There’s a completely superfluous song bunged right into the middle of it all : yes, we know it’s a flashback, but a song in a film like this? Can Bollywood ever get rid of this mistrust of its audience ? This is a film which needs to be as taut as a drum. The lead terrorist is given a couple of ultra-histrionic moments.
Kapoor makes us believe she is, was, Neerja.Īnd that takes us past the few places which slacken. Then she locks onto the correct tone, and we get the whole complement of feelings flit across her face – from shaking with fear to finding a place of strength. Sonam Kapoor fumbles in a couple of initial phases, where we find a blankness rather than terror on her face. See Pics: Sonam Kapoor At Neerja Screening Held For Air hostesses The question was always going to be, can Kapoor, who has always played itty-bitty ditsy roles before (with patchy results in a string of others), carry off that demanding role?
Listen: Neerja’s last flight announcement before Pan Am Flight 73 got hijacked And we see the exact moment when Neerja draws upon her memories of being defeated in a past life, and reaching out for steely resilience: most importantly, we see Kapoor do this, believably. We see the crew being cowed into submission, being jabbed repeatedly by AK 47s. We see the terrified passengers cowering in their seats. We see the hijackers brutally put down any hint of resistance. The atmosphere of dread and violence is created well, for the most part. The film slides swiftly into its stride, taking us back and forth between the early morning of the 5th of September, with Neerja ( Sonam Kapoor) getting ready for the flight, with her parents up and gently fussing around her, and a terrorist cell in Karachi, packing guns and grenades and gearing up for the hijacking of the Pan Am jet from Karachi airport.Īlso read: Disheartened that “Neerja” not releasing in Pakistan: Sonam Kapoor Instead, her bullet-ridden body comes back to her devastated family, mother Rama (Shabana Azmi), father Harish (Tikku), her brothers, and the man who loves her (Shekhar Ravjiani). She would have celebrated her 24th birthday on the 7th of September, 1986. Also read: ‘Neerja’ Sonam Kapoor pays tribute to air hostess’, later screens film for them
0 kommentar(er)
