That Girl In Yellow Boots | Spectacular Kalki | The Critique

I am not a great fan of Anurag Kashyap, in fact, I simply hated No Smoking and Gullal was a total bouncer for me. Then what made me to watch That Girl In Yellow Boots over Bodyguard ?……..to your surprise, it was Kalki, and of course she didn’t disappoint. I really feel Kalki is speedily moving from ‘Best supporting Actress’ to ‘Best Actress’.

If we talk about the movie, the first thing that strikes to me is the unexpected and discomforting climax.  Oops…..my mistake, I shan’t talk about the end in the beginning. So, I will start with our protagonist’s character sketch. Ruth, a young British girl, comes in quest of her father to Mumbai, and is soon engulfed by the dark side of this fast moving city. She has neither Visa nor a Work permit but soon realizes that the under the table money can do the trick (Mr. Anna where are you?) She works at a massage parlor, offering clients a ‘special’ Swedish massage which leads her to meet and associate with some seedy characters. And to worsen the case, she has a drug addict boyfriend who is being chased by a gangster. Ruth is a complicated character, and in spite of her connections to illicit activity and the lengths to which she goes in pursuit of her goal, she is fragile. As an audience you feel to protect her, may be coz as Aamir says, ‘atithi devo bhava’, but indeed because Kalki has handled the character splendidly. Truly speaking, I would like to put the movie in the biography / character study genre instead of thriller.

The plot is quite engaging but confusing at the same time too. The sub plots though not very interesting but yes, do contribute to Ruth’s ill fate during her quest. The other one things that’s splendid in TGIYB is its cinematography with a restless camera and nothing flashy, may be due to budget constraints, but that’s what makes the movie close to reality. The side characters as of the parlor owner (Pooja Swaroop) and the gangster (Gulshan Devaiya) have also done justice to their roles. Pooja, seems to be truly living the character, as a chatter box. But some splendid actors have been really wasted, which includes Naseeruddin Shah, Ronit Roy and Rajat Kapoor (scene less than 5 secs, no dialogues!!).  As a movie buff, I really feel sad when an actor is wasted. This may make me to reduce the movie rating, but yet not make me to stop you from watching the movie.

TGIYB is a typical Kashyap film and has almost touched the mark, which it set out for itself. I won’t say it as a must watch, and you may prefer skipping it, if you are interested in light entertainment instead of something which discomforts you for minimum 1.5 hours. The thing that disturbed me even after stepping out of the movie was the Yellow boots, both in terms of title and in design. Title may be justified, that they denoted a journey / quest, but their design was awful, looks they could not get a sponsor. Anyways, movie is a good watch; you may try it if you liked Dev D & Shaitan.

Rating : 3/5

Written By: Neha Jain