Araad Dreams Production’s Yes Papa (A) is the story of a lady who had been repeatedly raped by her father in her childhood.
Vinita Ghoshal (Geetika Tyagi) is married to Harshit Kapoor (Hasan Zaidi) and they have a daughter. As a child, Vinita had been raped a number of times by her father, Sagni Ghoshal (Ananth Narayan Mahadevan). Vinita’s mother, Nandita (Nandita Puri), never believed the child about the father having raped her. Vinita finally kills her father when, one day, she sees him setting his eyes on her daughter! The murder case reaches the court. What verdict will the judge (Divya Seth) pass?
Saif Hyder Hasan has written a very routine story. Although the heart-wrenching tale of a father raping his own daughter had so much potential to be the base for a moving drama, it has been so shoddily written that it just doesn’t touch the hearts of the viewers. Saif Hyder Hasan’s screenplay is terribly weak. The courtroom drama, which ought to have been the high point of the screenplay, falls flat on its face and becomes the weakest part of the writing. The prosecution lawyer behaves so badly in the court, passing snide remarks and almost mocking each time the defence lawyer opens her mouth, that the seriousness and sensitivity of the case is completely lost. Even the sinister appearance of the father in front of his little daughter and later in front of his grand-daughter hardly has the desired impact, probably because he bores the audience with his singing. Saif Hyder Hasan’s dialogues are ordinary.
Geetika Tyagi does a fair job as Vinita Ghoshal. Ananth Narayan Mahadevan is so-so as her father, Sagni Ghoshal. Nandita Puri is hardly expressive as her mother. Hasan Zaidi lends fair support in a role (of Vinita’s husband) which hardly gives him scope to act. Tejaswini Kolhapure is routine as defence lawyer Pronoti. Sanjeev Tyagi is weak as prosecution lawyer Pradeep. Divya Seth performs ordinarily as the judge. Yusra Tariq (as Masha Kapoor), Tisya Vasisht (as young Vinita) and the others lend average support.
Saif Hyder Hasan’s direction is not at all sensitive when the need of the subject was utmost sensitivity. Ratnesh Bhagat’s music and background score are functional. Lyrics (Saif Hyder Hasan, Lekhraj, Sharmila Ranade and Sukhada Khandekar) pass muster. Camerawork (by Vineet Dubey, Chetan Chand and Tanha Farmin Rezi) is okay. Chetan Chand’s production designing is so-so. Abhijeet Deshpande’s editing is nothing to shout about.
On the whole, Yes Papa will meet with a disastrous fate at the ticket windows.
Released on 29-3-’24 at Inox Malad (daily 1 show) and one more cinema of Bombay thru Mantraa Luminosity. Publicity & opening: poor. …….Also released all over. Opening was weak everywhere.