Ghoomer review : A film living upto its billing

  

Cricket and cinema have always been working to attract the audience but whenever the stories of cricket are shown in the cinema, it is not that they are always praised.   Such is the combination of Abhishek Bachchan and Sayami Kher in 'Ghoomar Jaye', which is the story of a female creator.  'Ghoomar' is a beautiful story adorned with faith, trust and the flavour of cricket, which has brought along a dose of entertainment.  

 First of all, talking about the story, we have seen 'Iqbal' earlier, in which a dumb boy gets the blue jersey through bowling and plays for the country.  Even before this we have seen extraordinary stories of cricket.    This story of R Balki brings on the screen the story of a girl winning a place in the Gentlemen's game but 'Ghoomar' talks different and ahead of any female sports film till now.  The girl is playing cricket, her family members are not agreeing or she is getting taunted at various places, she has to become a victim of politics after selection… Ghoomar touches all of these things.

 In the beginning of the story, Anina's grandmother i.e. Shabana Azmi is covering her score in every match with her and on the other hand, Anina's father is cooking food for his 2 sons and a daughter at home.  These things of 'Ghoomar' make this film special and different.  Often films based on sports become exactly the same after a point, but 'Ghoomar' has the ability to keep you hooked from beginning to end.

 While the first half of the film serves to cook the story, there are many high points in the second half.  The second half is quite funny.  The best thing about the film is that you will not find ear-bud background music anywhere in the entire film.  Forced poverty has neither been shown in any part of the story nor is there an attempt to pour it into the ears through BGM.

Talking about acting, Sayami Kher has been excellent in the character of Anina.  She herself was a cricketer and that is why she has caught the body language of the cricketer very well.  Paddy Sir turned Abhishek Bachchan has won hearts in the film, whenever he appears on the screen, one must listen carefully to everything he says.  In the film, Abhishek has given a powerful monologue on the logic and magic of life.   A hard task master of a  coach and player absorbing it  is a very favourite combination of films, but Abhishek has played this style very well.  Abhishek has breathed life into this film with his acting.  On the other hand, Shabana Azmi has appeared in the role of a strong woman in this film ', whose knowledge of cricket is more than any man in her house.

 Another biggest feature of 'Ghoomar' is the dialogues of the film, which add life to the story.  The one-liners of the film are very funny.  As much as the performances have done the work of taking the story forward and making it interesting, equally amazing is the writing of the film, which gives one full opportunity to laugh and get emotional in every part of the story.  Although the match shown in the second half of the story has been shown completely filmy.

The ratings have been magnificent & getting mostly 4 stars on average .