If you knew anything about the title, the movie is about the ’72 Hoorain’ notion, which has been debunked by numerous Islamic academics in the past. When two suicide bombers Hakim (Pavan Malhotra) and Bilal (Aamir Bashir) were misled by a Maulvi (a knowledgeable teacher of Islamic law), they bombed Mumbai’s Gateway Of India. Scroll down to read 72 Hoorain Movie Review.
After completing the assignment of bombing those who are allegedly following Allah’s way, they are assured that 72 Fairies (72 Hoorain) will greet them at the entrance gate of heaven. They quickly learn that everything was a deception, however, as their spirits are trapped to see it. The main plot of the movie revolves around how they respond to their choice to blindly believe those who abused their faith.
72 Hoorain Movie Review
Star Cast: Pavan Malhotra, Aamir Bashir, Ashok Pathak & Rasheed Naz
Director: Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan
What’s Good: It makes an effort to communicate something positive but lacks the voice, the powerful, baritone-heavy yell that might have transformed the course of the movie.
What’s Bad: Since it’s reportedly being made in 10 languages, each additional language will experience the same level of badness.
Loo Break: Considering that the movie is just about 80 minutes long and that 90% of it is in black and white, you won’t need a break.
Watch or Not It?: Only to see Pavan Malhotra’s sincere attempt to improve a poorly written character (wait for OTT!)
Language: Hindi
Available On: Theatrical Release
Runtime: 1 Hour 21 Minutes
Script Analysis
With its narrative, it exhibits The Kerala Story & Kashmir Files syndrome of “important topic but lackluster execution.” Anil Pandey and Junaid Wasi wrote the screenplay for the 90-minute movie, which was shot over 28 days. The decision to heavily rely on CGI to represent the story’s theatrics doesn’t go in the story’s favor. The result is shabbily unsettling at the expense of making the story seem bleak and intense.
It doesn’t belong on the list of films that, while pretending to have noble intentions, use every extreme tactic at their disposal to sensationalize events to increase their box office take. It’s a movie that expresses a pretty generic idea most absurdly.
Unfortunately, the creators chose the path of “controversy” to generate publicity; nonetheless, the main goal is not to incite animosity. However, that doesn’t mean it makes all the right points; instead, it presents an unbalanced viewpoint on a crucial subject and has serious conceptual problems with emotions. The excessive use of VFX and Green-screen in the film doesn’t aid Chirantan Das’ laborious camerawork.
Star Performance
As the misguided terrorist Hakim, Pavan Malhotra exudes strength and authority. His character experiences intense emotions, including denial, wrath, depression, and acceptance, and Pavan completely captures each stage of it.
Bilal, played by Aamir Bashir, is Hakim’s fellow terrorist. Bilal is relatively understated, and the “A Wednesday” star excels at underplaying it. Early on in the movie, his character reaches the point of no return, and this is visible in his performance.
Direction, Music
Full marks go to Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan for having the vision to make a movie that is unlike anything else out there, but the script and writing undermine the film’s surrealistic apocalyptic atmosphere. However, after a while, everything becomes quite “in your face.” Sanjay tries to employ the movie’s color-changing cliché to imitate the girl in the red coat from Schindler’s List, but he fails miserably since he does it without giving it any consideration.
Finding Fanny’s Mathias Duplessy returns with a melancholy tune that complements the film’s images. He keeps it basic and impactful at the same time by not doing much instrument experimenting.
The Last Word
After all, is said and done, the fact that this movie won a National Film Award in 2021 only serves to highlight how few films are produced with noble intentions and supported by an equally outstanding story and screenplay.
