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Soorma
Director: Shaad Ali
Cast: Diljit Dosanjh, Pannu Taapsee, Angad Bedi, Vijay Raaz
Rating 2/5
This is Bollywood Wars: Attack of the Biopics. Sanju always produces thought pieces faster than she earns money, which she does by truck, and we already have another one in our hands. Soorma, directed by Shaad Ali, curiously out of the shadow of his mentor Mani Ratnam, is the story of Indian field hockey player Sandeep Singh. The story of Singh is made for the screen since it was bookmarked as a future hockey star before suffering a firearm accident on a train trip that It paralyzed him under the waist. Diljit Dosanjh plays Sandeep Singh in the same way that Dosanjh plays any character, with an innocent charm that shimmers forever in his eyes, as if he were a gifted child of a gift every time that people were watching him. Sandeep Singh is treated like this by his family, a small but happy, ready to accept his resignation from hockey when he is not too excited about the cruel methods of his coach.
Ali installs Sandeep Singh as someone who is more in love with the idea of hockey as a means of the game itself. Singh quickly fell in love with fellow Harpreet (Taapsee Pannu) and, initially, that's what brings him back to hockey. When his father, his trainer and his brother give him an ultimatum, he does not take long to grasp it as an opportunity to succeed. Singh is written like a loose cannon, which is quick to fall for a bet, quick to take anything to prove his point of view, and quick to anger. When his older brother tells him that he has an eye for drags, Singh is ecstatic to the point that his confidence has no bounds.
Vijay Raaz as coach of India amuses himself a little with his role, expressing himself for good measure as the companion who trusts individuals but has long abandoned the system Indian to work. For a biopic that is on the pure will of an individual, Soorma is remarkably subtle in parts. Ali probably chose to have it so because, as one scene repeats, hockey is not cricket. There is no show badociated with hockey. So when Singh returns from Poland with the most goals and a fancy nickname, there is no crowd at the airport. There is a father-son pair claiming to be fans and journalists with cameras that do not try that much. Singh and his father (Satish Kaushik) take a bus from the airport to Shahabad, as they return after a wedding in the city.
Sometimes the stakes are not so high with Ali not going for the cinema. Things are presented routinely and Ali even goes back and forth, as if to remind you and help you understand the meaning of the current scene. As when Singh returns from rehabilitation and restores the relationship with his brother. We hear the dialogue from a previous scene, spoken like bullets to the heart. Ali foreshadows the scene involving live ammunition. In the Sandeep Singh junior hockey days, we see the threat of gun violence during a Meerut vs Patiala match. The gun fires in a different scene before the intermission, but we see it happen because Ali does not try to create tension too much. Soorma suffers such bbadities. He discovers his talent and soon he wins matches. He has an accident and we are shown how the earth breaks for the family. He goes for rehabilitation and a song later he walks. We know what is happening, but we are never surprised by anything, at least in the way they happen or in the way they are shown. He is harmless and direct, making us wonder if the subject deserved better.
Singh's unhappy relationship with Harpreet is used as a sling to allow him to bounce back, an inspired decision that fortunately is not extended to his emotional limits. Ali also falls for the trap of Pakistan. Sandeep Singh as a hockey player for India has played in many tournaments and against many countries, of course, but Shaad Ali makes Pakistan's matches the focal points. It's as if our filmmakers could not escape the trap when they want to show patriotism, heartbeat or sports success. Here is one of the best stories celebrating the will, the talent and the love for the game. But did you do it against Pakistan? No? Please close the door on your way out. Next candidate please.
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