Raazi Movie Review - Naam Sehmat
An Indian girl is trained to be a spy and married off to a Pakistani military officer in order to collect information that may help the Indians to prepare for any unwelcome surprise from the country beyond the border.
Cast - Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal
Directed By - Meghna Gulzar
Genre - Spy Thriller
We are all aware of the tension that is present between the India and Pakistan and how it has all took an ugly turn in the past. Many people were killed, and soldiers were lying on the battlefield with blood gushing out from there bodies. It is a very sensitive issue and one which begs the answer to the question - Why? A young girl Sehmat (Alia Bhatt) is a student of Delhi University who is introduced to us by a scene in which she risks herself for saving a squirrel. This scene is a setup which shows us how brave this girl is and there is another one followed by this scene which tells us how sharp a memory she possesses when it comes to memorising the phone numbers. She is taught since her childhood that "Watan Ke Aage Kuch Nii" (Nothing Comes Before The Country) and this is the reason why she trains up as a spy and marries a Pakistani military officer Iqbal (Vicky Kaushal) as ordered by her father.
Throughout the film, we almost see Sehmat crying, but each time she does it for different reasons. She is not born as a fearless hero, but she is made one. The screenplay by Bhavani Iyer and Meghna Gulzar makes sure that the film doesn't end up taking any sides. It carefully shows us that whatever decisions are made by the people of one country is because they think it's right for them. After all, everybody has a patriotic feeling towards one's own country and we can't blame them as we too do the things that we think are right for our country but neither Raazi nor am I taking any sides here. Something similar regarding women saving the country was attempted in the 2017 film Naam Shabana, but that was more an escapist fare than a realistic one. Raazi has everything right in it and thankfully saves us from big monologues about "Bharat Mata" which is something movies in this genre use up too much to invoke the inner patriotism in us. This film could have easily fallen into the typical cliches and could have taken a turn for the worst to get some whistles from the theatre, but Meghna Gulzar makes sure that the film stays true to its content and takes a more realistic approach towards the situation. The adaptation of Harinder Sikka's novel Calling Sehmat builds up a vulnerable and daring female protagonist who steals your heart away and leaves you teary eyed. The film has no manipulative music in the background and is purely performance driven. Whatever you feel comes straight from the screenplay and the performance of the actors.
This film fully belongs to Alia Bhatt who has come a long way since her debut in the 2012 film Student of the Year. She inherits the character of Sehmat with such ease that you have to applaud her for the outstanding performance she delivers. Alia proves that no role is beyond her reach and can play any part as required by her with perfection. I felt Vicky Kaushal was a bit underutilised here, but his role was written in such a way, so it's not his fault, but he sincerely delivers his part with just the right amount of innocence and vulnerability. He plays an open-minded husband who supports her wife in every way possible. The other actors like Rajit Kapur, Shishir Sharma, Jaideep Ahlawat and many more are fantastic in their parts and deliver a remarkable performance.
If you look for the issues from this film, they are all nitpicks like how Sehmat operates and doesn't get fully exposed in a house filled with military personnel's. There are scenes in which the characters completely ignore the involvement of Sehmat in the conspiracy as only what they had to do was just connect the dots but if it all would have made sense to them, then this film would not have been made with the runtime of 140 minutes. As I said they are nitpicks and not a very major issue, they can be ignored.
Meghna Gulzar proves herself to be a fantastic director, and this film is a great follow up to her 2015 film Talvar. I like the way she handles the subject at hand like corruption and injustice in Talvar and the Indo-Pak relation in Raazi. I am excited to look forward to Gulzar's direction in the future, and I am sure she will be back again with another blast of a film.
Rating - 4/5
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Cast - Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal
Directed By - Meghna Gulzar
Genre - Spy Thriller
We are all aware of the tension that is present between the India and Pakistan and how it has all took an ugly turn in the past. Many people were killed, and soldiers were lying on the battlefield with blood gushing out from there bodies. It is a very sensitive issue and one which begs the answer to the question - Why? A young girl Sehmat (Alia Bhatt) is a student of Delhi University who is introduced to us by a scene in which she risks herself for saving a squirrel. This scene is a setup which shows us how brave this girl is and there is another one followed by this scene which tells us how sharp a memory she possesses when it comes to memorising the phone numbers. She is taught since her childhood that "Watan Ke Aage Kuch Nii" (Nothing Comes Before The Country) and this is the reason why she trains up as a spy and marries a Pakistani military officer Iqbal (Vicky Kaushal) as ordered by her father.
Throughout the film, we almost see Sehmat crying, but each time she does it for different reasons. She is not born as a fearless hero, but she is made one. The screenplay by Bhavani Iyer and Meghna Gulzar makes sure that the film doesn't end up taking any sides. It carefully shows us that whatever decisions are made by the people of one country is because they think it's right for them. After all, everybody has a patriotic feeling towards one's own country and we can't blame them as we too do the things that we think are right for our country but neither Raazi nor am I taking any sides here. Something similar regarding women saving the country was attempted in the 2017 film Naam Shabana, but that was more an escapist fare than a realistic one. Raazi has everything right in it and thankfully saves us from big monologues about "Bharat Mata" which is something movies in this genre use up too much to invoke the inner patriotism in us. This film could have easily fallen into the typical cliches and could have taken a turn for the worst to get some whistles from the theatre, but Meghna Gulzar makes sure that the film stays true to its content and takes a more realistic approach towards the situation. The adaptation of Harinder Sikka's novel Calling Sehmat builds up a vulnerable and daring female protagonist who steals your heart away and leaves you teary eyed. The film has no manipulative music in the background and is purely performance driven. Whatever you feel comes straight from the screenplay and the performance of the actors.
This film fully belongs to Alia Bhatt who has come a long way since her debut in the 2012 film Student of the Year. She inherits the character of Sehmat with such ease that you have to applaud her for the outstanding performance she delivers. Alia proves that no role is beyond her reach and can play any part as required by her with perfection. I felt Vicky Kaushal was a bit underutilised here, but his role was written in such a way, so it's not his fault, but he sincerely delivers his part with just the right amount of innocence and vulnerability. He plays an open-minded husband who supports her wife in every way possible. The other actors like Rajit Kapur, Shishir Sharma, Jaideep Ahlawat and many more are fantastic in their parts and deliver a remarkable performance.
If you look for the issues from this film, they are all nitpicks like how Sehmat operates and doesn't get fully exposed in a house filled with military personnel's. There are scenes in which the characters completely ignore the involvement of Sehmat in the conspiracy as only what they had to do was just connect the dots but if it all would have made sense to them, then this film would not have been made with the runtime of 140 minutes. As I said they are nitpicks and not a very major issue, they can be ignored.
Meghna Gulzar proves herself to be a fantastic director, and this film is a great follow up to her 2015 film Talvar. I like the way she handles the subject at hand like corruption and injustice in Talvar and the Indo-Pak relation in Raazi. I am excited to look forward to Gulzar's direction in the future, and I am sure she will be back again with another blast of a film.
Rating - 4/5
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