Shiddat movie starring Radhika Madan and Sunny Kaushal released on Disney+ Hotstar dating October 1.
The movie delivers an elemental love story directed by Kunal Deshmukh. Full of obsession and reality checks, the film’s plot starts with the main Protagonist, Jaggi.
Jaggi, a young man, searching for true love while practising hockey, quarrels with Kartika, a swimmer training in the same facility.
With the principle ” jealousy births love”, their love story starts. The director tries to transport their viewers to the 90’s brand of cinema, as a young man with denying the acceptance of no but celebrating it with dance and a song.
The writers are Shridhar Raghavan and Dheeraj Rattan; their best work has tried to give Kartika ample agency, who is an independent girl and takes a stand for herself.
Her character portrays her underneath conflicts, resorting to fumble her anxiety.
The producing houses of the movie being Maddock Films under the banners of T-Series, are famed for their performance in their earlier blockbusters like English Medium.
By including another french class originated love, the story compares a full blossomed love story of Mohit Rana and Diana Penty and a seed love story of Sunny Kaushal and Radhika Madan.
Including fewer characters makes it refreshing for viewers to watch, but the individual arcs being blunts negatively impact the story. In humour, the director has fulfilled the work partially.
Being Jaggi as the main protagonist, the story projects every aspect of love from the male perspective.
The first part of the plot shows a funny campus romance, whereas the second part shows the harsh truths of love.
The public review states the second part containing lots of unrealistic aspects, making viewers annoy.
Other than that, the viewers love the performance of the primary character, spotlighting Mohit Rana.
Mohit as Gautam plays an Indian immigration lawyer, where he is the main booster of the movie performance.
The character of Gautam shows anger, honesty with utmost crisp with many cinematic liberties to take him seriously.
Whereas her wife, the young independent Ira, played by Diana Penty, lacks development as per the reviews.
The music produced by Sachin and Jigar grows vertically, enhancing the narrative. In contrast, the lyrics by Kausar Munir, Priya Sariya, Kunwar Juneja, and Mana Bhardwaj stated a sweet taste to the story.
The whole movie includes several songs of different versions, counted around to be 8. Out of all, Akhiyan Udeek Diyan is a remake of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan qawwali song.
Srilankan singer famed for his son Manike Mage Hither made her Hindi film debut with the female version of the track.
The shoots began in November 2019 to March 2020, and the dates shifted from 2020 to October 2021 due to the pandemic.
Played for a screentime 146 minutes, the critic review of Shiddat states 7.8/10 on IMDB, 3/5 on Times of India and 1.5/5 by NDTV.
The lacks in the movie mostly pointed to the plot, where people have stated the story for being non-understandable for several moments.
The public enjoyed the acting skills of all actors along with the humour addition by the director.
Concluding, the movie was suitable for its character acts whereas worse for the plot and character development.
