Ungli Movie Review

The opening credits are animated, and Ungli would have been better off if all of it had been an animation film, aimed primarily at children.

Ungli is a film that starts with some good intent but falters midway. Much like the fact that the filmmaker resorts to using the punch sign instead of the middle finger that he initially intended to. Censor scare.

The issue the film takes up is pertinent and that needs to be applauded. Even the solution— that of common people breaking the law to teach the corrupt and criminal a lesson— had potential for a rousing story.

The intention may have been good but the plot is silly and way to unrealistic! It's kind of clear that some of it was possibly salvaged in post production but quite a bit was beyond repair.

Ungli deals with corruption in a very simplistic, superficial way. It never reaches out to the root of the problem, is quick to judge the poor Pandu hawaldaar or the auto drivers on the road and is quicker to punish them.

The only bits that do work in Ungli are the seemingly unscripted lighter moments between the friends, and of course the scenes in which everyone from political bullies to sadistic auto-rickshaw drivers are brought to task in…