Omung Kumar’s Sarbjit is a film trapped in no man’s land. Based on a newsy real-life story, it takes cavalier liberties with reality. The result is a disappointment of monumental proportions. Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan is woefully miscast as the dogged sister of the titular characterBut, then, what do you expect from a director who roped in Priyanka Chopra to play Manipuri pugilist Mary Kom on the big screen and got away with it?
The earlier decision was batsh#t crazy. This is ill-advised at worst. But that does not make the final outcome any better.
Aishwarya as Dalbir Kaur, a gutsy woman who put everything at stake in the fight for the release of her brother from a Pakistani jail, neither looks nor sounds like a true-blue sardarni.
Her tiny dialogue delivery and wayward diction come in the way and prevent the film from acquiring any genuine heft and height.