If
you have seen the posters or promos of Ferrari ki Sawaari, you may
have noticed an angelic smile plastered across Sharman Joshi's face.
Its a perfect text book smile wherein the lips form an arc, no teeth
are seen and the eyes wrinkle. I guarantee that when you leave the
cinema hall after having watched 'Ferrari ki Sawaari', you too shall
leave with one such smile.
You
will smile on account of having been touched by a story of three
ordinary yet good human beings with whom justice is done by- life.
Ferrari
ki Sawaari (FKS) is- without a doubt- a very beautiful film. Warm,
endearing, sweet, emotional, pure, funny and thus- thoroughly
'entertaining'.
Even
before any visual of the film have graced the screen, a soft-sweet
melody fades in on the Vidhu Chopra films logo setting the tone
perfectly. Then begins the title sequence which establishes quiet
simply yet clearly all that one needs to know about the setting of
the story that is to unfold before you.
The
power of visuals over dialogues is so seamlessly integrated in the
sequences that you don't even realize when and how you learnt so many
things about these characters. It feels as if you have known them
forever and find yourself agreeing with everything they are doing
even if it is something as atrocious as stealing Sachin Tendulkar's
ferrari from the parkiing in his building!!
The
performances of each and every character, be it the bank manager who
comes in for just one scene to refuse Joshi's character a loan, the
silent yet comforting coach who hardly has any lines but makes his
presence felt so subtly yet warmly to the young kid playing Kayo- the
budding cricketer. Every single actor gets the 'sur' bang on.
Some
stories have a very thick plot line with enough characters and events
to pull the story easily across couple of hours. On the other hand
there are films like 'FKS' where the plot line is very thin. In the
case of the later a lot needs to be woven into the screenplay to
sustain the narrative without ever making it seem forced. Its a very
very tricky and tedious thing to do.
FKS
does it brilliantly. It is for this reason that I salute and
recommend FKS to one and all.
It
is a film that is very hard to not like. It is a film that is not at
all easy to make- creatively and business wise. It is thus a film
that needs to get its due in terms of Box Office success. I shall do
my best on that front by spreading the good word as much as I can.
Many
congratulations to Director Rajesh Mapuskar and the brilliant team at
Vidhu Vinod Chopra films once again. For once again they have made a
brilliant film.
Take
the ride in this Ferrari... you will enjoy it.
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