By - Amit kumaR Agarwal
If anyone wants to know what is ailing the Indian cinema, particularly Hindi Cinema, watch Assi. The film has WRONG written all over it. Right from direction to scripting to even, acting.
A total downer given the fact that the film is toplined by some real good actors of these times.
The film is about a gang-rape victim and the way lawyer goes about to get her justice braving the corrupt system. The premise is the same as much illustrious and well-made Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu starrer Pink. But this film is no Pink.
The failing of the film is that it is all scream with little substance for example when Taapsee during her climatic speech tells the judge about the recent rapes, it is only she who is crying and testing the nerves of the audiences.
Where are the emotions that a subject of this magnitude ought to carry?
This is as much the failing of the director as it is of Taapsee.
The only credible performance comes from Revathy, her character hearing the proceedings helplessly, equating well with whatever 4-5 audiences watching this film helplessly.
With many shows cancelled on the opening day itself, the film is a non-starter and disaster from the word GO.