Titli

Cast : Ranvir Shorey, Amit Sial, Shashank Arora, lalit Behl

Rated: 6/10

This edge, violent niche film on a dysfunctional family of three brothers and a father of carjackers is an arresting mount which pegs all its lure on stark reality.

The soiree of negative emotions has been fabricated to near perfection by Dibakar Banerjee. Frustration, anger, violence, deceit, total negation of womanhood, unscrupulousness and a strange togetherness in all this may make you feel alarmed about the world you inhabit and yet holds you in thrall throughout the 112 minutes that it takes to lead you through the case in point. It may not have a popular say but the films comes many notches high on the circuit of reality cinema which is fast gaining ground in India.

Ranveer Shorey as the eldest brother holds centrestage with a thrilling splash of inherent violence in him which sees his relationship with his wife breaking and yet he is shown as a tender father to his daughter. A security guard who has the heart to beat people to pulp and yet declare with all the innocence that “mainey kabhi murder nahi kiya hai” to a corrupt police officer, Shorey has come of age in the histrionics section.

The youngest one, Titli, who is looking for a better, cleaner life and has dreams of operating a parking lot in an upcoming commercial complex is even more arresting. Drawn into the carjackings as part of the covert family profession, he is made to marry a girl who is into an extra marital affair with a builder’s son.

Together, these two, and the slice of life that the director forces you to live through this depressing family, make Titli a movie to watch out if you sincerely know how to appreciate differently-abled cinema.