Tevar
Director:Amit Ravindernath Sharma
Cast:Arjun Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Manoj Bajpayee, Raj Babbar, Deepti Naval, Subrat Dutta, Rajesh Sharma
After a couple of years in the industry, Arjun Kapoor makes an entry into the big league this week with an entertainer that is trying to be rooted. As he introduces himself as ‘Superman, Salman ka fan,’ we get to know the larger-than-life territory he is getting into. In debutant director Amit Sharma, he has the helmsman who guides his explosive attitude in the right direction — what they call ‘complete package’ in commercial cinema.
Amit translates the earthy mood of the original in the virgin territory of Agra and Mathura. With the characters wearing their caste identities on their chest, he takes away the touristy side of the Taj Mahal and Yamuna belt and presents the monuments and landmarks as part of the region’s everyday life, which is colourful in more ways than one.
The hero is a kabbadi-playing launda and the heroine is compared with Mathura ka peda, and who but Sonakshi Sinha can live up to such an analogy. And when you are in the region of Krishna, the lovers are supposed to be called Ghanshyam and Radhika. But here, they elope much before their love story begins.
Son of a police officer (Raj Babbar), Ghanshyam, alias Pintoo, is a street-smart boy who wants everybody to respect women. One day, he unintentionally saves Radhika (Sonakshi Sinha) from an unwanted marriage with local strongman Gajendra Singh (Manoj Bajpayee). As the cat and mouse game begins, Amit gets an opportunity to explore the narrow graffiti-laced bylanes of the mofussil towns with Mathura’s Holi providing the cover for climax. When there is murder on the street, Amit ensures that the sound of flies creates a chilling effect.Anuj Kumar
