Film Anaarkali Of Aarah Review: It is worthy to watch once for a strong social message!

Earlier, Shoojit Sircar had made a movie named Pink, which sent across a strong message that a woman's consent should never be taken for granted irrespective of her occupation, her background or her attire. Swara Bhaskar's newest release Anaarkali Of Aarah, which is set in bucolic Bihar, sends across the same message but doesn't lack in packing an equally powerful punch, despite its comparatively smaller budget.


The story revolves around Anarkali (Swara Bhaskar) is a singer-dancer, who specializes in bawdy numbers and entertains her exclusively male audience with her 'latka-jhatkas'. But, when a politically connected official (Sanjay Mishra) tries to paw and grope her on stage in an intoxicated stage, the aggressive Anaarkali decides to fight back and take on the corrupt and chauvinistic system. Her act of defiance forces Anaarkali to go on the run and how she manages to deal with the challenges that come her way, forms the rest of the plot.

Swara has been proving her mettle since a long time and after hit film Nil Battey Sannata, she comes back with another influential performance as Anaarkali, who confesses to not being 'doodh ki dhooli', but that doesn't mean any man can grope or paw her without her consent. Swara is aggressive and vulnerable in equal measures and your heart goes out to her as she stands alone against a system, which cannot comprehend why a 'naachne-gaanewali' should object to being treated like a piece of meat.


Pankaj Tripathi as her colleague Rangeela too is effective enough in depicting a flawed character, who wants to help Anaarkali, but is a slave of his conditioning at the same time. Mishra, who has been amusing us with his funny roles since years, is awesome in her act. The rest of the supporting cast too is unexpectedly good and adds more flavor to the plot.

In general, Anaarkali Of Aarah comes across as the rural equivalent of Pink but what makes the movie bigger is the fact that it doesn't have the superstar Amitabh Bachchan admonishing the viewers in his remarkable baritone that a 'No means No'. Here, Bhaskar does most of the talking and that too, with dialogues liberally peppered with abuses. The movie has some effective dialogues and the climax scene is definite to make you pump your fist in the air as Anaarkali finally gets her revenge.


Overall, it is worthy to watch once for the powerful act of Swara Bhaskar with a strong social message. 

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