Just think of the last movie which while
watching, you were wishing for it to never end. I had the same feeling while my
eyes were firmly glued to the gripping story bundled in outstanding acting by
all the characters I must say, with the special bow towards the versatile
Irrfan Khan. The actor has singlehandedly taken the responsibility of pulling
off the forgotten legend Paan Singh Tomar's life on his shoulders and done it
immaculately well. Taking a nose-dive into the character, Irrfan opens the
movie with being the notoriously known rebel Paan Singh Tomar allowing a
journalist to take his interview. And while addressing to his questions, he
unfolds the character from his early days of army through his becoming a
national champion athlete to his turning to rebel.
For making his nation proud of him, Paan
Singh joins the Indian army but his passion for running and love for food makes
him change his profession and he eventually becomes a national champion in
steeplechase run. Despite being a sharp shooter and having strong willingness to fight for a country,
he has to end up being an athlete and not a soldier. In later years, his spat
over property with his puffed-up cousin reaches to a level that along with his
family he is threatened to be destroyed. He knocks the doors of the police but
gets humiliated to a level that his medals and certificates are thrust out in
rejection to help. But when this intensified to a level that his mother gets beaten,
his son is bled by severe bashes and when the rivalry makes his family
to leave his village, he has no choice to pick up the gun and go for it. He forms a pack
of whoever willingly supported him and wanted to join the cause. He trains them
hard and makes them capable of pack-deserving. He strengthens his power, fear
and reach by getting funds by his rebellious activities such as kidnapping and
makes himself ruthless enough to scare the people by his name. Finally he takes
the pending revenge from his cousin who has by then turned Paan Singh–phobic.
It is an honest film made to give deserving
tribute to the legend with desired seriousness infused by Tigmanshu
Dhulia . Telling a serious and thought-provoking story such as this in an engaging way has truly
been a successful attempt. The dialogues of the movie are catchy and it’s needless to
say that when they are heard especially from the protagonist’s mouth, in his
typical style, it’s a sheer joy of the moment. It is a movie which puts you
straight in the rollercoaster of emotions in your comfy seat. The language
throughout the film is though very much earthy, it excludes expletives and is pretty
interesting. Paan Singh’s love for
running, his displayed voracity, his sharp shoots, his running-practice with horses
are some of the major moments of fun.The relationship shown between Paan Singh
and his wife is very beautiful which is shyly romantic as well as notably
caring. It's a compelling tale of a rebel who doesn’t want to be tagged as ‘dacoit’
and when addressed as the same; he gets visibly upset and defines the
difference with clear illustration. Irrfan has pushed the envelope so hard that
it would become a tough nut to crack for others to come close. He has in a real
sense given a true meaning to the word called ‘actor’ while putting most of his
peers on to the other side of the broad category called ‘joker’.
I would strongly recommend you to go for this
movie because at the end of it, it will leave you with a genuine pride for the
legend himself, appreciation mainly for the actor and then for the director and
lastly, anger-cum-pity for the system that turned the patriot into the rebel, tagged
him as dacoit and ruined his life.
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