Abhimaan in cricket times Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Jahnvi Kapoor, Zarina Wahab, Kumud Mishra, Rajesh Sharma, Arjit Taneja Rating: 3* Rajkumm...
Abhimaan in cricket times
Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Jahnvi Kapoor, Zarina Wahab, Kumud Mishra, Rajesh Sharma, Arjit Taneja
Rating: 3*
Rajkummar Rao is a terrific actor no doubt. Three weeks back it was Srikant and this week again he comes up trumps with Mr & Mrs Mahi. This time he is ably supported by Jahnvi Kapoor who proves herself yet again. Director Sharan Sharma has chosen a unique concept of cricket as the ‘Abhimaan’ between the husband and wife. Plus the addition of Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Mahi) to the film’s title is definitely a wonderful stroke.
A Jaipur-based Mahendra Agarwal aka Mahi (Rao) fails to get selected for the state team in 2017 because of his selfish and over-confident attitude. His coach Benny Dayal Shukla (an excellent Rajesh Sharma) tells him that he is plain ‘average’ and asks him to try again next year. He is ridiculed by his father (Kumud Mishra) who forces him to join the family business Legendary Sports Shop. Five years pass by. An arranged marriage is fixed between Mahendra & Dr. Mahima aka Mahi (Kapoor). Mahima is drawn towards Mahendra’s honesty and the latter is pleasantly surprised to learn that Mahima is a cricket crazy person like him. Mahima tells Mahendra to pursue cricket but he fails. It is here that coach Benny advises Mahendra to become a coach instead of a player when the latter sees Mahima playing cricket and hitting the balls out of the park. He decides to turn coach to his wife and asks Mahima to leave her profession.
The relationship between the father and son is absurd and extreme. The father dotes on the younger son Sikandar (cameo by Arjit Taneja) but doesn’t find anything good in Mahendra. All he does is ridicule Mahendra with no words of encouragement.
Zarina Wahab as Mahendra’s mother is superb but with very little screen time. She makes her son understand what is right and wrong and makes him overcome the disaster in their domestic relationship. Kumud Mishra as Mahendra’s father is over the top. Purnendu Bhattacharya and Yamini Das as Mahima’s parents are okay.
With the T20 World Cup having just kicked off, this film is apt as it showcases cricket as a bond between cricket-crazy families. Despite so many films on cricket (read sports) causing audience fatigue, this film despite the predictable climax makes for a decent watch.
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