If You Create A Cinema which breaks the Moulds of the Earlier Ones, Either you have to Have that Genius in You or You should be Fool enough to not Care! Nevertheless in both cases a Stroke of Art Shows Through.
The PR Agencies hired for “Inkaar” were probably smarter and they positioned the Movie in the Page 3 Corporate Sector. A Poster which took many attempts before it was released and the hush-hush but not so hush-hush of “Sexual Harassment/Blackmail at Work” Subtly slipped in. And that’s where the problem begins of the Movie too, because people will have pre-conceived notions, that they will go and watch the Movie to see the Big Board Room Game, a Tussle for Chair/Power perhaps.
“Inkaar” is again a very “I-Care-A-Damn” stroke from Sudhir Mishra. The last one I recollect was “Iss Raat ki Subah Nahin”. The Movie is for the Cynics, about the Cynics, for the people dismissing emotions in the name of Sex, Power play, Easy success or many other synonyms. There are so many Directors, Scripts following the Trends of the Society, to which an audience would say so that’s the Hero, that’s the Villain and here is the Cliché of a beaten to death story. Inkaar is the Movie which says that here is the Hero/Heroine and the Villain/Vamp in the same persona. That a person has his/her shades of Grey. That a Relationship at work is as Doomed by the Society as a Marriage by the people interfering in it. That its easier to be coded as a casual sex lovers than to be coded as two people in Love.
The only word which struck in my mind for preliminaries for Chitrangada in the Movie is “drop dead gorgeous”, but remove the façade and you get to see the next door girl, turning cynical, trying to bring in that false arrogance or must say “forced strength”. As an act she is Brilliant in portrayal of the role-she coldly confirms “they were calling me a b*tch, so I just turned into one”. Though I wonder if the Filmmakers will ever be able to find a name another then “Maya” for depicting the one they label as such.
Arjun Rampal has slowly but steadily mastered the art of delivering a character, where if he is the Hero but still has negative shades and if he is the Villain, there would a streak of goodness in him too! His silences and expressions convey more than the Dialogues, and you know that there must be a Story beyond his expressive words.
The Music slips in slowly at sequences where it is needed, and does not shriek out or stand out like a sore thumb. Swanand Kirkire and Shantanu Moitra are a brilliant team I noticed from “Hazaaron Khwahishen Aisi” . “Maula tu Malik Hai” is the Pick for me and “Darmiyaan” is the melody which brings in Fresh Memories of Love dipped Dawn.
On and On Inkaar is a Question which shall not receive its Reply Easily!