Shikara’ Floats on Tested Waters, Misses Plot “Shikara”; Cast: Aadil Khan, Trailer, Kashmiri Pandits Became Victims

B-10 | Friday, February 21, 2020 BOLLYWOOD www.WeeklyVoice.com ‘Shikara’ Floats On Tested Waters, Misses Plot “Shikara”; Cast: Aadil Khan, trailer, Kashmiri Pandits became victims. The odd sequence in the Sadia; Direction: Vidhu Vinod refugees in their own country. refugee camp that lays bare how Chopra; Rating: * * * (three The focus of the ilm is to playa happy community is reduced to stars) out that idea through the screen- a horde of refugees, and no one is play that Chopra sets up along bothered, has impact. By Vinayak Chakravorty with his co-writers (Rahul Pan- These, though, remain token dita and Abhijat Joshi). nods to the subject at hand. They It would be fairly correct to As the story moves ahead nar- sink under the ilmmaker’s inex- say “Shikara” has been one of rating nearly three decades of or- plicable urge to give precedence the more anticipated ilms of the deal that Shiv and Shanti’s saga to mush and melodrama. season, at least for the section of will survive, you realize what the Shiv, a teacher, is a ‘shayar’ at Bollywood watchers that reads basic problem about this ilm is. heart and in disposition, and his reviews. The ilm’s core -- -exo Chopra is trying to be too amiable verses are beautifully brought dus of Kashmiri Pandits from the discussing the whole issue. alive by debutant Aadil Khan’s Kashmir Valley in early 1990 Sure, there are some genuine resonant tenor. His co-star Sadia owing to Islamist insurgency — moments that tug at your heart. puts up a functional act as the de- promises poignant drama. Impor- Chopra uses poetry beautifully mure but sensible Shanti. tantly, “Shikara” revisits a slice of Scene from ‘Shikara’ to portray angst and pain, but Technically, this is an accom- modern Indian history that Bolly- “Shikara” seems more interested plished effort. Rangarajan Ram- wood forgot to acknowledge. for decades now -- at random, forced to lee their homes. in loating on tested waters of abadran’s camera work is ef- “Shikara” could be the deini- you could think of Chopra’s own In aggressive promotional ‘love in the time of strife’ for- fective. The stark refugee camp tive socio-political thriller Bolly- “1942 A Love Story”, Mani Rat- campaigns pre-release, and also mula, rather than probe meaning- scenes look authentic and bear wood has been forever trying to nam dramas as “Roja and “Bom- through the ilm’s trailer, Chopra fully into the political realism of the stamp of credible art direction make but never quite managed, bay”, or Kabir Khan’s recent web has talked about the atrocities a huge tragedy. (Prasad Surve and Hemant Wagh) you’d go in thinking. series “The Forgotten Army”. that the community suffered on The ilm does touch upon ex- and production design (Sonal For the sake of drama, writer- The love story that “Shikara” being uprooted from their homes pected aspects of the immense ex- Sawant). director Vidhu Vinod Chopra anchors its narrative on plays out and, equally shocking, the ap- odus it is based on. The violence Yet, for all the hype around introduces a ictional love storybetween Shiv (Aadil Khan) and palling apathy and rejection they that drove Kashmiri Pandits out what it had promised to deliver, into the historic reality on which Shanti (Sadia), who become the faced when they tried to blend in of their homes is kept at a mini- “Shikara” reveals little ambition his ilm is based. The formula has face of the hundreds of thousands with the rest of the country. As a mum, yet it is effective enough to to be anything more than an en- been a popular one in Bollywood of Kashmiri Pandits who were voiceover had explained in the convey the shock and fear of the joyable Bollywood love story. Kangana’s Look As Digangana Enjoys Doing S.Indian Films HYDERABAD: Actress Di- IAF Pilot Goes Viral gangana Suryavanshi has bagged her fourth south Indian ilm “SeetiMaarr”, and she says she is enjoying working in movies from the region. “I’m enjoying doing south In- dian ilms, and very grateful for the love and acceptance I’ve re- ceived. I want to balance between south Indian and Hindi ilms,” Digangana told IANS. The “Ek Veer Ki Ardaas... Veera” actress made her debut in Bollywood with “FryDay” in 2018 and followed it up with “Jalebi” that also released in the same year. MUMBAI: Kangana Ranauts ond ilm which pays a tribute to She currently has Telugu ilm irst look as an Air Force pilotthe in Indian military after the im- “SeetiMaarr” in her kitty. her upcoming lick “Tejas” hasmensely success “Uri: The Sur- “I am paired opposite Gopi- she shared about her role in the and it has been a very pleasant taken the internet by storm. gical Strike” which released in chand sir. I play a quirky and experience, happy to work with On Monday morning, Ronnie January last year. upcoming ilm. energetic news channel anchor,” “I’ve shot with Gopichand sir him,” she added. Screwvala’s production house Informing about the movie, RSVP movies shared Kangana Kangana’s sister Rangoli Chan- Ranaut’s irst look from “Tejas”del tweeted: “#Tejas it’s not only Sanjay Khan Set To Launch Second Book on Twitter where she can be seen a ighter jet but also Kangana’s posing in front of a ighter jet. In name in the ilm, she always MUMBAI: Actor-ilmmaker with as it comes with inferior in- “The intention behind this book the movie, Kangana will be seen wanted to play a soldier and her Sanjay Khan is set to launch his signia. is not only to convince the Indian in the avatar of an Air Force pilot dream came trues, after Mani- second book titled “Assalamua- Khan suggests, through this Muslims to eliminate this immi- and her irst look is already win- karnika another war ilm but thislaikum Watan”, which will trace book, that the Indian government grant mentality, but also provide ning hearts of netizens. time action will be in the sky, Jai Muslims’ role in shaping India’s embark on an initiative to address a very tangible, explicit and logi- The tweet reads: “Soaring high Hind.” heritage. Khan emphatically de- all as Indians and “if needed add cal solution for Muslims in India into the sky! Presenting the irst Netizens are loving the actress’ clares in almost every page of the preix Indian to the commu- to once again reach its zenith of look of #KanganaRanaut as an look as an Air Force oficer as the book (which has 10 chapters) nity name. For instance - Indian- contribution and impact,” said Air force Pilot in #Tejas. @Kan- a result of which, the hashtags that he “considers himself an In- Muslims, Indian-Hindus, Indian- Khan. “This is an impact that the ganaTeam @RonnieScrewvala #KanganaRanaut and #Tejas are dian irst and then a person of the Christians, Indian-Sikhs which Indian Muslim has repeatedly #SarveshMewara @nonabains.” trending on Twitterg.“Tejas” will faith”. will give every citizen a sense of accomplished in the past while Directed by Sarvesh Mewara, go on loors very soon and is slat- According to Khan, the term feeling Indian before anything forming the rich history of this “Tejas” will be RSVP’s sec- ed to release in April 2021. “minority” needs to be dispensed else”. amazing country.” Karisma’s Pics On Dad’s B’Day MUMBAI: Karisma Kapoor posted a risma’s cousin Kunal Kapoor, aunt Rima couple of pictures on Instagram to mark Jain and uncle Rajiv Kapoor, among oth- her father Randhir Kapoor’s 73rd birth- er family members. day. The birthday was a Kapoor family In the second picture, Karisma has affair and Karisma, who couldn’t make been clicked with Randhir. He looks it, posted a group picture on Instagram natty in a hat and a blue blazer, while Stories that features Randhir surrounded she is casually clad. “Happy birthday my by the family. handsome Papa. We love you,” Karisma In the photograph, one can spot captioned the picture. Randhir Kapoor with Karisma’s younger Karisma’s irst cousin Riddhima Ka- sister Kareena Kapoor, her husband Saif poor Sahni commented with heart emojis Ali Khan, Randhir’s wife Babita, Ka- on the picture: “Happy birthday to him.”.

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