Udaan (2010)

Yesternight I was browsing my TV set. My search ended at DD National (DD1). The film ‘Udaan’ was being telecast. I heard the ‘good and great’ about the film. I recalled that few months back, I read its review in one of the Hindi newspapers. I also knew that film has won many awards and hearts of critics. So what? I decided to watch the remaining part of the film.

I will not tell you much about the story, so you can watch it later. Awesome and off-beat film, yet very simple and yet classic in its content. You will feel like you are reading an interesting novel. It is a critically acclaimed directorial debut by Vikramditya Motwane. He has earlier worked with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Deepa Mehta. This wonderful movie was produced by Anurag Kashyap, Ronie Screwvala and Sanjay Singh and was released in July 2010. Yes, it the same Anurag, who has directed very well known films Black Friday and Dev D. 

Ronit Roy (Rishab Bajaj of Kasautii Zindagii Kay and hero of 1992 super hit Jaan Tere Naam) has done superb acting. The film is about a 17 years boy Rohan, who wants to be writer, poet and story writer. While his father Bhairav Singh dictates him, his career and his life. Bhairav Singh is an engineer, a businessman and also a dictator. He orders his son(s) to call him as ‘Sir’, not ‘papa’. Now, you can imagine about the person he is. The role of Rohan is played by 21 year old Rajat Barmecha. The film run slow at few moments. But the intensity of the story and sequence of scenes will not let you loose the interest, at all. It gets 9 out of 10 for the story. It portrays very well the emotions and conveys what it wanted. It leaves several sarcasm on people like Bhairav Singh and our society. Ram Kapoor (Jai Walia of Kasamh Se) also plays small but important role. You can feel his presence and dilemma he is facing. 

The major part of the film runs in Jamshedpur, a city of Tatas, you can feel so. You will see the statues of JRD and Sumant Moolgaokar (GK: Tata’s vehicle Sumo has been named on him Su-Mo). You will enjoy the word "disgraceful".

The music is composed by Amit Trivedi, which is well in the line of the film. It will not distract you from main stream of the story.

Does Rohan get his own wings to make ‘Udaan’? Does he get the freedom from the dictator ‘Sir’? Let us make the udaan (flight) to watch it and spread the message. 

Filmolysis:

Genre: Off-beat, Art Cinema

Story: 9/10

Acting: 9/10

Dialogue: 9/10

Music: 7/10

Direction: 9/10