Review : “InCar” attacks misogynist views of the Indian society!
Is #India safe for #women? Certainly a debating point as there will be arguments on either side. In India almost 1000 girls or women are abducted and the figure must be much more higher as plenty of cases go unreported. Then there’s rape menace and the statistics about it is also frightening. But abducting females and raping them has become so common that common people do not pay attention to these incidents unless somebody known to them faces that ordeal. Rape, apart from dismantling mental peace of the victim, destroys psychology of victim’s families too. But still people ignore and do not report or resist even if the incident of abduction happens in front of their eyes. Similar point is subtly touched upon in InCar when a young girl is abducted in daylight and in a #publicplace that too in front of quite a few people, including a police woman, witnessing it. The film, in subtext, talks about misogynist views of Indian society. The plus point of the film is that none of the scenes indulge in titillating.
Sakshi Gulati (Ritika Singh), a college going young girl, gets abducted from a bus stop in broad daylight and in front of many people, by a group of three miscreants on Machilipatnam National Highway, Haryana. Two brothers, Richie (Manish Jhanjholia) and Ravi (Sandeep Goyal), and their Mama Kittu (Sunil Soni) are in a celebratory mood as Richie has just been released on bail (he had killed his sister’s boyfriend as an honour killing). For that they want a ‘Birthday Cake’ in the form of a young lass, so they hunt for a prey. As their vehicle breaks down in the middle of the highway, they hijack a car and it’s driver (Gyan Prakash). The entire story happens in the car and InCar is No in Hindi, so the title. The trio starts making preparations for raping Sakshi and her pleading falls on their deaf ears. They travel to a secluded place and the discussion between the culprits about raping and then killing her forms the crux of the narration.
The debutant director Harsh Warrdhan has kept the narration simple and effective. But lack of ‘gongs’ makes it a bit monotonous and the screenplay should have been infused with a little bit of action. The climax too should have been made more effective as the ordeal the victims go through has properly been portrayed as the film is a survival thriller. Of course the driver’s character should have used in a different manner because he has a police background. But still the film is thought provoking and the performances doled out makes it interesting. The film puts light on honour killing and indifference of the common people towards these crimes. The film scores in acting department. Ritika Singh is brilliant in her portrayal and puts across emotions in required quantity. This National Award winner actor has made her role convincing and kudos to her for that. Manish Jhanjholia puts across a believable performance and his mannerisms are to the point. Sandeep Goyal, Sunil Soni, Gyan Prakash and others lend good support.
InCar is a well made movie which attacks misogynist views of the Indian society.
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