Released this week in U.P. (Agra), Grand National Movies’ Alingan (UA) is the story of a young man, Kabir (Tushar Purwar), who wants a taste of everything in life. For this, he travels a lot, desirous of using all his experience for understanding life and its purpose.
Yashomati Devi and Dhiraj Mishra have penned a boring story and screenplay, which simply fail to touch the heart. The drama is so weak and so philosophical that the viewer wonders why the script was even written for a film. The duo’s dialogues are as weak as the drama.
Tushar Purwar is dull in the role of Kabir. He does not have the looks of a hero. Hiral Acharya (as Sana) is ordinary. Preeti Cheshta does an average job. Anil Rastogi (as Phule), Akhilesh Jain (as Shrikant), Vivek Anand Mishra (as Krishna) and Zoya Khan (as Kamli) lend fair support. Papai Bairagya, Manjesh Pandey, Prashant Rai, Rahul Rajput and Commando Verma are dull.
Dhiraj Mishra’s direction is poor. Pankaj V. Saini’s music hardly deserves mention. Sahil Sultanpuri’s lyrics are okay. Background music is below the mark. Cinematography (by Paramendra Pandey and Eugene D’Souza) is weak. Akshay Bhosle’s art direction is of a poor standard. Prakash Jha’s editing leaves something to be desired.
On the whole, Alingan is a flop show.