Genre: Courtroom-Drama
Channel: ZEE5
Language: Hindi
Duration: 132 minutes
Writer: Deepak Kingrani
Director: Apoorv Singh Karki
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Surya Mohan Kulshrestha, Vipin Sharma, Adrija Sinha, Kaustav Sinha
Music: Sangeet-Siddharth Roy
Editing: Sumeet Kotian
Cinematography: Arjun Kukreti
Introduction:
Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai is a courtroom-drama pulled off effortlessly and effectively by Manoj Bajpayee, the lead artist.
Plot:
Advocate P. C. Solanki (Manoj Bajpayee) fights a solitary battle for 5 years against an uber rich, influential and highly revered godman (Surya Mohan Kulshrestha), so as to get the rightful justice to minor Nu (Adrija Sinha) wronged (read violated) by him.
As the battle advances from Session Court to High Court and finally Supreme Court, goonism is in full play by the godman's son and team, who resort to intimidation and even killing of witnesses.
They even try to intimidate and bribe Solanki with a mammoth amount of rupees twenty crore!!
But Solanki manages to stay above greed, intimidation & fear and remains unpurturbed on his path of justice till he gives the case an examplary closure.
Analysis:
The movie scores high on multiple grounds.
It has a powerful script with concise screenplay. Not a single frame is lost on unnecessary built up or cheap thrill.
The direction is quite intelligent and thoughtful.
Violation of a minor girl and any sort of vibration around relegion or relegious gurus are two of the most sensitive matters and both form the crux of the depicted investigations and arguments in the movie.
But Apoorv Singh Karki, the director has ably managed to maintain the required dignity & empathy in the scenes concerning Nu and he has kept the arguments against the godman quite logical and completely within the dictum of the Indian law & justice.
Arjun Kukreti, the cinematographer has not only well captured the iconic bird's eye views of Jodhpur, the Blue City and it's crowded lanes, but he has also captured the court scenes in assorted well conceived angles, thereby making them more effective and engaging.
Manoj Bajpayee has again surprised with an altogether new style of character portrayal. He is so good and thorough that at times you feel that he is not acting at all but just conversing.
Watch out for his scenes when twice big shot national level lawyers with star power and intimidating personalities visit the courts to get bail for the godmen.
Just notice how Manoj Bajpayee expresses his awe & inspiration for them, how he is puts forward his statements against them while being completely intimidated by them and still how thoroughly he does his job with full determination!!
Also, watch out for his closing statement at the end of the court case, wherein he uses relegion itself as the weapon to stab the sheer misdeed performed by the relegious guru. Full marks to Deepak Kingrani, the writer for writing this scene.
All the other actors have also performed well. The editing is good.
Conclusion:
It's an engaging and quite well made movie on an extremely sensitive topic sans any propaganda or scandalous depiction.
The heart of the movie is in the right place. Do watch it.
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