Film Sarbjit is worthy to watch once for great performances of Randeep Hooda and Aishwarya Rai Bachc !!

The sad story of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian farmer, who was sentenced on charges of espionage by the Pakistani government, had moved every Indian a few years back and Omung Kumar, who made his debut as a director with Mary Kom, has brought the story to life on the silver screen with Sarbjit.

 

The tale revolves around Dalbir Kaur (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), whose brother Sarbjit (Randeep Hooda), strays across the Indo-Pak border and gets detained and charged for spying by the Pakistani government.

 

But, Dalbir, who refuses to let her brother die in a grimy prison in Pakistan, decides to wage a battle for more than two decades with the support of Sarbjit's wife Sukhpreet (Richa Chadha) and a Pakistani lawyer Awais Sheikh (Darshan Kumaar).

 

Randeep Hooda, who had lately wowed us with his act in Laal Rang, ups the ante this time and delivers his best influential performance ever with this movie. His sad smile, his wince, his despair and the sorrow in his eyes, will unquestionably bring a lump to your throat. Hooda is raw, real and spellbinding as Sarbjit Singh and the actor will simply blow your mind away with his act.

 

Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who plays Dalbir Kaur, seems to have put her heart and soul in her role and has delivered an intense and influential performance, but at times, she tends to let the volume of her voice speak more than her performance and we wish she could have dialed it down a bit. Richa Chadha doesn't have a significant role as such while Darshan Kumaar, who makes an entry in the second half, astonishes as the sincere and idealistic lawyer.

 

Omung Kumar surely had his heart in the right place when he made Sarbjit and one can see that a lot of emotions have been put in the story. But there are places where the movie tends to go a bit overboard in the melodrama department.

 

Film stretches in the second half and some crisp editing would have assuredly worked wonders for the movie, which goes on and on after the intermission.

 

But, Sarbjit is a touching and tragic tale, which needs to be shared with the world.

 

In general, film Sarbjit is worthy to watch once for great performances of Randeep Hooda and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.