Direction – Sarovar Banka
Production – Sarovar Banka
Story – Sarovar banka
Starring – Shabana Azmi, Adam Laupus, Lethia Nall, Farid Currim, Shreya Sharma, Vikram Kapadia, Navniit Nissan, Adhir Bhat
Music – Neel Murgai
Release Date – 7th Nov, 2014
(Adum Laupus) Ashok, an Indo-American who was fighting against aimlessness and loneliness in United States, comes to India in search of a suitable bride. But he was almost ready for an arranged marriage.
When Ashok was in India he stayed with his cousin Shabana Azmi (Preeti) and her family in a place called Chandigarh. Weather call it fate or co-incidence, he end up bumping into an American girl (Lethia Nall) who make created a question of compromise. On the other hand Preeti, introduces Ashok with eligible girls after taking the initiative and that make him come across Diksha Basu.
And for those who don’t know what they are seeking, the identity crisis is more like a plague amongst most American born Indians. So, the decent arrangement can be proper and interesting premise.
We are heard of many films which are practically made to mock and exaggerate the culture of arranged marriage, Sarovar Banka, planned with Indian culture in mind and managed to balance the story between the two. Without reducing importance of old age system and without even compromising the current generation ways of planning, he smartly planned it in relevance to both generations. An interesting topic of Shabana-Adam banter about how a boy should show the response that he receive from his job enquiries that are made by one’s potential in-laws manages to add some light in the way.
But the film proved it to be more sluggish and philosophical for many people’s likes. And again just because it’s set in India and entire background music doesn’t need to play sitar all the time, at least without losing any opportunity. The unnecessary footage of cycle rickshaws were running on Chandigarh streets and all the random horse carriage shots drags a lot of attention. And the discussion of Foreigners about the fear generated in them for malaria with a case in Delhi. All such scenes proved India with its amateurish living in a video of India travel clips.
The cast of supporting role played by Shabana Azmi managed to hold the film together properly with her performance and sheer presence. The monotonous but sincere behaviour of Adam Laupus also managed to add up some lift to the movie altogether.
Though the attempt of Nagesh Kukunoor excelled quite well in his previous Hyderabad Movies, with this film he only managed to show what is already been in many films.