Review of Yeh Saali Zindagi

RATINGS : 3.5/5

·  Official Website: Link

·  Banner: Cine Raas Entertainment Pvt Ltd

·  Director: Sudhir Mishra

·  Lead Cast: Irrfan Khan, Arunoday Singh, Chitrangda Singh

·  Supporting Cast: Aditi Rao, Saurabh Shukhla, Sushant Singh, Yashpal Sharma, Prashant Narayanan, Vipin Sharma, Vipul Gupta

·  Story: Sudhir Mishra

·  Screenplay: Sudhir Mishra

·  Dialogues: Manu Rishi, Sudhir Mishra

·  Music Director: Nishant Singh

·  Lyrics: Swananda Kirkire

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·  Running time: 120 minutes

Story

 It’s a film which is running many stories parallel behind the main story barring any confusion and delivering a complete entertainment. The main protagonist story is between two gangsters, Irrfan Khan and Arunoday Singh. Irrfan works for Saurabh Shukla who runs a multi finance company officially but handles various illegal activities, and on the other side Arunoday is a local gangster who works for Yashpal Sharma called as ‘Bade’ in the underworld premises. Yashpal is locked in jail and hires Arunoday to set him free by kidnapping to be Minister’s daughter and son-in-law, Vipul Gupta. On the other side, Irrfan loves Chitrangada but she is having an affair with Minister’s son-in-law unknowingly that Irrfan is in love with her. Now Arunoday kidnaps to be Minister’s son-in-law but also by mistake kidnaps Chitrangada instead of kidnapping Minister’s daughter. As Irrfan loves deeply with Chitrangada he decides to help her though knowingly that she is with Vipul Gupta. As Minister, gets to know about his son-in-laws affair, he denies in accepting the condition for setting free Yashpal Sharma from Jail. Irrfan on the other side by his excellence and taking advantage by working under Saurabh Shukla, he transfers all the illegal money in Minister’s official account and terrifies him to accept the condition. He does that what was demanded, but a plan is set to kill everyone on the spot by police, gangsters and kidnappers. What happens next is tale many twists and turns by which at the end, one will definitely say ‘Yeh Saali Zindagi… Hum chahte yahan yeh, Saali jaati kahin aur hai.’

Director cut

Sudhir Mishra is renowned for making realistic cinemas with thoughtful storylines. This movie is also an eccentric romantic thriller which is full of suspense. Sudhir gives you a feel of realistic cinema, with real dialogues and gritty camera works. This film has his ‘signature style’ and will also give you a reflection of his earlier hard hitting and meaningful films like ‘ Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi’ and ‘Is Raat Ki Subaah Nahin’.

Cinematography is remarkable as the actors emotions have been capture extreme close- up.

Nishant Khan’s music is good and most importantly it carry forward the Storyline. The title track Yeh Saali Zindegi is pappy and conformist.

Performance

Irrfan Khan as Arun has given a brilliant performance of an intense lover with a quirky sense of humour. Chitrangda as Priti plays her role of a vulnerable girl with intense depth to her character. Her vivacious nature adds grace to her character. Arunoday Singh as a gangster is a surprise package who delivers a mouthful of abusive languages and intense love making scenes effortlessly. Aditi Rao as Shanti is fresh and exudes raw sex appeal.  

In Shotr(Ups and Downs)

Ups

 You can go for this movie if you want to see a idiosyncratic love story with awesome instants & unpredicted Climax. There are some awesome performances by lead actors, vigorous yet expressive music and some real hard hitting dialogues.

Downs

The screenplay is taut but loses its grip, especially post-interval.  It is inexplicable how Irrfan’s men magically appear every time one of them is required. Dialogue definitely makes an impact but it will keep the family audience away. If the narrative will be applauded by the niche audience, the common man will find the proceedings difficult to comprehend. Also, too many characters and events causes confusion. And finally, the bullet sequence at the climax is totally filmy

Verdicts

Kudos to  Sudhir Mishra for executing such an unusual saga of quirky romantic thriller. He has beautifully explored the unpredictability and truth of life and complexities in contemporary relationships. The roller coaster ride of emotions and the characterization is perfect. The pace of the movie drops in between, but the lively; conversation narration keeps the suspense going. The characterization, unconventional set up demands instant attention. The beauty of this movie is the interconnections within characters which unfold slowly and eventually. The movie has been done keeping in mind a niche audience who loves a gritty, violent, dark thriller with romance as background. The Boxoffice prospective of this movie is not looking great due to lack of any big stars. This film will be liked only by the city audience and select multiplexes.  

Detailed Ratings (out of 5):

• Direction: 3.5
• Story: 3.5
• Lead Actors: 4.0
• Character Artists: 3.0
• Dialogues: 3.5
• Screenplay:3.0
• Music Director: 3.0
• Lyrists : 3.0

Over all :- 3.5