Indu Sarkar Movie Review: Ends Up As A Muffled Voice Rather Than A Heart-Wrenching Scream!
Is this Kirti Kulhari- Neil Nitin Mukesh starrer worth the hype? We watched it and here's our verdict.
Reviews
oi-Madhuri
By Madhuri
Rating:
2.0/5
Star
Cast:
Kirti
Kulhari,
Tota
Roy
Chowdhury,
Neil
Nitin
Mukesh,
Anupam
Kher
Director:
Madhur
Bhandarkar
Cast:
Kirti
Kulhari,
Tota
Roy
Choudhary,
Neil
Nitin
Mukesh,
Anupam
Kher
Director:
Madhur
Bhandarkar
Producers:
Bhandarkar
Entertainment,
Bharat
Shah
Writers:
Madhur
Bhandarkar
What's
Yay:
Kirti
Kulhari
What's
Nay:
The
cautionary
approach
to
the
subject,
lack
of
perspective
Popcorn
Refill:
Interval
Iconic
Moment:
The
scenes
of
marital
discord
between
Indu
(Kirti
Kulhari)
and
her
husband
Navin
(Tota
Roy
Choudhary)
are
quite
impactful.
Plot
The
title
on
the
screen
reads
"1975:
Emergency",
which
is
followed
by
a
shot
of
the
famous
blank
editorial
in
the
Indian
Express. Indu
Sarkar
starts
off
with
brutal
scenes
of
a
forced
vasectomy
drive
in
Mubanapur
village
near
Punjab-Haryana
border.
This
is
just
a
glimpse
of
one
of
the
most
darkest
periods
in
the
world's
biggest
democracy
wherein
a
power-drunk
government
had
almost
allowed
dictatorship
to
raise
its
ugly
head.
Elsewhere
in
the
country,
an
orphan,
Indu
(Kirti
Kulhari)
is
a
woman
with
a
stammer
who
seeks
solace
in
poems
until
she
meets
an
over-ambitious
bureaucrat, Navin
Sarkar
(Tota
Roy
Choudhary)
and
gets
hitched
to
him.
When
Navin's
boss
demands
poems
to
go
along
with
his
pro-Emergency
speeches,
Indu
agrees.
However,
her
life
takes
a
different
turn
when
she
witnesses
violence
at
Turkman
Gate
in
Delhi.
There,
she
rescues
two
orphaned
kids
but
soon
finds
herself
at
the
opposing end
of
her
husband's
views
on
Emergency.
Circumstances
force
Indu
to
make
a
tough
choice.
But,
she
finds
her
voice
and
chooses
to
walk
out
on
Navin
who
mocks
her
by
saying,
"Haklaate
haklaate
haq
maangne
chali."
Is
Indu
right
in
choosing
a
life
of
rebellion?
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Sarkar
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Nitin
Mukesh
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Kulhari
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Kher
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FilmiBeat
Direction
While
Bollywood
shies
away
from
making
films
with
political
themes
in
fear
of
inviting
controversy,
Madhur
Bhandarkar
makes
a
brave
attempt
of
turning
back
the
pages
to
one
of
the
most
darkest
chapters
of
Indian
political
history.
Unfortunately,
the
filmmaker
refrains
from
making
a
bold
comment
on
it
and
instead
focusses
on
the
protagonist's
emotional
struggle.
The
film
does
make
references
to
several
real-life
incidents which
took
place
during
the
Emergency
period
-
the
forced
sterilization
to
curb
population,
the
demolition
of
slums
and
police
firing
at
Turkman
Gate
in
Delhi
under
the
guise
of
city
beautification,
the
curbing
on
freedom
of
press
and
the
crackdown
on
poltical
activists.
While
Madhur
refrains
from
taking
names
for
obvious
reasons,
you
know
that
the
hot-headed
Chief
(Neil
Nitin
Mukesh)
is
modelled
on
Sanjay
Gandhi
and
the
Prime
Minister
refers
to
Indira Gandhi as
you
find
the
mention
of the
'five
point
programme'
and
'MISA'
along
with
the
sly
dialogue
pertaining
to
a
certain
'maa-beta'
making
its
way
in
the
narrative.
Performances
Indu
Sarkar
totally
belongs
to
Kirti
Kulhari
as
the
actress
effectively
carries
the
film
on
her
sturdy
shoulders.
Hers
is
one
of
the
best
sketched
characters
in
the
film.
Tota
Roy
Choudhary
is
impressive
as
Indu's
husband.
Neil
Nitin
Mukesh's
striking
resemblance
to
Sanjay
Gandhi
simply
can't
be
ignored.
The
actor
in
his
extended
cameo
puts
up
a
good
show
although
you
hear
him
speak
lines
like
'Sarkarein
challenges
se
nahi...chabuk
se
chalti
hai' and
'Emergency
mein
emotion
nahi...mere
orders
chalte
hai'
which
seem
to
be
straight
out
of
a
typical
Bollywood
potboiler.
Poor,
Supriya
Vinod!
The
lady
is
barely
there
in
one
frame;
blame
it
on
the
censorship
who
went
chop-chop
when
it
come
to
her
scenes.
Technical
Aspects
Keiko
Nakahara's
cinematography
perfectly
captures
the
bygone
era
whereas
Devendra
Murdeshwar
could
have
been
a
little
bit
sharper
to
go
a
bit
light
on
the
melodrama.
Music
Indu
Sarkar's
music
is
nothing
out-of-the-box.
Though
the
song
'Chadha
Sooraj
Dheere
Dheere'
has
some
meaningful
lyrics,
it's
very
abruptly
placed
in
the
film
and
hinders
the
narrative.
Verdict
Indu
Sarkar dares
to
step
into
murkier
waters,
but
fails
to
save
itself
from
drowning
due
to
the
heavy
melodramatic
content.
There's
a
scene
in
the
film
where
Indu
bursts
out,
"Jab
sab
chup
hain,
koi
toh
chikhega." Unfortunately, Madhur's
film fails
to
be
that
scream!