One
poor
yet
happy
village
family
comprising
of
two
spouses
and
a
child
head
towards
the
city
of
dreams,
Mumbai
for
a
better
living.
However,
the
city
of
dreams
turns
out
to
be
somewhat
like
a
nightmare
for
the
family.
The
movie
Citylights
starring
Rajkummar
Rao
and
Patralekha
released
today
and
this
is
what
the
flick
is
based
on
and
though,
the
storyline
seems
quite
a
common
one
but
it
surely
has
a
lot
of
freshness
and
a
true
reflection
of
the
dark
reality.
To
unfold
some
shades
of
the
movie
Citylights,
Rajkummar
Rao
(Deepak)
and
his
wife
Patralekha
(Rakhi)
live
a
simple
life
with
their
little
daughter
Mahi
at
a
village
in
Rajasthan.
The
sweet
little
family
is
blessed
with
all
the
abstract
necessities
like
love
and
care
for
each
other
but
things
started
getting
bad
for
the
trio
when
Rajkummar
loses
his
small
shop
due
to
his
inability
to
pay
off
the
debtors.
Having
a
Mumbaiwala
friend's
phone
number
in
hand,
Rajkummar
and
Patralekha
then
decide
to
go
to
Mumbai
taking
their
daughter
in
hope
of
better
days
but
things
go
even
worse.
With
no
trace
of
the
friend
in
Mumbai,
the
couple
struggle
to
get
any
work
or
even
a
shelter
until
Patralekha
meets
with
a
bar
dancer
who
somehow
manages
a
dwelling
for
the
struggling
family,
besides
a
job
for
Patralekha
in
the
bar.
Eventually,
Rajkummar
also
gets
hold
of
a
job
as
a
security
guard
in
a
cash
transporting
agency.
When,
things
started
to
look
okay
for
the
loving
family,
Rajkummar's
associate
in
the
agency
(Manav
Kaul)
offers
Rajkummar
with
a
master
plan
to
get
rich
overnight.
Well,
to
know
whether
Rajkummar
resists
the
enticement
or
he
falls
prey
to
greed,
you
have
to
watch
the
flick.
The
film
Citylights
which
is
supposed
to
be
an
adaptation
of
the
English
hit,
Metro
Manila
is
true
and
original
in
it's
essence.
And
the
most
refreshing
part
of
the
film
is
that
Hansal
Mehta
did
not
ponder
upon
the
typical
'happy
ending'
funda
of
Bollywood
and
rather
stressed
on
the
dark
but
real
side
of
a
metro
city.
Although,
the
flick
at
one
point
of
time
seems
a
little
sluggish
and
stretchy
in
it's
approach
but
Citylights
comprising
of
love,
emotions,
struggle,
values,
betrayal
and
greed
has
it
all
to
make
you
impressed
and
to
some
extent
positively
stressed
too
seeing
the
plight
of
the
otherwise
happy
family.
Rajkummar
Rao
as
expected
completely
lives
up
to
the
expectation
with
his
superb
acting,
and
Patralekha
also
did
all
justice
to
her
character
with
little
lesser
scope
than
her
male
counterpart.
The
little
girl
too
was
excellent
with
her
inbuilt
innocence
while,
Manav
Kaul
and
his
on
screen
wife
Sadia
Siddique
also
exhibited
their
talent
to
the
core
with
whatever
little
scope
they
had.
Apart
from
the
brilliant
storytelling
and
superb
performance
from
all
ends,
Citylights
also
is
blessed
with
some
good
music
sense.
All
in
all,
Hansal
Mehta's
Citylights
starring
Rajkumar
Rao
and
Patralekha
is
a
delight
to
watch
and
even
though
it
might
make
you
saddened
by
virtue
of
it's
tragic
tale,
Citylights
will
surely
leave
you
with
the
words
in
your
mind,
"Great
movie
yaar...!"