The pain of living life
Plot: This film tells the story of a boy who has a genetic disease called DMD (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy) is a Degenerative Disease, which causes all of a person’s organs to gradually stop functioning until he dies one day. The movie is called Salaam Venky, but the true title should have been Maa. The mother who watches her children struggle for their lives with this disease can only feel their suffering first-hand.
The son wants to donate his organs and perform euthanasia, and she fights a legal battle for that as well, but she is unsuccessful.
How long will her son be alive? Will he be put to death? You must watch the film to find out the answers to all of these questions.
The film’s theme and tone are emotional drama. Where the theme is struggle and fighting, which is based on hospital life, and there is a mixture of pain and sadness. The film’s goal is to tell an audience a story based on a real-life event, not to provide them with entertainment.
Character development and acting: Kajol did a fantastic job portraying Sujata Prasad. Kajol was the best candidate for this position. Seeing her son in this state causes the mother great pain and sadness, but she keeps these feelings to herself.
In her acting, she has shown a different kind of mother on screen, a lonely, helpless and divorced woman who leaves her husband and daughter for her mentally ill child. Her spouse divorces her and expels her from the home. Although she did a great job, it was difficult for her to convey the anguish and suffering through her facial expressions, and she was seen acting the same in numerous scenes.
Vishal Jethwa‘s acting being a highly emotional character, Venky has done an incredible job on screen portraying the themes of perseverance, overcoming obstacles, and holding onto hope until the very end. Playing a character like that is really tough, but she did it flawlessly. Her eyes seem to filled with pain and suffering that is very similar to real life. Ahana Kumara‘s acting in the role of Sanjana is also good. Rahul Bose‘s performance as Parvez Alam is likewise good. The performance of Rajeev Khandelwal as Doctor Shekhar is also excellent. The performances of the supporting actors also contribute to the plot’s advancement.
Direction: Actress Revathy is the film’s director. She directed the movies Mitr My Friend(2002), Phir Milenge(2004), Kerala Cafe(2009) and Mumbai Cutting(2010) prior to this one. Despite receiving high praise from critics, neither of these movies became box office successes. However, Mitr My Friend In addition to winning the National Awards, Mitr My Friend screened at numerous film festivals. In this film also, she has shown the story very well on screen. The pace of the film is also fine. The direction of this film seems similar to her previous films. She films the story and tells it differently. She controls the entire movie. Furthermore, she did not let the story go off track at all.
Story & Screenplay: Sammeer Arora wrote the screenplay, and Kausar Munir wrote the dialogues. The film is a little weak in the first half, but the screenplay is also a little weak.
The cinematography by Ravi Varman is fantastic; the camera work and camera movements are good; the scenes with aerial views are well shot; the actors are well framed in every scene;
the editing is done by Manan Sagar. The film could have been 15 to 20 minutes shorter; the pace is slow;
the production design by Sandeep Sharad Ravade is good.
the costumes of Radhika Mehra are also good;
Mithoon has done a fantastic job; the music and lyrics all well composed and written.
Climax: It’s superb and heart-warming.
Opinion: One-time watch! Those who enjoy emotional films.
Flaws: The film made entirely commercial, even though the idea of parallel cinema was present. Aamir Khan’s role was unnecessary; in the dream, he shown supporting his husband. Music and lyrics weren’t necessary when making an emotional film. The film became overly spicy; it could have been a little shorter.
Social message: Life is short; smile and let life be.
Nobody can predict when someone will leave this world.
This film inspired by an incredible true story of Kolavennu Venkatesh, The Story based on the book titled The Last Hurrah’ by Shrikant Murthy.
CBFC-U Movietime-2h.21mins Genre-Emotional Drama Release Year-9 December, 2022
Film Cast-Kajol, Vishal Jethwa, Prakash Raj, Anant Mahadevan, Rahul Bose, Rajeev Khandelwal, Riddhi Kumar, Aahana kumra, Mala Parvathi, Priya mani Raj, Kamal Sadanah, Introducing Aneet Padda with Aamir Khan
Casting Director-Vaibhav Vishant, Costume Design-Radhika Mehra, Lyrics-Mithoon, Sandeep Srivtastav, Kausar Munir, Music-Mithoon
Choreography-Pony Verma, Production Design-Sandeep Sharad Ravade, Sound Design-Tapas Nayak, Editor-Manan Sagar, Additional Screenplay and Dialogues-Kausar Munir,
Adapted Story and Screenplay-Sammeer Arora, Cinematography-Ravi Varman, Producer-Suuraj Singh, Shraddha Agarwal, Varsha Kukreja , Director-Revathy
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