Shanghai- A let down
Hopes and hopes and hopes, after three immensely successful and redefining movie from Dibakar, you feel cheated. It is a let down indeed. Let's quickly get done first with the sore points. The script was very very good, unfortunately never holds it's characters. For that matter none of the characters stands out. Everyone seems to be making an earnest attempt, however, it is the scope of the character and the screenplay that runs them down. Let's start with Pitobash, since the films starts with him. The character had an element of casualness yet some hint of dilemma that was ethereal to the overall frame, yet in the end we suddenly seem to loose grip of him, even that of Anant Jog, as the driver caught in the trap. Everyone fails, Kalki, Abhay, Supriya and Prosenjit. Prosenjit (Dr. Ahmedi) seems to be in some kind of a war with IBP (the fictitious aspect or party or colony looming around). What is the origin of the war? There are stray references to New York! The whole th...