REVIEW #Helicopter_Eela

 GENRE- Drama

 

Streaming On- Disney+Hotstar

 

Language- Hindi, Marathi

 

CAST-

l Kajol as Eela Raiturkar

l Riddhi Sen as Vivan Raiturkar

l Rashi Mal as Nikita

l Tota Roy Chowdhury as Arun Raiturkar

l Neha Dhupia as Padma

l Shataf Figar as Madhavi Bhogat

l Muskan Bamne as Deepthi

l Zakir Hussain as Principal of college

Director-  Pradeep Sarkar.

Music- Amit Trivedi, Raghav Sarchar

 Plot- It is based on the Gujarati play, ‘Beta, Kaagdo’, written by Anand Gandhi.  Mother-son relationship is really special. The beautiful bond of love which they share is beyond comprehension and literature. Pradeep Sarkar has tried to weave it in 129 minutes of cinematic brilliance. The story revolves round the struggle of a lead singer and over protective mother who left her career and ambition for her son, the son who realizes the passion and ambition of his mother and encourages her to start her career again.

Review- Kajol as Eela is a budding singer who, despite lovely voice and recognition from music industry stalwarts, is unlucky enough to not pursue her dream. She then gets married and blessed with a son, Vivan. An unorthodox thought of dying early mentally disturbs her husband who disappears into oblivion, leaving Eela and four year old Vivan all by themselves. Son who grows up in the possessive and protective shield of his mother, realises that Eela’s entire life revolves around him and only him. To break the monotony and give a purpose to his mother’s life Vivan pushes Eela to look beyond him and chase her passion, music.

 

Helicopter Eela is all about pure and pious emotional bond shared between a mother and child. How a mom knows everything about her offspring, how she is smarter than a smartphone when it comes to calling her brat’s bluff, how she can feel the presence of her kiddo even without seeing him or her, how she knows the various mood swings of her little one, how she always knows what’s best for her most precious jewel. Always! The film also shows maturity of the millennial who tries to make his mom understand that it is good to dedicate one’s entire life for someone else but not to the extent wherein she doesn’t have any space left for herself.

 

Kajol looks extremely pretty, confident and ravishing in the role. Her million dollar smile & expression is still intact. What a brilliant actress she is! Young Riddhi Sen has also done well for himself, utilising his theatrical experience to the fullest. The film has balanced share of laughter quotient and heartwarming sentiments. At times you will feel OMG thank god my mom is not pokey like Eela. Watch out for the scene when father returns home after a long hiatus and the mother-son duo asks him to go away from their lives as they are happy and content in their little cocoon, built when the man left them for no valid reason. Such a powerful message essayed by the makers. Another highlight, the songs. Peppy, melodious, lyrical and euphonious.

 

Overall, Except for the movie name (“Helicopter Eela”, for what joy?) and some melodrama towards the climax I did not find too many things out of place here. In today’s egocentric and insensitive world seldom do we see such alluring and selfless relationship portrayal on screen. Irrespective of the box-office outcome I wholeheartedly recommend this low budget potpourri of emotions for the loving parent or the doting child in you, or both!

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PROs-

> The performance by the leads.

> Background Music

> Strong storyline.

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CONs-

> The Name of the movie.

FINAL RATING- 7.5/10

VERDICT- Please promote and watch such movies, they deserve your love. A must watch.