Pagalait (पगलैट)

"Pagalait (पगलैट)"

Watched Hindi movie Pagalait (पगलैट). This film is directed by Umesh Bist. Story Umesh Bist. Produced by Gunit Monga, Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor. Music by Arijit Singh, Neeti Mohan. Cinematography Rafey Mahmood. The film stars Sanya Malhotra, Shruti Sharma, Sayani Gupta, Ashutosh Rana, Sheeba Chaddha, Rajesh Tailang, Raghubir Yadav. The film runs for almost 2 hours and was released in Mar 2021. I watched it on Netflix with Mihika and Aditi on 27th Mar 2021.

 

Sanya's husband dies within six months of marriage. This movie starts on the day of death and happens within next 12-13 days. 

How would the family react? How would the relatives react? How will Sanya react?

Based on the name I thought it will be a light movie, but it isn't. It handles an important social issue. But rather than handling it in a art film way it handles it in commercial film way. When you do that, there is a risk of losing the plot, but the director does a commendable job. He does not lose the grip on the story and still doesn't make it too serious. He has also written the story. He captures the reactions of family succinctly. The only point that did not go with the story is that the atmosphere in the house does not appear serious enough after death of a young man. 

Sanya delivers a good performance. She starts shaky but composes herself and then excels. She doesn't falter opposite cast of all known and accomplished actors like Raghubir, Ashutosh, Sayani, Rajesh etc.

Cinematography of a rustic town in UP is good. Music is also good, but I couldn't remember any song after the movie. 

Title of the movie does not make justice to the movie. It's too light for the profound subject. It's a low budget movie but it's money's worth. 

Recommend watching.