LOOTERA – A cinematic poetry.

‘A film for cinema lovers!’

It takes courage to make such a film. Yes. Though Vikramaditya was inspired by a story, it takes great determination and sheer perseverance to make a film like this which takes the audience on a completely different journey all together.  The film mesmerizes you and makes you nostalgic if you ever had faced the similar kind of things in your life. Well, that can be expected from a director whose first film was Udaan. Vikramaditya Motwane takes a bow to the commercial cinema side of Bollywood with his latest venture Lootera. Although the film is immensely inspired by the story of O.Henry’s Last Leaf, at no point in time does it make you feel that you are re reading the short story.  Lootera is a complete new thing in itself.

The film has everything, which is required for a hit the box office. Most of the reviews, as the critiques have died somewhere down, gave a four star rating. I don’t believe in star system though. If a film is good, people do watch it, no matter what the stars suggest.

Well, for Lootera, everything falls in line. The story has its own charisma. You know what is bound to happen but you do get a few surprises, which wakes you up and says – Hey! Wake up, this is not reading the book thing, you are watching a movie.

Motwane has, in very good fashion framed the location. It is so pleasing to see Bengal through the lens of Motwane and in the second half the snowy 1954 Himachal through the same craftsmanship. He is surely a well trained student of Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Some of the song sequence, with panning and dollying cameras, reminds you of Bhansali’s work.

Well, Sonakshi did a pretty good job. But Ranveer for me was not apt for the film. Motwane should have thought of someone else but if the budget refrained him from doing so, it’s understood. We all do compromise in our work, don’t we?

Ranveer is good looking guy, but the seriousness just didn’t match with his image. He still looks and acts like a Delhi wala boy from Band Baja Baraat. Well, Divya Dutta is ‘deaf’ & ‘dumb’ in the film. The one guy to watch out for is Adil Hussain. He is a superb actor and with his presence on the screen he makes the reel look so real. You will know what I am talking, if you have seen lessons in forgetting. 

Amit Trivedi has done a wonderful job by keeping the frames together intact with his superb sense over music. Shikayatein and Zinda are my personal favorites. All that happens when you have two choices to make and on the contrary both of them are important, so what is the situation like? All this is included here in LOOTERA. Everything you want to know could be seen in the movie. I don’t really want to go deep into the story because there’s a difference in “Seeing and Reading”. So when you can actually enjoy the cinematic beauty, why should I waste it by telling you!

I am always open for your precious feedbacks! Let me know what you feel, if you have seen the film.