The real taste of Mumbai lies in its gali and mohalla, in its tapori language, local train, Mumbai’s chawl where several families reside in one small room. In those gallis of Mumbai, there are people who dream to become big. They desire to touch the sky despite knowing the hard truth that they have little under their arms. ‘Lafangey Parindey’ is the story of two unlikely people who in spite of shortcomings, fight against their destiny and work hard towards their goal.
Director Pradeep Sarkar lifted those rawness of Mumbai in his film. His effort was remarkable. What is more striking about ‘Lafangey Parindey’ is Sarkar’s choice of the subject. One won’t expect the man who made ‘Parineeta’ and ‘Laga Chunari Mein Daag’ will come up with a subject totally different from his usual approach. The film was widely promoted and to a great extent able to live up to the expectation level of the audience. Two beautiful faces complimented each other. Neil Nitin Mukesh and Deepika Padukone was looking awesome and blaze the silver screen.
Set in Mumbai mohallas, ‘Lafangey Parindey’ speaks about two high spirited souls, one is a fighter and other is a dancer. One shot Nandu (Neil Nitin Mukesh) is a boxer, he fights blindfolded and works for Usmaan bhai (Piyush Mishra) for his betting games. He has few tapori friends with whom Nandu roams. He dreams of making big in the underworld gang. Pinky Palkar (Deepika Padukone ) is a skater, dancer and wanted to become a successful dancer someday. But unfortunate struck one day and Pinky met with an accident. She lost her eyes but Pinky did not lose heart and was focused on her goal.
Circumstances made Pinky and Nandu cross each other’s path. Both helped one another to achieve their goal. They made their drawbacks their strength.
The USP of the film is that Pradeep Sarkar has told the story in simple way. The film is a blend of comedy, tragedy, action and above all it is musical. The rough and tough world of Nandu and the beautiful, simple life of Pinky is picturized marvelously.
Speaking about performances, Neil as Nandu and Deepika as Pinky really suits. Both gets embedded into their individual character and performed exceptionally well. With every passing film, Deepika flourished as an actress. Neil too performed superbly. Kay Kay Memon was fine. The other stars of the film has also beautifully portrayed their role.
In the nutshell, ‘Lafangey Parindey’ is entertaining and engrossing. Though the film is low on emotions, some minute instances make it a treat to watch. Enjoy the film with a cola on one hand and popcorn on the other.
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