슬롯사이트˜Vanvaas슬롯사이트� Movie Review: Nana Patekar and Utkarsh Sharma슬롯사이트™s Family Drama is Trapped in Its Outdated Story-Telling! (LatestLY Exclusive)

Vanvaas Movie Review:슬롯 머신 사이트 추천I thought the most annoying name-calling I had ever heard in a movie was Alia Bhatt슬롯사이트™s incessant chanting of 'Shiva' in Brahmastra. Sorry, Alia, but you슬롯사이트™ve lost the top spot. Utkarsh Sharma managed to surpass you in just two scenes of Vanvaas, where his constant 슬롯사이트œMeena... Meena슬롯사이트�슬롯사이트� chant had me wishing someone would buy two plates of kachori and shove them into his mouth just to shut him up. Perhaps there슬롯사이트™s some significance to this relentless madness - after all, the heroine of Vanvaas, played by the lovely Simrat Kaur, has such a forgettable character arc that this might be the film슬롯사이트™s desperate attempt to make her name stick in our minds. Have to say, that trick worked.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천슬롯사이트˜Vanvaas슬롯사이트�: Nana Patekar Invites Aamir Khan for a Special Preview of His Film on December 20.

Directed by Anil Sharma, Vanvaas is, of course, not about Meena. Yet, the film devotes an annoying amount of time to the romance between Meena and her street-smart, thieving boyfriend with a heart of fool슬롯사이트™s gold, Veeru (Utkarsh Sharma). The movie belongs to the 슬롯사이트œchild-guilt슬롯사이트� genre, which was all the rage in the 슬롯사이트�80s and 슬롯사이트�90s - stories of grown-up children mistreating their parents before getting called out in the end. The last notable entry in this category was Baghban, though it hasn슬롯사이트™t aged well. As for Vanvaas, it already smells like milk left out for two decades, served on a dried plantain leaf.

The plot revolves around Deepak Tyagi (Nana Patekar, bringing every ounce of his dramatic prowess to salvage the show), a widower abandoned in Benares by his three sons and their wives. These caricatured villains come with one-dimensional selfishness that feels stale even for an early 2000s Ekta Kapoor soap. They erase all traces of contact details from Deepak슬롯사이트™s belongings, making him untraceable. Since Deepak suffers from dementia, their job is made even easier. Conveniently, his memory lapses also allow the film to use him as a mouthpiece for moral lectures, unencumbered by the context or circumstances of those being chastised.

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For instance, there슬롯사이트™s a scene early on where Deepak scolds a young man for rushing through his father슬롯사이트™s final rites, reciting shlokas praising fatherhood while accusing the youngster of prioritising a social media update. Never mind that Deepak hardly knows the man (who knows,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천his father might have been insufferable). It슬롯사이트™s clear this isn슬롯사이트™t the character speaking - it슬롯사이트™s the film criticising, through him, the 'social media-obsessed generation' who has no time or respect for the elderly because the latter is God-equivalent.

There are also times when Deepak lectures on one thing, and the movie goes the other way. For example, he chastises cops for asking about his religion and caste, saying everyone should be seen in the same light. Yet, the movie has enough elements and songs to pander to the followers of a majoritarian religion and even has슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Deepak specify his gotra in the end.

Anyway, let's leave this boomer-behavious aside and return to the plot. An amnesiac Deepak ends up under the reluctant care of Veeru, a conman eager to rid himself of the old man. Predictably, they bond, and Veeru eventually becomes determined to reunite Deepak with his family.

'Vanvaas' Movie Review - Outdated Writing and Direction

The premise of Vanvaas isn슬롯사이트™t inherently outdated; we슬롯사이트™ve heard of families abandoning elderly relatives at pilgrim sites and writing them off as dead. Take Shubhashish Bhutiani슬롯사이트™s Mukti Bhawan (2016), also set in Varanasi, which beautifully explored the conflict between caring for ageing parents and managing familial responsibilities. But Vanvaas feels insufferably outdated due to its regressive writing and stale filmmaking, which should have gone into vanvaas two decades ago. The only thing that feels updated is the colourful cinematography.

Yes, potboiler formulas have seen a resurgence, as evidenced by the success of KGF 2, Jawan, and Pushpa 2. Anil Sharma himself scored big with Gadar 2, revisiting an old formula that clicked with audiences. Personally, I didn슬롯사이트™t like Gadar 2, calling it out for its shameless propaganda and outdated execution. Vanvaas doubles down on these issues, delivering a melodramatic treatment to an already worn-out storyline.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Gadar 2 Movie Review: Sunny Deol Roars Again In Anil Sharma's Washed-Out Sequel to His 2001 Blockbuster.

'Vanvaas' Movie Review - Irksome Sideplots

The film could have salvaged itself by focusing on the bond between Deepak and Veeru, drawing out genuine emotional depth. Instead, it clutters its narrative with kitschy romance and irritating comedic subplots involving supporting players like Rajpal Yadav, Ashwini Kalsekar, and Mushtaq Sheikh. Kalsekar plays Meena슬롯사이트™s aunt, disapproving of her romance with Veeru. At one point, I feared the film might attempt a recreation of Sholay슬롯사이트™s iconic marriage proposal scene. Thankfully, it didn슬롯사이트™t - but by then, the film was so unbearable that an elderly couple in my theatre, who likely came hoping to be슬롯 머신 사이트 추천wary of their own children, walked out before the interval.

Even Deepak슬롯사이트™s dementia is explored only in relation to his memories of his deceased wife (played by Khushbu Sundar) and children. The film barely scratches the surface of his internal struggles, conveniently allowing his memory to function perfectly during the climactic showdown.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Genius Movie Review: An Earnest Utkarsh Sharma and Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Screen Presence Can't Stop This Thriller From Being BLAH!

Vanvaas marks Anil Sharma슬롯사이트™s third attempt to launch his son as a lead actor after Genius and Gadar 2. While Genius is all but forgotten, Gadar 2 had Sunny Deol roaring so loudly that Utkarsh Sharma슬롯사이트™s efforts went largely unnoticed, despite ample screentime. Going by the looks of it,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Vanvaas슬롯 머신 사이트 추천is also not going to do him any favours, even though he does comedy, action, drama and romance. Though he shows promise and confidence as an actor, it슬롯사이트™s high time Sharma Jr ventured beyond his father슬롯사이트™s projects to carve out a space of his own.

슬롯사이트˜Vanvaas슬롯사이트� Movie Review - Final Thoughts

Vanvaas feels like a relic from a bygone era, trapped in its outdated storytelling and melodramatic excesses. Nana Patekar tries to hold it together with his towering presence, but even he can슬롯사이트™t save a film weighed down by its lack of originality and nuance.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Vanvaas might preach about respecting the elderly, but as the movie drags on for more than 2.5 hours, the real lesson for the makers here is to respect the audience슬롯사이트™s time and sensibilities.

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