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Review Of Zwigato: A Slice Of Life Drama Told Gently

Subhash K Jha reviews Zwigato

Author: Subhash K Jha
17 Mar,2023 09:52:41
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Review Of Zwigato: A Slice Of Life Drama Told Gently

Zwigato

Directed by Nandita Das

Rating: ****

How does one deal with life when it serves you juiceless lemons? You won’t find Nandita Das and her co-writer Samir Patil juicing the tragic circumstances of her delivery-boy Manas(Kapil Sharma) for tears in this gently effective drama of fringe employment, produced by Applause Entertainment..

This well-cut nugget has no room for tears. Kapil’s Zwigato delivery-boy delivers a performance that is keenly observant of reality: the languorous paunchy body language , the endless rounds on two-wheelers, handling difficult insulting customers at work, an invalid mother and two children at home…Kapil brings the entire force of destiny down on his character’s shoulder without making him a cry baby.

There is a beautiful moment where Manas put his head on his ailing mother’s lap. His wife Pratima walks in, sees the mother and son together, a walks out quietly.

This is my favourite moment in a film that otherwise doesn’t care to create ‘moments’ for the audience to get empathetic. The tone of narration is muted and matter-of-fact. Nandita seldom, if ever, plays for effect. Even when there is potential for sentimentality she avoids any dramatic highs to get our attention.

Take the ending where Manas discovers a saddening secret about his wife’s nature of employment. This calls for some serious tantrums. Instead, Manas takes his wife on a mo’bike race with a train: something, we presume,she loved doing when life was relatively more comfortable and carefree.

It’s a beautifully sketched moment torn out of life’s most precious chapter; when everything seems bleak you find a light and celebrate darkness.

Although the film is a little heavy with statistics and numbers on the unemployed ,to her credit, Nandita Das doesn’t allow a pall of gloom to descend on her narration. There are no lengthy dialogues or pumped-up polemics to prod our conscience.Throughout, the atmosphere is light and hopeful even in the darkest moments when Manas encounters the nastiest of customers.

Prudently the director uses a lot of local Odia talent for secondary roles. In the lead Kapil Sharma and Shahana Goswami as a post-Covid couple struggling to keep their heads above the water, are pitch-perfect, Goswami more so than Sharma.

Ranjan Palit’s camera lenses Bhubaneswar as a town crowded by crisis but redeemed by hope. You may not be in a position to be optimistic. But this film shows us the path to a bleak but hopeful future.

About The Author
Subhash K Jha

Subhash K. Jha is a veteran Indian film critic, journalist based in Patna, Bihar. He is currently film critic with leading daily The Times of India, Firstpost, Deccan chronicle and DNA News, besides TV channels Zee News and News18 India.

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