CAST: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt, Diljit Dosanjh
DIRECTION: Abhishek Chaubey
GENRE: Crime
DURATION: 2 hours 28 minutes
Story - Four parallel tracks, that of a Punjabi rockstar, Tommy Singh(Shahid) a Bihari migrant, Kumari Pinky(Alia); a Sikh cop, Sartaj(Diljit) and a doctor, Preet(Kareena) address the insurgence of the drug menace in Punjab. Their lives are sometimes linked to one another but usually no.
My Review 4.5/5
I watched this movie in cinema This movie is very good A story that revolves around drug abuse in the affluent north Indian State of Punjab and how the youth there have succumbed to it en-masse resulting in a socio-economic decline overall movie is excellent you can watch this movie.
On the face of it, Udta Punjab has everything going for it. Shahid Kapoor spends much of his screen time shirtless: win. He’s in a film with Kareena Kapoor Khan: another win(even if they don’t have a single scene together). Alia Bhatt delivers a virtuoso performance as a migrant worker. Diljit Dosanjh makes his Bollywood debut, shows off his comic timing as well as hero-wallah charm, and gets the girl(sort of).
The cinematography by Rajeev Ravi is stylish, clever and breathtakingly beautiful in moments, without seeming contrived. The soundtrack is catchy. The subject — drug abuse in Punjab — is provocative and the controversies surrounding the film’s certification have generated at least double the publicity of a conventional campaign.
There’s a lot in Udta Punjab that director and writer Abhishek Chaubey gets right. Perhaps his biggest achievement is the wry tone of his storytelling. Udta Punjab is made up of depressing stories, but even while being sensitive to this toxic problem that’s clogging Punjab’s veins, Chaubey’s direction and co-writer Sudip Sharma’s punchy dialogue manages to keep despair at bay. A thread of humour runs through the darkest moments — as in the conversation between two cops have about whether a truck driver is trying to turn Punjab into Mexico.
Chaubey also draws powerful performances from almost everyone on his cast except Shahid and Kareena. If Udta Punjab was an average Bollywood film, then these two stars wouldn’t have stood out. Unfortunately for them, Alia Bhatt and the supporting cast — particularly the dirty cop Jujhar Singh and the young addict Balli — are brilliant. They’ve all immersed themselves in their roles, even if those playing just a two-bit junkie. Bhatt downplays her natural cuteness and brings out exquisitely the vulnerability and grit of a migrant woman trapped in a drug lord’s mansion.Udta Punjab deserved to be watch eveythig things this movie is good cast, story, dialogue, screenplay etc.