Pagglait Film Review

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Madness is sometimes a necessary part of life

Image of Sanya Malhotra Lead in the Reviewed Film
Image of Sanya Malhotra Lead in the Reviewed Film

Plot: Sandhya, a young widow, is the subject of this movie. Five months after their marriage, their spouse passes away. She gains knowledge about how to manage her family. One day, out of nowhere, she noticed a picture in her husband’s armchair. Who owns that picture? She begins to despise her consort after witnessing it. In her name, her spouse also obtained insurance worth fifty lakhs. For it, she gets a check.

Will she leave the house to deliver a fifty-lakh check? Will she become less hateful of an espoused person? Or is she going to get married again? Will she and her parents go back home? You will need to watch a movie in order to respond to all of these questions.

Theme: The Black Comedy/Drama Theme serves as the basis for this movie. In addition to this, it can be regarded as a quality parallel cinema production. However, in addition to providing entertainment, a film’s goal is to spread a social message. Will women be able to freely consider their lives in our society? Will they be forced to conform to the will of a male-dominated society? Do women have to submit to men all the time?

Acting and Characters: Sanya Malhotra‘s portrayal of Sandhya is excellent. Her ability to blend all the emotions—crying, laughing, pain, loneliness, anger, jealousy, and so on—is superb.

Despite having a small part in Aakansha‘s role, Sayani Gupta‘s acting is impressive. She first lost her partner, and by not getting married, she effectively conveyed her anguish through her facial expressions. Sandhya’s closest friend, Shruti Sharma, has additionally a fantastic job portraying Nazia. Sheeba Chaddha and Ashutosh Rana, who played supporting parts, both displayed facial expressions of their sorrow at losing their son. They kept that hurt in their hearts and never even told anyone how they were going to pay back the loan. Additionally, Raghuveer Yadav had strong acting abilities.

Writer/Director: Umesh Bisht was the director of this movie. His first Hindi film is this one. He is in total command of the movie. His portrayal of a black comedy drama story, including how and how the characters tell it, is excellent. Furthermore, he was able to get exceptional performance out of the characters.

Story and Screenplay:written by the director, who has total control over it. Powerfully, and it maintains audience interest. Nobody can predict what will happen next because of how strongly the characters are written.

Dialogues: The film’s dialogue is funny and has a great sense of humour.

Cinematography: Rafey Mahmood‘s cinematography is exceptional, and Lucknow’s has been shot beautifully.Everything has been expertly filmed, including the Ganga river scenes and the aerial shots.

Editing: “There are no obstacles, and it’s very clean.” The movie moves along at a decent clip, and the scene changes are superb.

Background Score: It wasn’t too bad.

Production Design: An old house expertly designed.

The Sound design is also magnificent.

Music: Arijit Singh is directing music for the first time with this movie. Aside from this, the songs, such as “Thode Kam Ajnabi” and “Fire Fakira,” are well-made.

Lyrics: Nilesh Mishra’s songs have good lyrics.

Climax: The filming is excellent.

Viewpoint: Suggested for a Single View! (Those who enjoy watching unusual films.)

Social Message: Girls are entitled to live their lives as they see fit and make the changes they desire. It is also impossible for the male-dominated society to force its will on her. 

Appreciation: Sanya Malhotra’s acting in this movie,has received a lot of praise from the gifted actress Kangana Ranaut.

Facts: The scene where the grandmother rings the bell has turned into a perfect comedy moment.

Film fare Award Nominations: This film can get nominations in Best Actress, Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay.

Filmfare OTT Awards9 December 2021Best Actress in a Web Original FilmSanya MalhotraNominated
Best Supporting Actor in a Web Original FilmAshutosh RanaWon
Best Supporting Actress in a Web Original FilmSayani GuptaNominated

Casting: Sanya Malhotra, Ashutosh Rana, Sheeba Chaddha,Raghubir Yadav, Sayani Gupta, Ananya Khare, Meghna Malik

Written and Directed: Umesh Bist

Producers: Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga and Achin Jain

Production Designer: Mayur Sharma, Costume Designer- Rohit Chaturvedi

Lyrics: Neelesh Misra, Raftaar (Pagglait)

Music: Arijit Singh,

Cinematography: Raffey Mehmood, Editor- Prerna Saigal

Casting by: Casting Bay

Sound Design: Anthony BJ Ruban

CBFC-U Movietime-1H.55Mins Genre-Black Comedy Drama Backdrop-Lucknow Release- 2021

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