Review Of Movie Vanvaas – An Emotional Story With Good Intentions but Dull Story Line

Cast: Nana Patekar,  Khushboo Utkarsh Sharma, Simratt Kaur, Rajpal Yadav, Ashwini Kalsekar 

Director: Anil Sharma

Overview : Vanvaas is a story of Children Abandoning their parents for money or any other motive when the parents are at vulnerable stage

Storyline : The Film revolves around Deepak Tyagi (Nana Patekar) who stays in Shimla with his 3 Sons and their wives and grandchildren , He had built a house Vimla Sadan in the name if his wife ( Khushboo) , However his wife has expired and Deepak is struggling with Dementia , that’s when he decides to give his house to a trust, his son’s are offended with his decision and they decide to admit him in an old age home in Varanasi , without informing him on the pretext that they all are going on a holiday to Banaras , they take him along , but in Banaras no old age home admits him without any ID proof , the sins and daughter in laws at that moment decides to abandon him , they remove his ID from his bag and medicines too and they dissappear ,  Deepak due to dementia don’t remember anything not even his identity , he just remembers that his young children are lost in Banaras and appeals People to help him find them , that’s when he meets Veeru ( Utkarsh Sharma) who is a local  theif and robs tourist  on the pretext of helping them , Veeru robs Deepak too and runs away but fate takes a twist and Deepak finds himself in a situation wherein he has to fulfill the responsibility of helping Deepak his identity and take him back home , Veeru initially gets irritated with Deepak but slowly a bond builds between him and Deepak as Veeru himself is an orphan , he is joined by his freind Rajpal Yadav and Veeru’s girlfreind  Simran ( Simrat Kaur)

This journey of finding identity of an unknown person who is abandoned by his sons forms the crux of the movie

Technical Review : Anil Sharma who has given Gadar 2 and Apne , now has given Vanvaas which offers nothing new as per the storyline  .It’s an older version of Baghbaan .but in this movie the sons and daughter in laws are mor malicious 

Although Vanvaas aspires to be a deeply emotional film, the dialogues lack impact. They fail to evoke tears or heartache and occasionally veer into unintentional humour.

The pace of the movie is too lengthy testing patience of the audience. Cinematography is outdated , the film looks like its stuck in 1980’s

Performances : Nana Patekar is looking fitter even at the age of 75 , he has proved that age is just a no , with his unbeatable performance , Utkarsh Sharma is good and try hard to match his pace with Nana  , he has given commendable performance.

The film’s saving grace is Rajpal Yadav, who lights up the screen with his impeccable comic timing and witty dialogues, offering a much-needed relief

Final Words : Vanvaas attempts to depict the strained parent-child relationship. Can watch if you like emotional movies

Rating: 2.5*/5*

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