‘Mast Mein Rehne Ka’ movie review: A low-rent delight – The Hindu

Initially of Vijay Maurya’s in any other case life-affirming Mast Mein Rehne Ka, we see an outdated man, performed by Jackie Shroff, sitting alone at a seaside, glumly looking to sea. He rises and enters the waves. A fisherman calls out to him to cease, however he doesn’t. The scene cuts abruptly to a darkened bed room; the person was solely dreaming. He springs up from the mattress, does some gentle stretching and hums a tune. Earlier than the anxiousness wears off and he leaves for his early morning jog, he stands in entrance his late spouse’s portrait, gesturing regretfully, with tears in his eyes.

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The person, VS Kamath (Shroff), is a median outdated retiree in Mumbai. He has been a widower for 12 years, residing alone in a big home. He’s the solitary type, keenly observing his fellow joggers however by no means making dialog. After a housebreaking leaves Kamath grievously injured (although, a lot to his dismay, fully alive), he agrees to fix his methods. He courts a friendship with the chirpy, foulmouthed Mrs. Handa (Neena Gupta), additionally a lonely soul like him. Theirs is a well mannered but awkward romance: “You’re a Madrasi from Karnataka…,” she declares on their first date.

As is obvious from its carefree title, Mast Mein Rehne Ka is a Mumbai movie via and thru. A single romance received’t do; a number of narratives should jostle for house on this ode to a metropolis of over 20 million. Thus, in tandem with the aged couple, we meet an out-of-luck tailor and a lady he befriends on the streets. Maurya, an actor on iconic movies like Paanch and BlackFriday, is maybe greatest often known as the dialogue author for Zoya Akhtar’s road rap musical Gully Boy (2019). He will get town slang (“halke ke mein mat lena” is the very literal phrasing for “don’t take me frivolously”) but additionally its maddening chaos and blind spots, like how a boisterous marriage ceremony band can drown out somebody’s real cries for assist.

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Jackie Shroff is a delight as Kamath, along with his barely hunched gait and oil-slicked hair. There may be additionally a enjoyable cameo by Rakhi Sawant as a minor-league dance teacher. Maurya’s movie — with its references to nasal hair, canine poop and B-grade horror productions — is hardly reaching for wider acclaim. It’s too snug in its personal pores and skin to imitate the arthouse interconnectedness of Dhobi Ghat (2010), or the sustained melancholia of The Lunchbox (2013). Nonetheless, there are classes right here that may be touching. This can be a light-hearted movie, however don’t take it too frivolously.

Mast Mein Rehne Ka is streaming on Prime Video

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