Check out our review to learn why this film is called Lantrani ft. Jitendra Kumar, Johnny Lever, and others rightfully deserve your attention.
Lantrani Film Review Rating: 3.5/5
The cast includes Johnny Lever, Jisshu Sengupta, Boloram Das, Jitendra Kumar, and Nimisha Sajayan.
Director: Kaushik Ganguly, Bhaskar Hazarika, and Gurvinder Singh.
What’s Good: The’mitti ki khushboo’ from the rural stories follows a simple tell-a-tale format that will leave you as satisfied as a heartfelt conversation.
What’s Bad: Probably the befikri at times, or getting carried away with keeping things too simple.
Loo Break: It’s your digital space, but rest assured, you won’t want to take a break while watching this one.
Watch or Not: A definite yes!
Language: Hindi.
Available on: Zee5.
Runtime: 162 minutes.
Anthology films were a big hit during the world’s shutdown. But do you know what’s good and bad about these films? The good news is that you can skip the bad part. The bad part is that you feel cheated because you were sold a combination of good and bad.
We decided not to see the film because it had a low buzz. However, sometimes the best things are presented in such simple ways that you may make a mistake by skipping them. Something we were going to do.
Lantrani Film Review: Script Analysis
They were as authentic and believable as they could be. The three stories have one thing in common: the common man. The common man’s issues, behavioral patterns, and efforts. Lantrani features three films. Johnny Lever and Jisshu Sengupta star in the first film, which is titled Hud Hud Dabangg. Johnny plays an underachiever cop whose day is made when his officer hands him a gun and a bullet, as well as the responsibility of running the local police station, while every other officer in the city is busy protecting Madhuri Dixit, the town’s guest.
So, does a day in the life of this underdog turn into his greatest achievement in the true sense when he is given the responsibility of presenting a criminal from the lock-up – Jisshu Sengupta in court? Are criminals and Kanoon permitted to share a bond? The film provides an insight.
The second story is a satire straight from a theatre stage that was shot in an instant. Titled Sanitized Samachar, this film directed by Boloram Das is a little weak when compared to the first, but if efforts are made, this one deserves a chance to put on a show without getting preachy. The film follows a group of hustlers who are determined to save their news channel at all costs, including producing a paid bulletin. At a time when the pandemic has shut down the world, these groups of people running a local channel are doing everything in their power.
Lantrani Film Review: Star Performance
We’ll go over the performances in order of the films that appear. Starting with Hud Hud Dabangg, did you ever think Johnny Lever would make you want to watch him in more serious conversations? This film would undoubtedly do so. He begins with his well-known palette of playing an underachiever and, most likely, a man to laugh at.
Jisshu Sengupta, surprisingly, has only 3 – 4 dialogues in the film, but he demonstrates why a man of his caliber does not need a set of written words to perform when he can communicate a million times better through his eyes. Even if you don’t know his story, you can empathize with him the moment he looks directly into the camera. He’s already told his story, and you already know something. Bow down before him!
The next story, Sanitized Samachar, featured a group of actors working hard to put together a good story, and it’s admirable how each of them holds the fort to the best of their abilities. From Boloram Das to Preeti Hansraj Sharma, Romita Sarkar to Aditya Pandey.
Lantrani Movie Review: Direction and Music
Hud Dabangg, directed by Kaushik Ganguly, establishes the tone for this collection of realistic films. The second film, Sanitized Samachar, directed by Bhaskar Hazarika, is a weak blend of writing and story, so it has been sandwiched in between, followed by Gurvinder Singh’s third story, Dharna Mana Hai. All three directors may have given three different stories from rural India, but the tone and treatment for all three stories are somewhat similar, so that, despite being completely aloof, the three stories appear to be another chapter from the same book. The music in all three films was underwhelming. Hazarika’s song Jogi in Sanitized Samachar seemed particularly out of place.
Lantrani Movie Review: The Final Word
Lantrani, in its true sense, refers to something irrelevant, such as blabbering or blabbering to show off; all of this is Lantrani in a local dialect. Whoever chose this title, it was a brilliant use of irony, and this man deserves credit. So, while the three films explore a simple question – Zindagi Aadat Ki Baat Hoti Hai Ya Himmat Ki?, as discussed by Johnny Lever and Jisshu Sengupta in the first film – the three films are well worth your time and will not disappoint.
