Sardar ka grandson (सरदार का ग्रॅन्डसन)

"Sardar ka grandson (सरदार का ग्रॅन्डसन)"

Watched Hindi movie "Sardar ka grandson (सरदार का ग्रॅन्डसन)". This movie is directed by Kaashvie Nair. Produced by  Bhushan Kumar and others. Written by Anuja Chauhan, Kaashvie Nair. Music Tanishq Bagchi. Cinematography by Mahedra Shetty. It stars Arjun Kapoor, Rakulpreet Singh, Nina Gupta, John Abraham, Soni Razdan, Aditi Rao Haidari, Kanwaljit Singh, Kumud Mishra, Divya Seth, Priya Tondon, R. Bhakti Klein. This movie was released in 2021 and runs for 2 hours 20 minutes.  I watched the movie on Netflix with Aditi on 20th May 2021.

Sardar Kaur, a 90 year old lady, wants to go to Lahore to visit her pre-partition home once before she dies. Her grandson Amreek decides to fulfill her wish. But her Visa application is rejected. Amreek is still determined. 

Can he take her to Pakistan? Is the home still there? How can Sardar Kaur see her home before she dies?

Nina Gupta doesn't look 90 years old, neither does her acting and movements portray that age. A really old actress would have been a better choice. Now it's high time that Arjun starts acting. Kanwaljit breaks the shackles and plays a funny role. The real surprise package was Aditi Rao Haidari. She delivers a convincing performance. Kumud plays a different role, Mayor of Lahore. 

It's a fantastic concept. But the director takes easy route to present the story, so the execution is shallow, although he shows flashes of brilliance. For example the scene when Sardar visits and touches the house. 

Set of house in Lahore is too obvious and hence doesn't look realistic. Inexplicably, a house that is unused for years hasn't accumulated dust. Arjun does everything from design to jacking to driving the truck, despite having a team. 

There are several small details that are missed. Things like use of car jacks for the house, jacking them by hand when loaded and loading the structure on truck instead of multiple SPMT's, forgetting about the electric wires etc. defy engineering logic. Some basic engineering input was needed. 

Why call it Grandson of Sardar? Was director trying to bask in the reflected glory of movie 'Son of Sardar'? 'Sardar ka ghar' would have been a better title.

Watch it,  if you are ready to forget it soon  enough.