Stree Movie Review
Stree Movie Review: Shraddha Kapoor, and
Rajkummar Rao Are Terrific.
Cast: Shraddha Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj
Tripathi, Aparshakti Khurrana, Vijay Raaz.
Director: Amar Kaushik.
Description:
A zany supernatural parable that is both strongly
feminist and uproariously funny, Stree, Amar Kaushik's self-assured
first feature, delivers shocks and laughs in equal measure. Despite its
repeated to-ing and fro-ing between conflicting tones, the horror comedy glides
along a firm and steady arc almost all through its run time of two hours and a bit.
The film's fear quotient, like its comic
flourishes, varies pretty wildly - in the climatic moments, it even wobbles
just a touch - but the sight of fully grown men cowering in panic at the very
mention of the spectral figure who gives the film its title is always
hilarious, even when it tilts towards the terrifying.
The director harnesses his resources to their
fullest: the lighting, the camera movements, the sound design and the editing
all serve the purpose of heightening the film's seamless tonal duality. It goes
repeatedly swings between spine-chilling and hysterical, alarming and absurd
without losing its grasp.
Stree is
a tour de force enlivened enormously by solid contributions from each and every
technical department and the superlative turns from the principal actors. The
cast is led admirably well by the splendid Rajkummar Rao and that man
for all seasons who invariably seems to be a step ahead of the demands of the
screenplay - the magnificently malleable Pankaj Tripathi.
The quality of the performances that Kaushik
extracts from his actors lends Stree infectious
flounce. Rajkummar Rao is terrific. Whether he is flummoxed, frightened or
simply going along with the flow, he delivers with minimum apparent effort.
Shraddha Kapoor is suitably icy as the enigmatic woman who traipses into the
protagonist's life and sets off the tremors.
According to Us:
Stree plays an unwavering hand in demonstrating
that dread can be unbridled fun when it serves a larger thematic purpose. Gowatch this spine-tingling film. It is completely madcap but there is method in
its manic madness. It is a paisa wasul movie.
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