Udaan- Review

In the land of bollywood, almost thousands movies are released every year. But there are only few who remain in our heart. Udaan is one of those few which will be cherished for years.

Udaan is totally unconventional bollywood film which is at its very best. That’s what makes it a selection of 2010 Cannes Festival. Udaan deals with teenage problems. Not the one like finding a girlfriend to discover sex and bang her. These are real teenage problem (hard to believe?).

Rohan (played by Rajat Barmecha) is thrown out of boarding school with his bunch of friends after being caught watching an adult film in local theatre. Being expelled, he forcefully returns to his motherless home where his father Bhairavsingh (played by Ronit Roy) is nothing but a clone of Hitler. For him, the issues are mostly existential....Like, how does he cope with a father; how does he pursue his dreams of becoming a writer, when disciplinarian dad insists he must join him in the factory; how does he learn to love a step brother he doesn't even know; how does he get back to a family that doesn't exist; and how does he adjust to a small town with its uneventful life and its middle-class morality.

Udaan is essentially a performance movie. Characters like Rohan, his half brother Arjun and Bhairavsingh stays in your heart even after the movie. With only a star producer in its crew, Udaan smash into face of many big budget movies. Udaan is a terrific debuted for Vikramaditya Motwane. The way he kept everything so simple yet so strong is substantial. While watching, many might get a Déjà vu as most of these sequences are taken from our day to day life. It's hard not to be moved by the coming-of-age journey of Vikramaditya’s tale.

Udaan comes across as an intensely personal film; a coming-of-age story without the choreographed songs or road-trips. It has the edgy feel and the bitter sweet emotional core characteristic of India's neo wave cinema. No, life ain't all ha-ha-hee-hee and families that eat together don't always stay together, happily-ever-after. There's a lot of rough-and-tumble-beneath the gloss and that's where all the real drama actually lies. Get down to some real business. Enter some real homes. Grapple with some real problems. And feel some real joy....

My Rating- 4 out of 5

A must watch!!!