Nimrat Kaur and Abhishek Bachchan starrer ‘Dasvi’ delivers only mild entertainment.
Time and time again, Bollywood movies have failed to learn from history and tend to repeat the same mistake. This exactly sums up the reason behind Dasvi’s failure to capture the audience. The movie was written and directed with all good intentions to educate and entertain the audience but somewhere along the road, it fell prey to its chaos and confusion.
Director Tushar Jalota mixed up too many elements to portray one simple idea, losing focus way more often than you would expect. Thus, the inconsistent storytelling projects the film as half-baked and ineffective.
The story and the screenplay are credited to three people, Ritesh Shah, Suresh Nair, and Sandeep Leyzell. The movie revolves around Ganga Ram Chaudhary played by Abhishek Bachchan. He is a corrupt and dishonest politician.
He is portrayed as the Chief Minister of an imaginary state called Harit Pradesh. He never showed any regard for morals, ethics, and education which eventually landed him in jail. The movie then follows the journey of the evolution of Ganga Ram into a man who understands the reformatory power of education.
What did ‘Dasvi’ miss out on?
‘Dasvi’ tries to bring forward topics like caste-based politics, inter-caste marriage, and political horse-trading with a tinge of humour. Unfortunately, it spends very less time to give the audience an understanding of the gravity of the situation.
Another highlighting point is that even though on one side the writing touches on socio-political topics, it doesn’t highlight anywhere the incessant fights that take place between the inmates, or the rape cases that happen inside jails.
Tushar Jalota’s direction is mediocre, to say the least. In an attempt to make the movie’s runtime just about 2 hours, Jalota missed out on the opportunity to explore some great characters like the character played by Arun Kushwah and Danish Husain to bring out the satirical element in a better way. ‘Dasvi’ from a political satire point of view is a squandered opportunity. The acting is average, and the writing is the biggest letdown.
Edited by Subbuthai Padma
Published by Iram Rizvi
