A
lot
of
bizarre
experiments
are
being
made
in
the
name
of
art
house/experimental
cinema.
Precious
raw
stock,
precious
time
and
precious
resources
are
being
utilised
to
create
movies
which
are
so
weird
that
only
its
creator
would
know
what
he's
actually
trying
to
say.
Pankh
is
one
of
those
films,
which,
frankly,
makes
no
sense.
Let's
give
the
credit
where
it's
due.
The
premise
-
of
a
young
boy
being
cast
in
girl's
roles
in
movies
-
is
interesting,
but
the
screenplay
and
direction
[Sudipto
Chattopadhyay]
are
so
abstract
that
I
was
actually
wondering,
how
could
a
reputed
film-maker
like
Sanjay
Gupta
and
celebrated
actor
Bipasha
Basu
green-light
this
project?
Or,
let
me
put
it
this
way,
what
did
they
see
in
the
script
of
this
film?
Frankly,
Pankh
made
no
sense
to
me
and
at
the
end
of
the
screening,
I
only
felt
sorry
for
myself
since
I
wasted
two
precious
hours
of
my
life
on
something
that
wasn't
worth
it.
Baby
Kusum
was
a
child
star.
But
Kusum
was
actually
a
boy,
working
as
a
girl
in
movies.
Born
as
Jerry.
Christened
Master
Jai
for
the
movies.
Rechristened
Baby
Kusum
to
play
a
girl.
Mary
and
Jerry,
the
mother
and
son,
are
caught
in
a
turbulent
relationship.
Nothing
works
in
Pankh.
The
protagonist
is
besotted
by
a
stunning
looking
actress
and
even
fantasises
about
her,
so
why
this
hullabaloo
about
his
sexual
identity?
And
pray,
what
is
Bipasha
doing
in
so
many
avtaars?
Did
she
walk
on
the
set
straight
out
of
a
fashion
show?
Talking
of
performances,
Maradona
Rebello
tries
hard
to
look
convincing.
Bipasha
suffers
due
to
poor
characterisation.
Mahesh
Manjrekar
hams
to
the
hilt.
Ronit
Roy
is
lifeless.
Lilette
Dubey
is
hysterical.
Daya
Shanker
Pandey
is
quite
good.
Amit
Purohit
needs
to
polish
his
acting
skills.
Sanjeeda
Sheikh
is
convincing.
Asha
Sachdev
gets
the
role
right.
On
the
whole,
Pankh
has
nothing
to
offer!
Story first published: Saturday, April 3, 2010, 11:02 [IST]