Sehar | Real Drama | Critique

Real life characterisation has never been the forte of B'wood Cinema. More than once, we cling to old clichés and ruin the charm of the story for sake of adding entertainment. Sehar, however, is a perfect case study of the exceptions. Loosely based on gangster turned politico Shiv Prakash Shukla and SSP Arun Kumar and his STF in Uttar Pradesh.

Sehar is story of SSP Ajay Kumar who struggling hard to control the nexus between gangsters-politicians involved in the government sector which is taking the shape of organized crime. The advent of mobile phones is working against him as Police is not well equipped to track the phones. To resolve this problem, they get Prof. Tiwari in loop with main focus on a particular Gajraj Singh who has become extremely powerful by taking Railway contracts (by force), kidnappings and extortions. Miffed with Ajay Kumar's success, Gajraj tries to hide behind electoral. Ajay Kumar senses his plan and realizes that if Gajraj becomes a part of legislative, it would become hard to ground him.

Arshad Warsi has proved that he is an ‘actor’ bearing the burden of successful comedies. Sehar is perhaps his best work and can be rated higher than Ishqiya. Pankaj Kapoor and Sushant Singh, both are seasoned actors and they know their job more than anybody else. It’s unfortunate that Arshad is forced to do worthless comedies and Pankaj Kapoor and Sushant Singh never got the acclaim they deserved. Mahima and other actors have done justice to their characters.

The USP of this movie is the script. Perfect script without loopholes. Lucknow has never been portrayed so naturally. The language and the tone are so Laknauvi. Detailing behind characters is really good. Entire crew of Sehar and especially Director Kabeer Kaushik deserve a bow.

Written By: Sujoy Ghosh