Released this week in Bihar, Metafaabex Industries Pvt. Ltd.’s Dilon Mein Uphaan (UA) is the story of a dance troupe and the rape of the specially abled daughter of the troupe’s owner.
Shanno (Neeta Mohindra) runs a dance troupe which performs at functions. Shanno has a teenaged daughter, Simmi (Deekshaa Asthana), who is specially abled. Since Shanno is a widow, she marries Raghu (Ashutosh Sinha) who is part of her dance group. In Shanno’s troupe are several people including gunman Zorawar (Anish Vikramaditya), Meena (Akanksha Tank), Suman (Ashika Gupta) and Rajjo (Kavya Shukla). Since Simmi requires extra attention and care, someone or the other from the troupe leaves her to school and brings her back home. One day, it dawns upon Shanno that Simmi had been raped three months back. The police arrest Zorawar. But is Zorawar the rapist? Or had someone else committed the heinous crime?
Sukhwinder Singh has written a dull story which is devoid of any freshness or novelty. His screenplay is not half as engaging as it ought to have been. Even the suspense about the rapist’s identity hardly engages the audience in a guessing game. In other words, the viewers watch the proceedings as silent spectators without feeling any sense of belonging or becoming a part of the unfolding drama. The viewers are unable to comprehend why Meena does not reveal to the police whatever she knows, when she gets to know rather than spilling the beans after a gap of time. Sukhwinder Singh’s dialogues are ordinary.
Neeta Mohindra acts well as Shanno. Ashutosh Sinha is alright as Raghu. Anish Vikramaditya is okay in the role of Zorawar. Deekshaa Asthana does a fair job as Simmi. Kavya Shukla, Ashika Gupta and Akanksha Tank lend ordinary support in the roles of Rajjo, Suman and Meena respectively. Dharam Sharma is hardly effective as the police inspector. Harbinder Singh is passable as Maharajji. Others barely pass muster.
Sukhwinder Singh’s direction is dull. His composition of action and stunt scenes are devoid of thrill. Ismail Azad Maliya’s music score is poor. Lyrics (Sukhwinder Singh and Janisar Akhtar) are ordinary. Sunil Thakur’s choreography is functional. Lyton’s background music is very ordinary. Sathyanarayana Reddy’s cinematography is okay. Sujit Das’ editing is loose.
On the whole, Dilon Mein Uphaan is flop show.
