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‘Hisaab Barbar’ Movie Review: R Madhavan does the math in the toothless comedy

Still from 'Hisab Barbar'

Still from ‘Hisab Barbar’

Some films suffer from a surfeit of ambition. Others – like Ashwini Dhir accounts again and again—I have no one to start with. A middling comedy about the middle class, it tracks a common man’s crusade against fraudulent banking practices. A slight, toothless satire, the film boasts sitcom staging and visuals that lack cinematic bite. No wonder it is streaming on Zee5, a platform with a platform for a platform.

This is one of those spec scripts that is gathering dust in production offices; Until one day, for some inexplicable reason, they are quickly greenlit. Radhe Mohan Sharma (R Madhavan) is a senior ticketing inspector with the Indian Railways. Blessed with an accountant’s eye (and ethics), he spends hours poring over his bank statements, fishing for discrepancies. When a high amount of ₹ 27.50 is not found in its books, Radhey raises a complaint with the bank. Executives first feigned ignorance, then tried to shut him and other clients down with compensatory gifts.

It doesn’t take long for Radhe to stink. As he explains to others, the bank is stealing from its customers, minuscule amounts that go undetected, but run into thousands of crores in black money. Radhe’s ineffective demand for the lost coins turns him into an unlikely hero. Before long, he runs afoul of the bank’s greedy owner, a tall clown named Mickey Mehta (Neil Nitin Mukesh). Love is blossoming on the sidelines too: Kirti Kulhari plays an honest police officer and Radhey’s romantic interest.

Hisab Barbar (Hindi)

Director: Ashwini Dhir

mold: R Madhavan, Kirti Kulhari, Neil Nitin Mukesh

run-time: 111 minutes

Story: An ordinary ticket inspector takes on a corrupt system to uncover a major banking fraud

The film, for all its faults, makes a series of strong points: the intimidation tactics used against citizen activists like Radhe, the frustrating opaqueness of India’s banking sector, digs into crony capitalism and rising costs. These are powerful themes, but Dhir refuses to sharpen his satire beyond a point, muddiing the legacy of his writing work on iconic TV shows. office office,

pathos in accounts again and again It’s nose to nose. ‘Republic Week’ is remembered as ‘Republic Weak’, a corrupt politician (Manu Rishi Chadha) gets a body massage before a mural of Gandhi, and, since the hero is named Radhey Mohan. Shown in an important scene. Madhavan has relaxed comfortably into each of his roles and appears to be enjoying himself. Kirti Kulhari, a great actor, deserves a better agent. No agent can flip the fortunes of Neil Nitin Mukesh, a fossilized wonder from the 2000s, unchanged by time or talent.

after 43 years Jane Bhi Do YaaroFew Hindi films have managed to touch the heights of Kundan Shah’s great satire or replicate its comic corrosion. accounts again and again Highlights the strains on the Indian middle class, yet is imbued with patriotism for the ‘New India’. It struck me as a cop out. Like much else in the current creative landscape, there’s a tameness to Dhir’s film that feels cynical and perfumed.

Hisab Barabar is streaming on Zee5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsnbo–tkwi

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