Released this week in Gujarat, Delhi-U.P., Bihar and C.P.C.I. Rajasthan, Ommshivay Films and MKV Arts’ Siharan (UA) is a story of revenge.
In Sundarpur village, a tyrant sarpanch enforces a cruel tradition which costs innocent lives. A married couple resists, but the two are killed. The dead wife’s spirit returns to punish the guilty.
Manish Kumar Verma’s story and screenplay are so commonplace and so clichéd that the drama just doesn’t make novel sense. It actually bores because the hackneyed happenings fail to excite the viewers. Manish Kumar Verma’s dialogues just about pass muster.
Aradhana Sachan is okay. Abhishek Sharma does an average job. Madhushri Shah performs ordinarily. Jitendra Singh lends routine support. Priyanshi Chaurasia, K.L. Randhawa, Mushtaq Ali Khan, Atul Vatsal, Neeraj Singh Rajput and Vijay Manvatkar barely make their marks.
Manish Kumar Verma’s direction is weak. Bablu Sahis’ music is functional. Lyrics (Soma Banerjee and Shashank) are routine. Dipak Yadav and Abhishek Sharma’s choreography hardly deserves separate mention. Aniket Bhardwaj and Sanket Gudekar’s background music is ordinary. Raj Yadav’s camerawork is below the mark. Bir Master’s action and stunt scenes are so-so. C.P. Sen’s art direction is commonplace. Manoj Govind Sankla’s editing leaves a lot to be desired.
On the whole, Siharan is a weak fare with bleak chances at the box-office.
