Shabaash Mithu Review: Taapsee Pannu As Mithali Raj Wins Audience Heart, With Her Powerful Performance
Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Mumtaz Sorcar, Vijay Raaz and Devadarshini
Director: Srijit Mukherji
Filmyhype.com Rating: 3/5 (three stars) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]
Shabaash Mithu Review: In Hindi cinema, a film has been made about the life of Indian cricketers like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Mohammad Azharuddin, and Praveen Tambe. It depicts his struggle to become a cricketer. Released last year, Ranveer Singh’s starrer 83 was based on the Indian men’s cricket team winning the 1983 World Cup. For the first time on the cinematic screen, the film Shabaash Mithu has been made on the life of an Indian woman cricketer. The film is based on the life of former Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj. Be it home or playground, women are fighting for the right to equality. Shabaash Mithu also reflects the discrimination and inequality faced by women cricketers.
Shabaash Mithu Review: The Story
There is a scene at the beginning of the film in which Mithali (Taapsee Pannu) says in front of BCCI officials Sir, we play for India only. We also have an identity. On this, the BCCI official (Brijendra Kala) calls the peon and asks him to name the five women players. He is unable to name even one. From there the story comes to Mithali’s childhood. Mithali’s brother, who lives in Hyderabad with her parents and grandmother, wants to become a cricketer. Mithali’s friend Noori introduces her to cricket. Both call each other Sachin Kambli. His talent is recognized by coach Sampath (Vijay Verma) who starts training him. After joining the national team, young Mithali faces real difficulties. There, the captain of the team and the players did not treat her well, then became the captain of the team and fought for the rights of women cricketers.
Shabaash Mithu Review and Analysis
The film was initially directed by Rahul Dholakia. Later, Srijit Mukherjee took over the direction of the direction. The story idea of the film is by Ajit Andhare while it is written by Priya Avon. Sreejit Mukherjee talked about women’s empowerment with cricket, discrimination against women cricketers, balancing of women’s personal and professional life with sports, and tried to raise many issues like patriotism. One scene in the film chronicles the fan’s obsession with the Indian men’s cricket team arriving at the airport and the apathy towards the female cricketers. At the same time, the person sitting at the counter does not care that it is a female player, he treats them like ordinary people. Similarly, in one scene, the old jerseys of male players are sent to the women’s team by the cricket board.
These scenes tell the agony and pain of every woman who must face such treatment and disdain, due to the inequality and discrimination prevailing in every sphere of society. However, before the interval, the film accelerates like a T20 match. Later, it slows down like a test match. The duration of the film is two hours 42 minutes. There was every possibility to reduce it with fine editing. Before the interval, the film accelerates like a T20 match. Later, it slows down like a test match. The duration of the film is two hours 42 minutes. There was every possibility to reduce it with fine editing. Before the interval, the film accelerates like a T20 match. Later, it slows down like a test match. The duration of the film is two hours 42 minutes. There was every possibility to reduce it with fine editing.
Among the cast, Taapsee Pannu has worked hard to become Mithali on screen. His hard work is reflected on the screen. However, when his character decides to leave cricket at the peak of his career, the writer and director have not been able to make that moment effective. The story revolves around Mithali, so not much goes into the lives of the rest of the players, but her love and struggles for the game are told in the dialogues. The film depicts Mithali’s journey from childhood to the year 2017.
However, there is no mention of the Arjuna Award and Padma Shri he received during this period. Child actors Inayat Verma and Kasturi Jagnam have done a great job in the film. Vijay Raj is good in the role of coach. At the end of the film, when the Indian women’s cricket team reaches the World Cup, the match has galloped forward when it needed to be shown excitingly. The background music used to create emotion and drama in the film is very loud. The countrymen have a passion for cricket. The challenge of the filmmaker is to make it exciting, despite the predictions of what is going to happen on the playing field. The director and the writer have not been able to meet this criterion. However, Mithali’s journey has to be seen despite some flaws.
Shabaash Mithu Review: The Last Words
All the necessary things that should happen in sports drama are in this film. Although I found this film a bit slow. Some accompanying sequences were pulled a lot. But Srijit Mukherjee tells his story with a similar pause. The second thing that struck me about the sequencing was that the part of the cricket that was shown at the end showing the sequence of the World Cup seemed like an overdose. Editing was needed here.
