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Critic Review
Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar (2021): When a suspended Haryanvi police officer Pinky (Arjun Kapoor) saves a successful banker Sandeep Walia (Parineeti Chopra) from being bumped off by her own boss, their starkly opposing worlds collide. Will they be able to outrun the powerful and evil forces baying for their blood? Just like the twist in its title, the story of Sandeep and Pinky is convoluted, crafty and conspicuous by the class divide that runs deep between its protagonists. Undoubtedly, these are good elements for a film that is projected as a suspenseful dark comedy, but this one only shows glimpses of it, in spurts. Like the opening scene that immediately grabs your attention and the intrigue that writer-director Dibaker Banerjee builds through the first-half, makes you sit up and take notice. Here, we’re only given flashes of how, what and why, 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 Indias that co-exist within the nation. From bloodsucking bank scams that target the country’s poor to the privileged and educated corporates for whom 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. Even on the sweeping shots of a picturesque town on the Indo-Nepal border captured beautifully by Anil Mehta..
Just like Indoo’s character that cannot decide whether she wants to be the badass and have all the fun or worry about ‘log kya kahenge’, the film’s narrative also seems confused. From full-on Pakistan-bashing to half-hearted jingoism and from preaching about not judging a book by its cover to saying that all Indians are highly judgmental, ‘Indoo Ki Jawani’ tries to go everywhere and reaches nowhere..
If you really want to watch naive small-town folk getting swindled by unconscientious swindlers with banking and scamming knowledge, then Jamtara on Netflix is a far better option. Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar sheds too less light on the actial scam, and mudd.
Sandeep and Pinky Faraar’ is one of those neo-noir films that set out with a promise to engage, entertain and educate by slowly unraveling its layered subtext. But with its preposterous execution and frustratingly slow pace, it’s the audience who migh.
Arjun Kapoor, on the other hand, has been given a highly one-dimensional character. He doesn’t have a palette of emotions to flaunt in the film but still gamely tries to overcome the flaws in the script. The writing is a little sketchy and adds no depth.
On the whole, SANDEEP AUR PINKY FARAAR has a bearable first half but goes terribly downhill in the second hour. At the box office, it’ll face a very tough time to find audiences.
‘Sandeep and Pinky Faraar’ is one of those neo-noir films that set out with a promise to engage, entertain and educate by slowly unraveling its layered subtext. But with its preposterous execution and frustratingly slow pace, it’s the audience who m.
