Ankit Kumar

Movie review: what is your review of "Kedarnath" (2018 movie)? Full of enchanting visuals of white mountain, river coming down to earth, temple and then the devastating flood, Kedarnath brings audience closer to a superbly amazing character of the nature. You can feel the power of cinema for presentation of natural calamity and social issue at one place. Nothing else can communicate the effect of natural calamity so intensely as it depicts. Figure and data of life and capital loss is more than figure and data for some people. This movie shows it. Nature doesn't spare anything and anyone. It is very ugly with anger. While the movie contributes large share of its time to calamity, still one more face of society comes out in a very sensitive way. Writer has tried to touch the real drama that occurs around couples having love affair and especially in case of inter religious couples. Though, at one point connecting love story with natural calamity looks superfluous, still some dialogues and events show the character of society in dealing with such situations. In some part of film, writer has also tried to show the pain of separation from property and home, but that does not gain priority. It comes out when villain forcefully vacates Pithus' land for taking revenge from Mansur and vacating land to make lodge. When it comes to overall movie, its second part is truly amazing and binding. Some credit may also go to animation and camera, but the coherency in that part is praiseworthy. In first part, it tries to create some comedy but does not become able to bring laughter out of audience. Still, it is enough for bringing smile and feeling of connectedness. It also keeps this part lighter to make momentum for the later part. On the commercial aspect too, it is worth appreciation. It has no indecency and vulgarity. Maybe story doesn't permit for that. Still, makers avoid from forcefully placing of kissing scene, revealing dress and all. But, music could not fair so much. No song except title one is over average. Acting of well established Sushant Singh Rajput, Debut girl Shara Ali Khan and others including that villain character is very good. Thus, one can say that this is another worth watching release of Sushant Singh Rajput. At the end of it, it does not disappoint you. Rating: 3.5/5