The guy who made Rang De Basanti and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag made this letdown.
Mirzya is an adapted folktale directed by Rakesh Omprakash Mehra and written by Gulzar based on the Mirza-Sahiban story starring Harshvardhan Kapoor, Saiyami Kher, Om Puri, Art Malik, and Anuj Choudhury.
Honestly, I was pretty eager to watch this movie because of its songs and its trailer which were highly anticipating and beautiful. But the movie itself went drastically wrong with 3 important aspects which are the story, screenplay, and acting in some way. Harshvardhan Kapoor had the potential but he did drag on in some parts during the movie especially when it came to emotional scenes which weren't tear jerking. Saiyami Kher acts like the way Mandy does in the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy because of showing only one expression when she shows different kinds of emotions like when you're happy or sad. The direction of this movie was absolutely incoherent because of using too many camera angles for close ups. Gulzar wrote this movie like he was about to get a heart attack in terms of rushing. The story was lukewarm and very generic. Nothing interesting to know about the movie. The pacing was atrocious and this movie almost turned out to be a snooze fest and did put me to sleep at times.
The only positives in the film are Cinematography and Music. The music did match the story in a good way although the movie contained a very generic story. The songs brought back all the good moments in Bollywood. The Dop was pretty decent and shot the locations very beautifully but the editing was less crisp and loose.
Overall, this movie wasted potential with mediocre direction and poor writing and could've been one of the best movies out this year but landed up being a snooze fest which is why Mirzya is worth watching but on TV or Netflix. Rakesh Omprakash Mehra for the first time screwed up as director. Try again and I know he will do better but just was too lazy to apply the same magic.
Mirzya is an adapted folktale directed by Rakesh Omprakash Mehra and written by Gulzar based on the Mirza-Sahiban story starring Harshvardhan Kapoor, Saiyami Kher, Om Puri, Art Malik, and Anuj Choudhury.
Honestly, I was pretty eager to watch this movie because of its songs and its trailer which were highly anticipating and beautiful. But the movie itself went drastically wrong with 3 important aspects which are the story, screenplay, and acting in some way. Harshvardhan Kapoor had the potential but he did drag on in some parts during the movie especially when it came to emotional scenes which weren't tear jerking. Saiyami Kher acts like the way Mandy does in the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy because of showing only one expression when she shows different kinds of emotions like when you're happy or sad. The direction of this movie was absolutely incoherent because of using too many camera angles for close ups. Gulzar wrote this movie like he was about to get a heart attack in terms of rushing. The story was lukewarm and very generic. Nothing interesting to know about the movie. The pacing was atrocious and this movie almost turned out to be a snooze fest and did put me to sleep at times.
The only positives in the film are Cinematography and Music. The music did match the story in a good way although the movie contained a very generic story. The songs brought back all the good moments in Bollywood. The Dop was pretty decent and shot the locations very beautifully but the editing was less crisp and loose.
Overall, this movie wasted potential with mediocre direction and poor writing and could've been one of the best movies out this year but landed up being a snooze fest which is why Mirzya is worth watching but on TV or Netflix. Rakesh Omprakash Mehra for the first time screwed up as director. Try again and I know he will do better but just was too lazy to apply the same magic.