Movie review of Traffic Signal
STOP IF YOU WANT TO AT THIS TRAFFIC SIGNAL
Frequent traveled on road, am used to traffic signals and traffic in Mumbai. Irony of erecting traffic signal is to stop traffic but the purpose it serves is increase the traffic. I never had thought that some one would be so obsessed with three lights and a pole that He would set and make a movie out of it. Interested what it would be I would have bought tickets, but it was made by national award winner Madhur bhandarkar was drawing factor of audience to the cinema halls. Last of his trilogy after Page 3 and Corporate, a movie named Traffic Signal was released 2 weeks ago, which I sat in Movie Time finding time from my busy schedule.
The story is about a world, a world that exists beyond our imagination at each Traffic Signal of our Highways. There are lives attached, businesses planned, a smaller retail market and lots more than we can think. The fable of one such signal is brought to us by Silsila (Kunal Khemu), the manager of Signal at Kalbadevi . The duty of manager includes smooth running of all types of businesses, taking care of problems of people who flourish there and most importantly collecting weekly hafta of all who earn money there. The film has too many stories woven into one,, there is Chinaswamy who plays Tsunami affected boy came to Mumbai and working as rag picker and surviving in a hope daily to find his parents lost in wrath of ocean. There is a kid who forsakes all his week salary to buy a fairness cream for turning him whiter skinned only to get dismay and disappointment in return. An interesting character, Domnic D’souza (Ranvir Shenoy) is a drug addict and pays for his cocaine by conning street pedestrians through various tricks on the same signal. His love interest is a prostitute, Noorie (Konkona Sen Sharma) with whom he shares some moments of love before dying of drug overdose. Talking of love, Silsila loves Rani (Neetu Chandra), a refugee from Gujarat busy selling handicraft dresses on signal. Silsila is accompanied by his two special friends a boy Paaya and Langda Manya (Upyendra Limaye) who live of begging outside temple near signal. So, this and many more characters are managed by Silsila who collects the money for Asif Bhai who inturn gives collection to Bhai Jaan (Sudhir Mishra) who not only controls network of business at signals but also has other mafia business. The twist is added as extension of flyover to that signal by corrupt politician bribing engineer (Manoj Joshi) . On refusing bribe, the engineer is killed at Traffic Signal in front of eyes of Silsila who realizes big game played to eradicate the signal and is devastated.
The movie is not well written nor well presented. The facts covered and brought to us by movie but are brilliant and Madhur Bhandarkar deserves a pat on back for it.The small facts like illegal Bangladeshi hampering city life and existence of parallel world in prostitution are well racketed. But, movie appears paraphernalia of stories with no clear plot and twist in tale. Cinematography is not one would expect from National Award winning Director. The plethora of characters has rendered a viewer in dilemma, which is central story. The performance by Ranvir tops the list as he played with great expressions of a drug addict. Konkona has never let us and her director down. Second movie olds Neetu Chandra and Kunal Khemu are fabulous and have dome more than justice to their characters. Sudhir Mishra was very poor in trying to act as Bhai, probably he should stick in direction only. The music was an average one. The movie can be watched with ease if you loved Page3, otherwise it’s a green light for others.
Rating **1/2
Rating Chart
* Bhool Hi jaaon
** Theek Hai Chalalenge
*** Accha Hain Achha Hain
**** Kya Baat HainJhakkaas .
***** Dimaag aur Dil Hila De
Frequent traveled on road, am used to traffic signals and traffic in Mumbai. Irony of erecting traffic signal is to stop traffic but the purpose it serves is increase the traffic. I never had thought that some one would be so obsessed with three lights and a pole that He would set and make a movie out of it. Interested what it would be I would have bought tickets, but it was made by national award winner Madhur bhandarkar was drawing factor of audience to the cinema halls. Last of his trilogy after Page 3 and Corporate, a movie named Traffic Signal was released 2 weeks ago, which I sat in Movie Time finding time from my busy schedule.
The story is about a world, a world that exists beyond our imagination at each Traffic Signal of our Highways. There are lives attached, businesses planned, a smaller retail market and lots more than we can think. The fable of one such signal is brought to us by Silsila (Kunal Khemu), the manager of Signal at Kalbadevi . The duty of manager includes smooth running of all types of businesses, taking care of problems of people who flourish there and most importantly collecting weekly hafta of all who earn money there. The film has too many stories woven into one,, there is Chinaswamy who plays Tsunami affected boy came to Mumbai and working as rag picker and surviving in a hope daily to find his parents lost in wrath of ocean. There is a kid who forsakes all his week salary to buy a fairness cream for turning him whiter skinned only to get dismay and disappointment in return. An interesting character, Domnic D’souza (Ranvir Shenoy) is a drug addict and pays for his cocaine by conning street pedestrians through various tricks on the same signal. His love interest is a prostitute, Noorie (Konkona Sen Sharma) with whom he shares some moments of love before dying of drug overdose. Talking of love, Silsila loves Rani (Neetu Chandra), a refugee from Gujarat busy selling handicraft dresses on signal. Silsila is accompanied by his two special friends a boy Paaya and Langda Manya (Upyendra Limaye) who live of begging outside temple near signal. So, this and many more characters are managed by Silsila who collects the money for Asif Bhai who inturn gives collection to Bhai Jaan (Sudhir Mishra) who not only controls network of business at signals but also has other mafia business. The twist is added as extension of flyover to that signal by corrupt politician bribing engineer (Manoj Joshi) . On refusing bribe, the engineer is killed at Traffic Signal in front of eyes of Silsila who realizes big game played to eradicate the signal and is devastated.
The movie is not well written nor well presented. The facts covered and brought to us by movie but are brilliant and Madhur Bhandarkar deserves a pat on back for it.The small facts like illegal Bangladeshi hampering city life and existence of parallel world in prostitution are well racketed. But, movie appears paraphernalia of stories with no clear plot and twist in tale. Cinematography is not one would expect from National Award winning Director. The plethora of characters has rendered a viewer in dilemma, which is central story. The performance by Ranvir tops the list as he played with great expressions of a drug addict. Konkona has never let us and her director down. Second movie olds Neetu Chandra and Kunal Khemu are fabulous and have dome more than justice to their characters. Sudhir Mishra was very poor in trying to act as Bhai, probably he should stick in direction only. The music was an average one. The movie can be watched with ease if you loved Page3, otherwise it’s a green light for others.
Rating **1/2
Rating Chart
* Bhool Hi jaaon
** Theek Hai Chalalenge
*** Accha Hain Achha Hain
**** Kya Baat HainJhakkaas .
***** Dimaag aur Dil Hila De
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