Ghoomer Movie Review

Ghoomer Movie Review

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Anina (Saiyami Kher) is a young batting prodigy who is selected to play for the Indian women cricketer’s team. However, just before the eve of flying away to England, she loses her right hand in a road accident. Her dream shattered, she loses the will to live. At this juncture, Padam Singh Sodhi

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 (Abhishek Bachchan), “Paddy” to his friends, enters her life. Paddy is a failed cricketer, who played for India for exactly one international test, before a freak injury shunted him out of the top echelon. He’s a man made up of contradictions, full of hope and bitterness in equal measure. He holds the world

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 in disdain and is slowly drinking himself to death and yet is able to motivate Anina to overcome her handicap. He transforms her from a batter to a world class spin bowler, making her handicap work in her favour. She’s able to realise her dream thanks to his mentorship and makes a place for herself again

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 in the national team. The climax sees her helping her team win a one-day match against England. It’s a triumph of spirit, of endurance and grants redemption to Paddy as well. Ghoomer is Balki’s ode to women empowerment as well as inclusivity. Rasika (Ivanka Das), Paddy’s rakhi sister is a trans woman

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 whom Paddy helped financially towards her operation. The relationship they have is akin to what siblings share. They fight, bicker but also care for each other a lot and are there for each other during times of need. Anna’s father and brothers love her to death and root for her always. And she finds

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 another pillar of support in the form of childhood crush Jeet (Angad Bedi), who is happy to play second fiddle to her. Her biggest supporter is her dadi (Shabana Azmi) who is a cricket fanatic, knowing statistics of past greats by heart and has homely advice for every situation. Balki is able to convincingly

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 portray a loving, happy family who want Anina to come out of depression and live life again. Juxtaposed to them is Paddy, a harsh, bitter man who acts as Mr Miyagi, using occupational therapy of his own design to get her going. His barbs and unorthodox methods work their magic and Anina not

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 only learns to overcome her handicap but also gets healed in spirit. The sport choreography is done well and you do get the feel of an actual match during the climax. The cherry on the cake is Amitabh Bachchan’s cameo as a celebrity commentator who is totally biassed towards the Indian team. It was

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 lovely to see veteran Shabana Azmi giving an understated performance as a caring grandmother who wants the world for her granddaughter. Angad Bedi should be applauded for playing a character who takes a back seat, letting the woman he loves be in the driving seat. Balki knows how to give life to

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 flawed characters and in Paddy and Anina, he finds counterpoints which complete each other. Paddy is shown to be a failure in the eyes of the world but a large heart beats beneath his gruff exterior. He’s tough on Anina as he understands this is his chance to taste victory again, something he wasn’t able to

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 do earlier. Balki has been able to extract a sublime performance from Abhishek Bachchan. It can arguably be said to be one of his best so far. The scene where he drunkenly waxes eloquent on success and failure holds your attention like the Amitabh Bachchan monologues of yore. No wonder the father

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 is being so proud of the son on social media. The actor looks like the perfect coach in the film. His mannerisms would remind you of your own strict sports teacher. Anina in the earlier portions is full of sunshine and light and we see that light getting dimmed after the accident, before bursting forth in its

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 full glory again. Saiyami sails through all the graphs of her character like a pro. She’s good in emotional scenes and is completely at ease when it comes to playing cricket as well. Her body language in cricketing scenes is on point. Watch the film for its lovely message and for the powerful performances by the two leads, Abhishek Bachchan and Saiyami Kher.

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