Review of Thackeray: Nawazuddin Siddiqui's film unreservedly supports Bal Thackeray's controversial ideas

The occasional doubt that Nawazuddin Siddiqui has shown in Saadat Hasan Manto's biopic is completely absent in his second biopic in four months. In Thackeray a film based on the life and theories of Shiv Sena's founder, Bal Keshav Thackeray, better known as Balasaheb, Nawazuddin attempted to play a controversial political figure with a big heart and a total zeal.
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Given the kind of biopics produced by Bollywood, it was not daring to expect a chaotic, revered, idolized and contorted scenario for the sole purpose of giving energy to party cadres. before the very important general elections of 2019, but Thackeray surprised from the start. It takes the popular image of the film "Bal Thackeray" and amplifies the effect by retaining nothing. There is absolutely no scruple in spreading ideas that can divide and incite violence. Policymakers do not hesitate to portray Thackeray as someone who has used violence, or at least favors it, as a means to peace. Interestingly, such a tactic brings Thackeray closer to its authenticity. There is no desire to please political opponents.
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The transformation of a cartoonist into a ruthless and less democratic leader has been divided into chapters. We meet his father, played by Mukund Gosawi, whose reputation helps a young caricaturist create his own magazine. In a fantastic animated sequence, we see germinating the idea of ​​a marathi bidding in the head of a young cartoonist.

The film wants us to believe that the rise of Marathi consciousness angry at the dominant South Indians in Mumbai, then in Bombay in the 1960s, was the result of apparent humiliation and contempt for the native poor. With a roaring tiger in the background, it quickly turns into a physical fight between locals and so-called "strangers". This emotion is so dominant in its approach that there is no way to mitigate it later in the film. The use of violence by Thackeray was justified in the same way. He makes his rivals beat in dialogues like ' Laal Bandar ki jaat ko yahaan mitaana padega (This breed of red monkeys must be hunted), & # 39; in an apparent jibe on the left-wing unions and their mode of operation.

Nawazuddin's Bal Keshav, in a way, is also the 'sutradhar' of his own history. There are long stories and no ambiguity in the views on Hitler, the Urgency or the Muslims. Without calming down, Thackeray continues his talk of attacking at the thought of a weakening "Marathi Maanus" and how that could mean the end of the world for millions of people living in Mumbai and surrounding areas.

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The first film in the series, whose sequel is teased during the closing credits, traces the journey of a father who has become the most powerful social figure in Mumbai. While stirring a lot of feathers on his way, he claimed ownership of many bloody episodes, but seeing Thackeray only as an advertising tool would not do justice to his artistic merit.

There are enough metaphors, some really remarkable, to get you to find the director's name in the credits. In one of the sequences where Thackeray talks about stopping leftist forces, he was shown cutting a marigold plant using scissors. With the exception of a blooming flower, everything is in black and white. You begin to focus on the flower and it begins to acquire a deeper color.

The story was illuminated in a theatrical trial of Shiv Sena's role in the demolition of the Babri mosque in a Uttar Pradesh court where Thackeray defends himself -even. A man, whose party has waged an open war against migrants, behaves like a king on foreign territory. How obvious could it be!

Then there is reference to current and old politicians like Sharad Pawar, Morarji Desai, Indiara Gandhi, George Fernandez and Vasant Rao. These excerpts are an interesting watch and allow the public to hang on for 140 minutes. However, here's the thing – daring views in a movie can not wrap up notorious tactics in real life, so I would not blame you if you held the bat against Bal Thackeray and his party members who mobilized resources for make this movie. [19659005] Rating: 2.5 / 5

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