Satellite Shankar Movie Review : An Exasperating WatcH
Critic's Rating: 2.0/5
Story: Shankar, a soldier in the Indian Army gets a week off from his duty, owing to an injury he incurs during a crossfire on the border. But instead of spending this time resting at the hospital, he decides to visit his mother across the country, to help go through her long pending eye operation. But with the many occurrences enroute, will he able to reach her on time? And report back to duty as promised.
Review: Shankar (Sooraj Pancholi) is called 'Satellite Shankar' because he has a device which seems to transport people to their near and dear ones when they are missing them. Or basically, just to save a situation when needed. One that makes him very popular in his battalion.
When all the leaves get cancelled for the soldiers at the border, Shankar is the only one who convinces his supervisor to trade his sick leave for a few days off. And so, when he heads out from Kashmir to visit his mother in Pollachi, his fellow soldiers pack him with gifts and messages for their loved ones.
The rest of the film constitutes Shankar's journey, in which he keeps missing his train because of his helpful and selfless nature. He helps out an old Bengali couple who are on the wrong train. He joins a video blogger (Palomi Ghosh) on a taxi ride as a companion and helps her bust a taxi mafia. He saves people from a bus that is electrocuted and stranded on a railway track. He fights off goons. He even helps his fellow soldier's grandma wake up from her coma like state. And for much of the screen time, Shankar keeps running. In fact, he runs so much that by the end of it, it feels like he has been running for eight days straight (Forest Gump anyone?). And what about the injury because of which he gets this time off? Well, there is really very little logic at play here. As for the 'satellite', it is used a few times and then conveniently disappears for most of the film.
And while he is out there solving every problem under the sun, he also has to connect with a nurse, Pramila (Megha Akash), who his mother wants to set him up with for marriage.
Sooraj Pancholi tries his best to put in a sincere performance but it mostly comes off as overenthusiastic. Palomi Ghosh is overtly screechy as the video-blogger. Megha Akash and Sooraj share a cute chemistry and some of their scenes together are quite sweet. The entire internet community taking over to see him through his obstacles is a nice touch.
'Satellite Shankar' attempts to tell the story of the sacrifices soldiers make while they fight for their countrymen at the borders. Of their lives being unpredictable, riddled with risks and the pain their near and dear ones go through. But it does so, resorting to every cliche and generalisation possible, with a very weak narrative, almost no story arc and very low production values. Add to that, some very ham-handed scenes. There is an underlying theme of patriotism but the film does little to evoke that overwhelming emotion.
'Satellite Shankar' is a well intentioned film that gets undone due to bad execution.
Review: Shankar (Sooraj Pancholi) is called 'Satellite Shankar' because he has a device which seems to transport people to their near and dear ones when they are missing them. Or basically, just to save a situation when needed. One that makes him very popular in his battalion.
When all the leaves get cancelled for the soldiers at the border, Shankar is the only one who convinces his supervisor to trade his sick leave for a few days off. And so, when he heads out from Kashmir to visit his mother in Pollachi, his fellow soldiers pack him with gifts and messages for their loved ones.
The rest of the film constitutes Shankar's journey, in which he keeps missing his train because of his helpful and selfless nature. He helps out an old Bengali couple who are on the wrong train. He joins a video blogger (Palomi Ghosh) on a taxi ride as a companion and helps her bust a taxi mafia. He saves people from a bus that is electrocuted and stranded on a railway track. He fights off goons. He even helps his fellow soldier's grandma wake up from her coma like state. And for much of the screen time, Shankar keeps running. In fact, he runs so much that by the end of it, it feels like he has been running for eight days straight (Forest Gump anyone?). And what about the injury because of which he gets this time off? Well, there is really very little logic at play here. As for the 'satellite', it is used a few times and then conveniently disappears for most of the film.
And while he is out there solving every problem under the sun, he also has to connect with a nurse, Pramila (Megha Akash), who his mother wants to set him up with for marriage.
Sooraj Pancholi tries his best to put in a sincere performance but it mostly comes off as overenthusiastic. Palomi Ghosh is overtly screechy as the video-blogger. Megha Akash and Sooraj share a cute chemistry and some of their scenes together are quite sweet. The entire internet community taking over to see him through his obstacles is a nice touch.
'Satellite Shankar' attempts to tell the story of the sacrifices soldiers make while they fight for their countrymen at the borders. Of their lives being unpredictable, riddled with risks and the pain their near and dear ones go through. But it does so, resorting to every cliche and generalisation possible, with a very weak narrative, almost no story arc and very low production values. Add to that, some very ham-handed scenes. There is an underlying theme of patriotism but the film does little to evoke that overwhelming emotion.
'Satellite Shankar' is a well intentioned film that gets undone due to bad execution.
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