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Simran
A Gujarati housekeeper working in the United States, allows her ambitions to overpower her which leads her to get involved in the world of crime.
Release : | 2017 |
Rating : | 5.2 |
Studio : | T-Series, Paramhans Creations Entertainments, Karma Features, |
Crew : | Production Design, Production Design, |
Cast : | Kangana Ranaut Sohum Shah Esha Tewari Aneesha Joshi Catherine Dyer |
Genre : | Drama Thriller Crime |
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good back-story, and good acting
Am i the only one who thinks........Average?
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
I really like kangana but the whole story and everything is trash ( songs are great tho ) after where simran starts losing all cash, the film gets boring .. very bad overall
While the movie sounded great in the plot, the script had little action and with no male hero, the plot centered around the heroine. Even if it is really based on a true story, it did not inspire me to go watch such movies in future. We watched it at night and the last show. Some good acting in pieces but overall I gave it a 5 out of 10 only because there was a bit of Vegas in it.
Simran, a film by Hansal Mehta, is inspired from the real-life sensational story of Indian-American Sandeep Kaur. She is known as "Bombshell Bandit" and "Gambling Queen" and currently serving a 66- month jail sentence in the United States of America for robbing banks. The film Simran is based on Sandeep's life, about an ordinary girl pulling off heist like bank robberies in an absolutely unassuming manner and that too without any weapon. Indeed an interesting premise and certainly Kangana is a great choice for the film. The film picks up very nicely in the beginning, Kangana's quirky, eccentric, carefree, comic timing makes it an interesting watch, but somewhere the film loses its sheen especially post intermission. The focus was completely on the central character of Kangana and in this process, rest of the characters were ignored or not justified. Conflict between Apurva Asrani and Kangana erupted over the writing credits of Simran. Apurva had penned the story, screenplay and the dialogues for Simran and he had no qualms in accepting the fact that Kangana did give her valuable inputs as far as some scenes or dialogues were concerned. But Kangana was credited for the 'Additional Dialogues and Story' which appeared before Apurva's name on the poster. This had to be corrected later when Apurva assertively responded. Apurva is an immensely talented writer who has given so much depth to the characters of Citylights, Shahid, Aligarh etc. In Simran, only Kangana is given importance, whereas rest of the characters are not sketched properly, and this definitely is not Apurva's style of writing. After watching the film, I just wished that the trio Hansal-Apurva-Kangana's synergy remained intact at least till the film was complete and ready for release. Praful Patel (Kangana) is working in the housekeeping department of a hotel since seven years. She belongs to a Gujarati family settled in Atlanta. Praful has accumulated money to buy her own house and she manages to locate a property at a very reasonable price under Minority Reservation quota. She has a love-hate relationship with her father Mohan (Hiten Kumar). He keeps blaming her for many aspects of her life: her divorced status, her not complying with the norms of the society, her not contributing to household expenses etc. Her mother Kumud (Kishori Shahane) does come forward to her rescue and keeps pacifying Mohan as well as Praful. Praful's life takes a risky turn when her cousin Ambar (Aneesha Joshi) invites and takes her to Las Vegas for her bachelorette party. Praful gets surprised when she finds that Ambar was there to spend time with her ex boy-friend before saying final good bye. Praful gives both of them space and heads to walk in the streets of Vegas so as to 'do sin in the sinful city'. She reaches Casino and comes to know regarding gambling. She tries her hand at Baccarat (a card game played at the casions). Initially she wins and that gives her confidence to pamper herself at beauty saloon and buys beautiful dress, lipstick etc. with the won money. Later, she ends up losing her money. She empties her savings and puts the money in the gambling, borrows money and loses that as well. Although Praful comes back home, she is haunted by the lenders. Meanwhile Sameer's (Sohum Shah) proposal comes for her. Praful reluctantly meets him, but she is not interested to fall in love with this nice guy. How Praful handles the lenders? How does she commit robberies? How does she manage to escape form the eyes of the police department? Does Praful's relationship with Sameer progress further? Why the title of the film Simran whereas the protagonist is Praful Patel? Does Praful mend her ways? What about her turbulent relationship with her father? What about her job at the hotel? Is she able to get over her addiction towards gambling and robbery? Watch the film to find out.The tone of the film is kept light and comical. The humour is very good at certain places viz. Praful's befriending the bartender, flirting with the 'hot' guy, bargaining for a cap at Vegas street etc. Robbery scenes could have been improvised. The robbery scenes seemed too comfortable as well as repetitive although the intention was to take advantage of the fear in the minds of people toward terrorism. It seemed so convenient for Praful's character to dodge the bank staffs and the police department. Simran has indeed an interesting premise and Kangana's quirky, eccentric, carefree, comic timing makes it an interesting watch in the beginning, but somewhere the film loses its sheen especially post intermission. Her presence in every frame and not so powerful character sketching of supporting cast makes a few links missing. After watching the film, I just wished that the trio Hansal-Apurva- Kangana's synergy remained intact at least till the film was complete and ready for release.
The movie is a delight, very light hearted and it's subtle on so many places that you do not see the perfection around it. Kangana has done a fabulous job and its sad to see that not many critics have given this a good review. this definitely is a must watch and a relaxing movie. If you are having a lazy day or feeling low this movie will light you up. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.