A couple of weeks back, I
happened to come across an interesting video where quite a few popular stars
like Shahrukh, Akshay etc. were asked to thread a needle. That’s when I
realized that it was for the promotion of Sharat Katariya’s “Sui Dhaaga” which had Varun Dhawan &
Anushka Sharma as the lead pair. Since the trailer showed both in completely
different avatars, it aroused my curiosity & I decided to check it out.
Hopefully it didn’t dampen my spirits after the high of Mani Ratnam’s CCV.
Based in a small town,
the film takes us into the life of Mauji (Varun Dhawan) who worked at a retail
sewing machine shop. Apart from his work, his bosses were particularly
interested in his ability to entertain them with his antics. Though he knew that
his bosses belittled him, he looked at it as an opportunity to remain in their
good books since he needed the job to support his family. Incidentally, they belonged
to the artisan clan, but since it wasn’t sufficient to support the household,
his father (Raghubir Yadav) opted for the job of a peon & was adamant that
his sons also didn’t pursue their traditional profession. Things moved along
uneventfully, until Mauji’s wife Mamta (Anushka Sharma) instills in him the
urge to earn self-respect & the confidence to set up his own tailoring
establishment. How they both support each other & realize their dreams
forms the crux of the movie.
This is the third venture
of Sharat Katariya with his previous being “Dum
Laga Ke Haisha” which was kinda entertaining. Apart from direction, he had
taken on the responsibility of writing the script as well & has given us an
endearing story that works for more parts. The only portion where he went
overboard was the climax where it was not in sync with reality be it the fashion
show sequence & the wardrobes that he had created for it. As far as the
technical aspect goes, Andrea Guerra’s BGM added more impact to many of the
scenes and reminded me of Hollywood underdog movies.
Among the younger
Bollywood actors, Varun Dhawan will surely rank as one among the few to look
out for in the future since he does many of the genres reasonably well. As
Mauji, he has given an earnest performance while Anushka Sharma who has been choosing roles
carefully for quite a while has done appraise worthy job as well. As for the
rest of the cast, Raghubir Yadav, Yamini Das etc have done their parts aptly.
Verdict:
As
expected, it has performed quite well at the box office with the families
warming onto it. There is no doubt that it has an endearing tale that makes us
root for the underdog despite the climax being rather outlandish. In short,
give it a try!!!
Rating: 2.75/5
Regards…Ben
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