Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has
heaped praise on debutant director and his son Abhishek’s schoolmate
Vikramaditya Motwane’s new film “Udaan”.
“Vikramaditya Motwane, a school mate of
Abhishek has directed this film. His only prior credential has been
that he was an assistant to Sanjay Leela Bhansali. A young man, who had
come some years ago to me with a marvellous script, has directed this
venture of his with the maturity that one does not expect to see from
one on his debut venture,” Amitabh wrote on his blog bigb.bigadda.com.
“In all the noise and thunder of the
popular cinema now prevalent, this film comes as a fresh breeze of air.
Its simplicity is brimming over with the intensity of its content,” he
added.
Starring Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy,
Aayan Boradia and Ram Kapoor, the film released Friday and received
favourable reviews from the critics. It is about a rebellious kid who
after being expelled from boarding school is forced to live with his
authoritarian, oppressive father in the steel town of Jamshedpur.
Amitabh also revealed that veteran actress Shabana Azmi had asked him to watch the movie.
“The film had received encouraging
critical reviews and personal recommendations from the likes of Shabana
Azmi and many others. And I have to say that, even though generally a
suggested film carries praise even before one has seen it, and that
such praise does make one apprehensive and pre-programmed to like the
product, I found that the film deserved the accolades it was getting,”
he wrote.
“Bringing an audience into the
framework of the story is not an easy task. I thought it was extremely
brave of the director to be able to achieve that. Apart from the
novelty of the presentation of the film, the matter that stands out is
the performances from each and every artist,” he added.
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