Black Panther Movies Ltd., Perfect Time Pictures and Brandex Entertainment’s Coat (UA) is the story of a young man who is a pig farmer. Madho (Vivaan Shah) lives his father, Mohan Ram (Sanjay Mishra), who is a pig farmer. Madho helps his dad in the business. Madho falls in love with Sakshi (Pooja Pandey) who is a high-caste girl. Sakshi avoids him initially because of caste differences but ultimately comes around.
One day, Madho sees a foreigner wearing a coat. He also sees that the man is being given a lot of respect by people around him. He now wants to buy a coat for himself so that he can also command the same respect, and for that, he sells off all his father’s pigs. However, his father and mother (Sonal Jha) take away all the money from him. Then, Madho decides to start his own business so that he can become a big man. He joins forces with others of his caste, and starts a business of bamboo items made by all of them. After initial hiccups, his business starts doing well. He then diversifies into making wooden items. He prospers so much that he makes a house for himself. However, Sakshi gets married elsewhere. Finally, Madho decides to go to America, for which he buys a coat for himself. But Madho’s mother breathes her last and so his trip to the USA is cancelled. Nevertheless, Madho does wear a coat — a sign that he has become a big man who will command the respect his heart had desired.
Kumar Abhishek has penned a story which is very elitist in appeal. Akshay Ditti’s screenplay is alright but the fact remains that the drama holds appeal mainly for lovers of different cinema. Besides, the pace is slow. Akshay Ditti’s dialogues are okay.
Vivaan Shah does well as Madho. Sanjay Mishra performs ably as Mohan Ram. Sonal Jha is good in the role of Madho’s mother. Pooja Pandey is okay as Sakshi. Harshita Pandey lends average support in the role of Madho’s sister, Saraswati. Navin Prakash is adequate as Akshay. Gagan Gupta (as Mushwababa), Badal Rajpoot and Abhishek Chauhan provide ordinary support.
Akshay Ditti’s direction is alright. Vardan Singh, Hriju Roy and Joy-Anjan’s music is nothing to shout about. Lyrics (Azeem Shirazi, Buddha and Ravi Basnet) are okay. Amar Singh’s choreography is functional. Hriju Roy’s background music doesn’t add much to the drama. Yogesh M. Koli’s cinematography is so-so. Yogesh Ingale’s art direction is ordinary. Sanjay Sankla’s editing is quite sharp.
On the whole, Coat has some merits but it may still go largely unnoticed because of lack of awareness among the public about the film’s release and also because it has appeal mainly for the elite audience.
Released on 4-8-’23 at Bharat Cineplex Kurla (daily 1 show) of Bombay by Brandex Entertainment. Publicity & opening: poor. …….Also released all over.