Akshay Kumar’s film is ‘Sarafira’.Image Credit Source: Social Media
If you sit in the first class of a flight wearing non-branded clothes and carrying an expensive bag, some people will definitely try to tell you with their eyes that you don’t deserve to sit here. However, traveling by flight is not a big deal anymore. But 20 years ago, boarding a flight was nothing short of a dream for a middle-class family. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, the common man travels everywhere by train. If someone’s illness is very serious and you have to rush him to the city for treatment or a loved one has passed away and you have to reach for his funeral, collect your savings and buy a flight ticket with a heavy heart. was going In the middle class family there was a belief that flying is not for us and this thought was changed by a Sarfira, named GR Gopinath and Akshay Kumari’s ‘Sarfira’ is inspired by this GR Gopinath. If you haven’t seen Suraiya’s Tamil film ‘Surarai Potru’, you will enjoy this film a lot and even if you have seen it, this film will touch your heart.
story
Veer Mhatre (Akshay Kumar) is a farmer’s son who follows the path of non-violence. A revolutionary-minded hero does not get along with his father at all. Something happens to Veer, who works as a pilot in the Air Force, which changes his entire life. Quitting his job, Veer returns to his village with a new passion. This is the passion to make the common man travel by plane at the cost of a train ticket. You have to watch Akshay Kumar’s ‘Sarfira’ to know how this heroic passion gave wings to the common man to fly in the air, how a person sitting on a bullock cart started traveling by plane for one rupee.
How is this movie?
‘Sarafira’ is a great movie. It’s definitely a bit long. But it keeps you so busy till the end that you lose track of time. Actually, I watched Suriya’s ‘Udaan’ (Hindi dubbed version of Soorai Potru) on Prime Video 2 years back and had forgotten about it. While in ‘Sarafira’ with Paresh Rawal Akshay Kumar When I saw the in-flight scene, I realized that I had seen this scene somewhere before. I was so confused for two minutes that I messaged my colleague in Delhi and asked if this film has been leaked anywhere before. But as the film progressed, it was found that not just one scene, the entire film is frame to frame similar to Soorarai Potru, 70 percent of the cast of the film is also taken from Tamil films. But still this movie is amazing. You get emotional watching it. Along with giving a strong message, this movie also entertains you a lot.
Film direction and story
Sudha Kongara has directed this film. He has won two National Awards in his 22-year career. His first award was for ‘Irudhi Sutru’, his Hindi version of ‘Sala Khadoos’, the same National Award winning film released in Hindi. Then he won the national award for ‘Sooraai Potru’ and 2 years later made Sarfira in Hindi, the only complaint is that if he had changed the scenes and plot a bit while making these films in Hindi, the film would have been more. Fun to watch. Today, when it is the era of Pan India, people watch every film from South on OTT. This was not the case before Baahubali, be it Rowdy Rathore, Bodyguard or Bhola Bhulaiyya, these films made from South films were playing. Because people used to watch Hindi movies first and then whenever South Hindi dubbed movies were released on TV they knew that we have seen this movie in Hindi too. It must be the secret of ‘Goldmine’ (YouTube Channel) that we come to know that films are made in South first and then their Hindi remakes are made.
When a director like Sudha Kongara makes a film, it is definitely expected that she should keep some original content in the film, for example, when Mani Ratnam made Raavan, he made the film in both Hindi and Tamil. The character of Ravana (played by Abhishek Bachchan in Hindi) was played by Vikram in the Tamil film and the same Vikram was seen playing the role of Aishwarya Rai’s husband in Hindi. The script of the film underwent many changes, some locations were also different. Although Rohit Shetty’s Singham 1 was a remake of Surya’s Singham, it completely changed the climax of the Hindi film. Had Sudha Kongara also made a slight change in ‘Sarafira’ it would have been more fun to watch.
Well, I have seen ‘Surarai Potru’ so I won’t take away the credit of ‘Sarafira’ from Sudha Kongara. He has worked hard on the screenplay. It was not an easy thing to do the entire shooting in real location but he has done it and that’s why the film looks refreshing. He has also written the story and while writing the screenplay, complete care has been taken not to bore the audience. However, credit has to be given not only to the writer and director but also to the actors.
Acting
‘Sarafira’ is one of the best films of Akshay Kumar’s career. With this film, he proved that age is just a number. The film stars 57-year-old Akshay Kumar as a spoiled youth who goes against his father, a pilot who sacrifices his life for the country, a middle-aged groom who is unmarried and who will unite heaven and earth for his dream. He has also become a ‘crazy’ businessman. Sometimes passion, sometimes helplessness, sometimes madness, sometimes restlessness, Akshay Kumar presents each emotion to us with great honesty.
There is a scene in the film where Veer Mahatre makes every possible effort to be with his father in his last moments but finally reaches his home when everything is over. If we look at it like this, we have seen such scenes in many movies, there is nothing new in it. But the passion with which Akshay Kumar has done this scene brings tears to our eyes. Radhika Madan also does justice to her character. But Aparna Balamurli (Sorarai Potru) was better. The work of Paresh Rawal and Seema Biswas is also good.
To see or not to see
This movie is a must watch to know the difference between dreaming and making dreams come true. The bigger the dream, the greater the difficulties in achieving it, but Akshay Kumar’s ‘Sarafira’ teaches us not to give up in the face of these difficulties. Khabar Nahi Kem while watching this movie I was repeatedly reminded of a case going on in Maharashtra. Indeed, an IAS intern is in the news these days. Some major allegations have been made against this Maharashtra cadre officer. One of these allegations is to grab IAS jobs with the help of fake disability and Other Backward Class (OBC) certificates. It is also alleged that the daughter of millionaire parents asked for her own Audi, VIP number, office with bathroom and red and blue lights on Indian government number plates on her private vehicle. After watching the movie I felt that such a mentor is necessary for the youth who are preparing for MPSC with new hopes after failing once.
The only reason to extend the length of the review by giving this example is that nothing comes easily to a common man, be it a civil service job or his dream of flying in the sky. Where people like Vijay Mallya and this IAS intern fulfill their dreams in a jiffy, people like us spend our lives chasing dreams, but this film tells us not to give up. Make efforts so that when you look back on your life you will not regret why you didn’t make that last effort. To understand this better go to the theater and watch Akshay Kumar’s ‘Surfire’.
Movie: Sarfira
Actors: Akshay Kumar, Radhika Madan, Seema Biswas, Paresh Rawal
Director: Sudha Kongara
Publication: Theater
Rating: 3.5 stars
