Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Sarafira’ will release this Friday. Based on a real life story, the length of the film is 2 hours 35 minutes. Divya Bhaskar has given a four star rating out of 5. The film is based on the life of South based businessman GR Gopinath. GR Gopinath started the first low cost airline in the country.
His dream was that even the lowest of society could enjoy air travel. A film called ‘Sorarai Potru’ has already been made on it in South. The Surya starrer also won the National Award.
What is the story of the film?
While the background of Sorarai Potru’s story was from the South, Sarfira shows the background of Maharashtra. Born in a small village in Maharashtra, Veer Mahatre (Akshay Kumar) has revolutionary ideas since his childhood. He wants to do something for the exploited and deprived of the society. With this idea in mind he joins the Indian Air Force, however, an incident occurs in the meantime. Veer’s father’s health has deteriorated, he just wants to see his son in his last moments.
Veer somehow borrows money from his friends from the army camp and goes home. He goes to the airport to reach home quickly. However, after reaching there, he finds that the airline ticket is very expensive and he only has half of the ticket money.
He starts pleading with the airlines to let him go as much as possible. He also seeks help from those present, but no one is interested. Eventually Veer cannot reach home in time and his father dies. After this incident Veer vows to start an airline where people can travel by air at low cost. Many obstacles and interruptions are created in his work.
Paresh Goswami (Paresh Rawal), a businessman who runs a top airline, becomes the biggest obstacle in Veer’s path. Paresh’s thinking is that neither the lower class nor the middle class can travel by plane, only the rich have the right to travel in it. Paresh uses all tricks to bring Veer down.
Veer works continuously in that direction with the support of his family and friends. Now you have to watch the movie to know how Veer overcomes these difficulties and how he fulfills his dream.
How is the acting of the star cast?
Akshay Kumar’s acting is the most focus point of this film. After a long time, Akshay Kumar has been seen making people cry with his acting. He has portrayed the emotional scenes on screen so well that it makes your eyes wet. Akshay cannot be praised enough. Paresh Rawal also acts quite naturally in the role of an arrogant businessman. His screen presence has also been amazing.
Radhika Madan has also done a great job as Veer Mhatre’s wife Rani. Her character is that of a stubborn and self-respecting woman, in which she looks absolutely perfect. All the other supporting actors have done a good job in their respective roles.
How is the direction of the film?
Sudha Kongara Prasad, who made the original film (Sorarai Potru), has also directed Sarfira. Although the trend of remake films has been going on for a long time, very few films are as close or as good as their originals. Sarfira is one of these and director Sudha Kongara Prasad deserves full marks for it.
He has presented the same story with a new style and a new role. He has tried to inject thrill, excitement and emotion into the film and has succeeded. There is a song at the beginning of the film, which unnecessarily extends the length of the film. Had this been avoided the length of the film could have been reduced by 10-15 minutes.
Music of the film
This is the type of film, it doesn’t have much scope for songs, but two-three songs are included in the film. However when there is a song there should be few good ones. Not a single song is fun to listen to. The music is quite loud, it should have been worked on a bit more.
Finally should watch the film or not?
If you haven’t seen its main version, you will absolutely love this movie. Even if you have seen it, this movie will not bore you. The story itself has so much power that it will surely be loved in whichever language it is released. Although casting is very important, many times we have seen a good story lost due to bad casting.
The highlight of this film is that Akshay Kumar has taken it to a different level due to his acting. It would not be wrong to say that he has overshadowed the main version hero Surya as well. Akshay brought out the emotions that Surya probably couldn’t.
Overall, this is a must watch movie, you can watch it with the whole family.