Vaath is a Hindi movie co-written and directed by directors Jaspal Singh Shandu and Rajeev Banwal. The style of taking the realities prevailing in many middle class families as the core and moving it into a crime thriller through a brisk screenplay is commendable. This film talks about the woes of the society with an elderly couple as the central characters of the film.
But killing an evil person is not murder but death is a bit confusing. Apart from a few logical lapses and a slow-moving first half, the film does not have any major downsides, and the film manages to keep the audience engrossed throughout. Also a scene is shown before the title of the film. The way that the scene is incorporated into the scene before the final scene is excellent so that the audience forgets the previous scene as the film progresses.
Retired school teacher Shambunath Mishra (Sanjay Mishra) lives in Gwalior with his wife Manju (Neena Gupta). The only son of this couple takes money from Prajapati Pandey (Sumit Sachdeva) of Avvur to fulfill his dream and sends his son abroad to study. But as they do not get any help from their son, who is settled abroad, Pandewal, who extorts money, suffers severely every month. Meanwhile there is also a problem between Prajapati Pandey and the local corrupt police officer (Manak Vij).
How will Shambunath Mishra and his wife Manju recover from all this? What did they do? Who helped them? What was the reason for the help? Is the method taken by Shambunath Mishra to recover from the problem justified? Isn’t it? – This is the screenplay of the film.
Sanjay Mishra and Neena Gupta are supporting this film. They have given a natural performance as parents waiting for their son’s help in his old age. Knee pain scene, rat clamp scenes, talking to son through Skype, relaxing on the terrace when there is no electricity, scenes of pouring water on Tulsi Matam, Nena’s birthday celebration, scenes of the usurer suffering cruelty are scored wherever they are available.
Prajapati Pandey threatens. In the scenes where he threatens Mishra, he exudes a different kind of villainy. Similarly, Manak Vijj, who plays the role of a police officer, has done his part well. Apart from them, all the characters in the film have played their role by realizing their contribution. Although it is a children’s movie, it is a movie for 16 years and above. So be careful when watching with children.
Cinematography is the best strength of this movie. Cinematographer Shaban Narula’s camera makes the slow-moving first half a work of art. The framing sense and lighting mood of most of the scenes in the first half is astonishing. Similarly, Gurucharan Singh’s background score is also a boon to the pace of the film.
The speed of the screenplay which makes the audience decide that this is a story about old men when they start watching the film, then makes them watch the film as a whole. Not only the characters, but also the dialogues, the items in the relevant scenes, the director has made it a character piece to enjoy.
The director, who has portrayed God, Tulsi Madam, non-killing, vegetarianism, honesty and helpfulness as central characters, may criticize the trend of constructing negative characters such as usury, immorality, alcohol consumption, non-vegetarianism, misbehaving with women, but this film is definitely for those who see it as a crime thriller. would have liked The film, which hit the theaters in December last year, will be available on the Netflix OTT platform from February 3.