Film review of SANDEEP AUR PINKY FARAAR |
Here`s an interesting new Bollywood flick with a twist. A Haryanvi police officer helps a successful banker avoid being crossed by her own boss and that`s how the twisted tale begins of the suspenseful plot of `SANDEEP AUR PINKY FARAAR`. The film is a suspenseful dark comedy, but there are only glimpses of it, in spurts. Like the opening scene that immediately grabs one`s attention and the intrigue that writer-director Dibaker Banerjee builds through the first-half, makes you sit up and take notice. A very discreet Sandeep aka Sandy is being chased by her boss and Pinkesh aka Pinky is reluctantly trying to save her. But as the film`s second act rolls, the not-so-shocking suspense is revealed and we`re then left with repetitive and excruciatingly slow exchanges between the characters. Banerjee tries to weave in various underlying themes that represent the many Indians that co-exist within the nation. From bloodsucking bank scams that target the country`s poor to the privileged and educated corporates for whom the people are just numbers. While Dibakar cleverly relates the massive bank scam to an old couple in rural India, the film`s languid pace and erratic writing takes its toll on almost everything. Performance-wise, it`s a Parineeti show all the way.
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