Review Of Movie Azaad – A Tale Of Courage &Loyalty With Horse As Cherry On The Cake

Star Cast: Ajay Devgn, Aaman Devgan, Rasha Thadani, Piyush Mishra, Mohit Malik, Diana Penty

Director: Abhishek Kapoor

Overview :The movie delves deep into the themes of loyalty, courage, rebellion, and determination to rise against oppressors.

Storyline : The Story is a period drama set in 1920’s during pre independence era when Zamindars ( Land Lords) use to harass poor villagers with exorbitant taxes in order to impress the British , In one such village lives Govind ( Aaman Devgn) ,who works along with his father at a stable farm of  Cruel Zamindar Rai Bahadur(Piyush Mishra) and his son Tej (Bahadur).Govind always dream of having a horse of his own , but his village is terrorized by Rai Bahadur’s artocriries,  in one such incident that was against the rule of zamindar , govind gets stuck so much that he had to run away , therein he meets rebellion group headed by Thakur Vikram Singh  ( Ajay Devgn) instantly attracting him to the latter’s beautiful black horse, Azaad. Govind joins his group of rebellions , a twist comes in the movie when Vikram Singh is Killed and Azaad comes in possession of Azaad , he returns back to his home buy his father gets angry and ask him to return the horse to zamindar , but Govind is determined to train the horse , he also fall in love in with daughter of Zamindar’s daughter Janki ( Rasha Thadani) , Janki tells him to learn to be sardar of the horse then only will the horse aaccept him , on the other hand Rai Bahadur and Tej Bahadur are planning to send the villagers to south Africa as slaves , it’s upon govind to save his village and his horse which forms the crux of the story.

Technical Review :  The story is somewhat similar to Lagaan , Despite a few flaws, the Abhishek Kapoor directorial manages to evoke the required emotions with its message. The action sequences and the horseriding scenes are executed brilliantly. The cinematography and the background score is good , Horse is gorgeous , First half is average , but the actual story picks up in second half .

Performances : Aaman Devgn As A Debutante is fabulous in his role , with his innocent eyes , especially his scenes with the horse arrived executed well and full of entertainment .Rasha Thadani is also good ,as she has executed her role with total confidence .Ajay Devgn gives the intense role as usual. Others are average.

Final Words : Overall the movie is good , for weekend watching , especially azaad the horse is worth watching with his tantrums and hazy eyes will win your heart

Ratings : 3.5*/5*