 Followed by deep recessions of pitiable scarcity of good stories, Bollywood is back on the stroke of big jackpot in box office. No worries for film buffs! The recent releases after long time pettifoggeries between distributors and producers have been good enough to engross us. Maybe, the most expected flicks would’ve disappointed you terribly (Kambakkht Ishq and Agyaat), but there were enough good releases on the pars.
Followed by ‘New York’ that hit straight into our senses, here’s yet another flick centering on societal crisis with lots to meddle with your emotions. Shall we find some similarities spotted between Santhosh Sivan’s ‘Tahaan?’ Of course, a young boy’s deep-rooted journey leading to unexpected destination. Perhaps, the similarities end there.
 The film is set in backdrops of Kashmir, a paradise-on-earth place with pragmatic touch. ‘Sikandar’ starts off on a dramatic touch with a school-going Sikandar (Parzan Dastur) and Nasreen (Ayesha Kapoor), the friends with more liking for each other. The young Sikandar wants to be a football champ and indeed brimmed with more materialistic dreams… One day, this 14-yr old boy finds a gun lying on the road. Here changes his entire life where the football maniac haunted with gun-craze.
He comes across various characters now, strongly laid their traits on him. But you don’t know what is going to happen next in this edge-seated thriller drama.
Filmmaker Piyush Jha has very-well handled the screenplay adding equal proportions of dulcet drama as well tingling twists. But you’ve be more patient till the interval point and keep enjoying the slow-melodrama with eye-catching visuals of Kashmir. But as the second half commences, it’s all about interesting movement.
 Parzaan Dastoor, the young guy has top-notched with his performance. He emotes extraordinarily towards various situations and he can expect best laurels now. Ayesha Kapoor looks cherubic but she can yet more develop her abilities of delivering dialogues. Sanjay Suri is extraordinary while Arunoday Singh just blocks off our cognizance that it is his debut film. He has delivered his part fabulously. Although Madhavan appears in a cameo role, he scores 5/5.
‘Sikandar’ is a must watch movie and strongly recommended for all centres. It’s really great to see that Hindi cinema’s significance is sure to reach far-flung corners of the globe with such films.
Verdict: Must Watch it.
Rating : ***1/2
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