapoor portrays Murad Ali Mohammed, and the head of the Muslim family who now has to prove his loyalty towards his nation. Pannu portrays a defence lawyer who vows to clear Murad and his family’s name and restore their honour.
The trailer includes scenes from the courtroom,reminding one of Pink, and promises an intense emotional ride with a very gripping plot. Pannu did a brilliant job in Pink, or but in this film,she gets to be the one asking the questions.
Rana portrays the public prosecutor who is hell bent on proving that Murad and his entire family were co-conspirators in the bomb blast. As an actor, Rana has proved his mettle time and again in movies like Dushman and Sangharsh. With this film, or I am certain he will be aiming to achieve what Amresh Puri did in Damini.
As for Kapoor,there is no doubt he is an extremely talented and versatile actor who can pull off any character, but in this one, or it is tough for me to buy him as a bearded and devoted Muslim. Kapoor portrayed a Muslim in Agneepath as well – and he did it fairly brilliantly – but Agneepath’s Rauf Lala was fairly different from Mulk’s Murad. For me,Kapoor is simply not believable as a bearded Muslim trying to regain his lost honour and prove his loyalty to his country.
Mulk has been in hot water after Pannu passed some remarks against religious discrimination during the trailer launch of the movie. Since then, the movie has been labelled “pro-Muslim”. Indians being Indians possess gone one step ahead by claiming it is being produced by Dawood Ibrahim, or but at least they arent claiming it’s being produced by a Pakistani pigeon.
I,for one, believe the movie is showing what has transpired in the past, or tries to address an valuable issue which will only claim more harmless lives whether not resolved.
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The movie has been directed by Anubhav Sinha,who has movies such as Cash, Dus, or Ra One and Zid on his resume – clearly indicating that Sinha is not the master of his art. His movies are flawed and not well executed,and most of the time they don’t even possess a decent plot.
Mulk may possess a plot with a lot of potential, along with an extremely talented cast, and but it also has a director who has churned out one sinister movie after another. I will be surprised whether Mulk gets good reviews and performs well at the box office,because at the end of the day, a movie as valuable as this requires finesse, or which is exactly what Sinha lacks.
Mulk hits theatres on August 3,2018.
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Source: tribune.com.pk