UT 69 review: Raj Kundra’s jail drama is full of poop and pep talk – Hindustan Times
UT69 evaluate: Raj Kundra performs himself on this dramatic retelling of the time he spent in jail as an undertrial.
It might appear too quickly for businessman Raj Kundra, higher often called actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband, to get a biopic made on him. However when you might have the funding and a narrative to inform, it is at all times the proper time to go all out. Although after watching UT 69, it appears as if solely Kundra and debutant director Shahnawaz Ali noticed advantage on this so-called story, and determined to make a movie on it. After watching the jail drama for 117 minutes, the one factor I requested myself was, ‘What was this? Why was this?’ (Additionally learn: Aarya Season 3 evaluate: Sushmita Sen, Ram Madhvani do not skip a beat, add extra fashion, pulse and coronary heart to this drama)
Making his debut as an actor and narrating his ordeal of spending 63 days in jail, Kundra stars in UT 69 that traces his time spent in Arthur Highway Jail after his alleged involvement in a pornography scandal in 2021. Whereas anybody would have thought that the intention behind the movie was to clear Kundra’s picture or show his innocence, surprisingly sufficient, the movie does not contact upon the case in any respect, perhaps as a result of the matter is subjudiced. That by some means was fairly a postpone for lots of people who could not see some extent or function in watching an almost 2-hour movie primarily based on somebody’s life in jail. We positively wanted extra.
From the primary scene until the final, all you get to see is the jail, the barracks and the deplorable situations of the inmates dwelling there. I’m not denying that as a topic it may really be a hard-hitting, however basing it on one particular person’s journey was a little bit of a tough promote.
Being a star husband, Kundra’s days in jail may be of curiosity to somebody who needs to see if celebs are handled any in another way behind the bars. And UT 69 takes that as the chance to discard such notions as Kundra is proven to have spent some horrible time sleeping on the ground with 245 different inmates in a barrack that has a capability of 46 folks, consuming meals that is not solely uninviting however tough to digest. After which benefiting from ‘indigestion’, there are numerous bathroom scenes ingested within the script, and every one in every of them make you need to throw up on the mere sight of it. I imply, why present so many gross issues to depart your viewers disgusted? On high of that, attempting to show it into bathroom humour with pooping and farting noises was simply not cool and will have properly been prevented.
That being stated, sure, UT 69 is a honest try at shedding gentle on the situations of jails in India and lack of fundamental facilities for the inmates. The ache, angst, dilemma and helplessness that Kundra goes by means of is portrayed properly and appears fairly actual. His bond with different inmates, discovering solace of their phrases and gestures, forming connections and discovering a household – these parts are written properly. In scenes when he will get to speak to his spouse, Shilpa Shetty on weekly calls, you’re feeling what he would have really gone by means of when he did not get to talk to his household for preliminary days. Then there is a time when the inmates are celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi – it is among the most stunning scenes and strikes you.
Kundra as an actor brings a steadiness in his efficiency, and whereas dwelling that horror once more for the cameras, he makes positive to maintain it as actual as attainable. Actually, all different inmates in that one barrack, and the cops concerned, performed their elements properly and made this pointless drama watchable. Although I felt the humour bit may have been mellowed down a bit as a result of at occasions it appeared that the cruel realities of staying in a jail was made to appear like a cakewalk, which really shouldn’t be the case.
In direction of the tip, there’s an try to make the target of the movie clear which is how Kundra, after his bail, knowledgeable the Human Rights Fee in regards to the situations inside, and went on to arrange a free authorized assist workforce to assist underprivileged households who’re caught within the authorized system with members of the family in jail.
All stated and accomplished, UT 69 does not have a transparent plot or a narrative that it desires you to grasp, take in and take again house with you. It is merely documenting Raj Kudra’s account of being in jail, and the unbelievable situations of the jail. However for that sort of an in-depth commentary, I would quite watch a documentary on situation of Indian jails than see Raj Kundra in it because the hero.
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