Lootera review

Lootera is a very emotional and well made film by director Vikramaditya Motwane, who brilliantly continues on from his previous success of Udaan (2010) and carries on with it in Lootera. From the off set you will understand that this is a slow paced romantic saga that will not be the fancy of the "entertainment-loving" audience that usually resides in the Bollywood public but this film is more for the keen eyed individuals that, despite being slow, will appreciate much of the film's story, music and cinematography.

This film is another love story for this 2013 year, in which we have had amazing films like 'Raanjhanaa' and 'Aashiqui 2'....but this film competes with them on the same level as the chemistry between Varun and Pakhi was beautifully portrayed by Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha respectively. 
If the box office collections are anything to go by, this film is a "BIG FLOP" which actually does not mean anything, because many artistically rich films are not given the praise they deserve in Bollywood. 

Lootera, with its minor flaws in story telling, does impress with its well written story that is extremely riveting in the pre-intermission stage, however the second half does become quite flat, direction wise, but I believe the acting of Sonakshi Sinha carries the film from there on out. She breathes and walks the role like never before. For her, this film is the discovery of a new actress who was until now busy in meaningless characters in potboilers. Ranveer Singh excels in the first half however in the second half, he falters in dialogue delivery. He fails to pack that punch in his act, which could be one of the downsides of the film.
"The support cast of Adil Hussain is top notch and Barun Chandra is good, Arif Zakaria is decent, music is excellent and cinematography is brilliant". Furthermore, a man who packs a punch in a small appearance is Vikrant Massey. Cool, calm, poised and hits the nail on the head with the task that was given to him.

The action sequences in the film were not as many as I expected but they were not bad, these scenes justified their purpose, that was to show to the audience what has been going on between the intermission break.

Music is one of the biggest pluses of the film as Amit Trivedi impresses again with great soundtracks. All songs add to the film and help to set the mood. Cinematography by Mahendra J Shetty is excellent and he is the man who keeps you interested despite slow pace. 
Without giving any official "SPOILER ALERT"'s .... this film is based on the book "The Last Leaf", which kind of defines the post-intermission section of the movie.

Personally, I quite enjoyed the film, mainly for the story behind it all, the love that slowly develops between the two characters. 

RATING SYSTEM

Performance 8/10

Direction 7/10
Action 6/10

Story/Script 8/10
Cinematography 8/10

Music/Soundtrack 8/10

I give this film 7.5/10 "7.5 out of 10"

Go for this one if you don't mind watching a slow paced romantic saga!