Its not a review. Its not at all about the protagonist ’s innocence, love and compassion.The movie MNIK. in fact transports us to a simple fact that the Indian audience is not ready and is indifferent to themes of terrorism specifically the American one.We just do not connect to this topic of , Islam, 9/11 and take it home.
Karan johar, ever since he redefined the entertainment quotient with "kuch kuch...., has become iconic and structured some ;karva chautha cinema therafter which received overwhelming response from us as well NRI audience.He innovated what we can name ’dollar cinema’.
MNIK suffers from a strange dichotomy.It successfully transports the message of love, warmth.innocence and compassion through a disease afflicted protagonist. But the same is distorted to more extent by a faulty script and some unnatural and incredible heroism in the end. More over , the directors obsession with American terrorism, 9/11 and a particular religion in totally unfounded.
Plainly speaking, there is nothing wrong with the caper.Its backed by the superlative performances by the lead actors, Its laced with some melodious music, exemplary cinematography , and some erratic directorial punches.The major flaw of the movie is that the undercurrent of husband wife love story is somewhat lost in the post interval portions due to faulty writing. still its worth the price of a multiplex ticket