Shor in the City : Movie Review

SITC is fresh and original 

Directors : Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.

Cast : Tusshar Kapoor, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Nikhil Dwivedi, Pitobash Tripathy, Radhika Apte, Preeti Desai, Girija Oak, Sundeep Kishan, Amit Mistry and Zakir Hussain.

Balaji's latest production Shor in the City is a tale of Mumbai city and the noise that exists yet invisible in the society. Fresh and original in its treatment SITC is a compilation of three parallel tracks. The first one is of Abhay (Sendhil Ramamurthy), an NRI who comes back to India to revisit his business talents and becomes an easy target of extortion by the local gangs men. The second track is of Saawan(Sundeep Kishan) an aspiring cricketer who needs to finance the selectors to push his name in the Under 22 cricket team. The third and perhaps the most interesting track is of Tilak (Tusshar Kapoor), a pirated book publisher and his two creepy friends Ramesh (Nikhil Dwivedi) and Mandook (Pitobash Tripathy), who always in a hunt of making money land up in illegitimate activities. The trouble starts when the three stories clash at a single point.

The actors put up a decent show, however as it progresses SITC shapes up as more of a directors' movie. The first half is interesting, well paced along with some quirky funny moments. The second half keeps you involved in the story in the same way as the pre-interval part did. By the time the film reaches the pre-climax there's already a kind of curiosity in the viewer's mind and thats where comes the only shaky link of the film, which is nothing but the sluggish climax. The ending in fact eclipses the entire positives of the film and negate it's impact.

As already stated its a team effort with decent performances by all the actors. Pitobash Tripathy as Mandook is the find of the film and shines in all the scenes he appear with his mindless one liners and good comic timing. Zakir Hussain is impressive in his part of a local extortionist. Tusshar Kapoor has grown as an actor. Sendhil Ramamurthy makes an impact despite his unparallel hindi accent. The girls hardly get any space to showcase their acting talents. 'Karma is a bitch...' is a catchy number. I would go for 2.5/5 for SITC. The directors Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. have made a decent attempt, however the sloppy climax just spoils the fun.



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