‘Dry Day’ review: Pro-Prohibition and anti-subtlety – Scroll.in

Dry Day is the type of finger-wagging movie greatest consumed with a Patiala peg (whereas it’s nonetheless permitted).

Professional-Prohibition and anti-subtlety – Saurabh Shukla’s Hindi film shares a lot of its concepts with a well being ministry advisory. The Prime Video launch is about within the fictitious North Indian city Jagodar, the place tempers run excessive, profanity flows extra forcefully than alcohol, and a younger man goes to extremes to change into a corporator.

Gannu is a serial sozzler who begins imbibing early within the day and continues till nightfall. He’s unmindful of his pregnant spouse Nirmala (Shriya Pilgaonkar) and deaf to her remonstrations. Gannu is shaken up solely after he earns the wrath of his political mentor Omveer (Annu Kapoor) at a public occasion.

Gannu seeks to reform his picture. A bit like Dev Anand’s Raju from Information, Gannu adopts the methods of the ascetic. Whereas the city’s girls are ecstatic, Omveer and liquor vendor Balwant (Shrikant Verma) plot to reveal Gannu as a charlatan.

The critique of small-town political chicanery, whereas predictable, is preferable to Gannu’s imminent sainthood. The 128-minute film rails towards hypocrisy and expedient policy-making, however can’t escape the cost of sanctimony both. Any try at nuance in analyzing the issues brought on by alcoholism is forgotten within the melee to ship a message at excessive quantity.

Jitendra Kumar is the saving grace, parleying his ability at enjoying stubborn, stubborn males into a personality who begins out as being fascinating however quickly turns into as boring because the film itself.

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