Sirf movie rating and review

Sirf (2008) Movie Rating and Review :

Rating :

Acting – 6/10
Direction – 4/10
Screenplay – 3/10
Music – 3/10
Technique – 4/10

Review :

The return of Metro

Sirf – Life looks Greener on the Other Side is Life in a… Metro revisited, but without any of the finesse or frills that made the Anurag Basu multi-starrer one of the better films to have come out of Bollywood last year. Sirf chronicles the trials and tribulations of four couples in a metropolis (like Metro, the film is set in Mumbai) whose lives run on parallel tracks with each believing that the grass is greener on the other side, till all their lives ultimately collide at a point, leading to regret, retribution and resolution.

Gaurav (Kay Kay Menon) and Devika (Manisha Koirala) play the professionally successfully couple whose personal relationships have taken a backseat over time. Akash (Ranvir Shorey) and Namita (Sonali Kulkarni) are middle-class parents struggling to ensure proper medical treatment for their ailing daughter. Amit (Parvin Dabas) is the with-it advertising professional whose small-town wife Suchita (Rituparna Sengupta) finds it difficule to adjust to the ways of the big city. Rahul (Ankur Khanna) and Shalu (Nauheed Cyrusi) share dreams of marriage but struggle for a lack of financial security.

Like Metro, Sirf constantly shifts between the lives and loves of the four couples, evoking a sense of déjà vu for the better part of the film. But unlike Metro, Sirf never really achieves excellence on account of a poor screenplay, which is usually the key to holding an episodic film of this nature together. And the poorly put-together end mars whatever Sirf had managed in its opening hour.

Even with a bunch of seasoned actors to its credit, Sirf does not boast any standout performances. Though his role is more than a little reminiscent of his character in Metro, Kay Kay does a decent job. Ranvir Shorey and Sonali Kulkarni work well with what they were given. Rituparna Sengupta does a good job with her comical, over-the-top, possessive wife. A grossly overweight Manisha Koirala is a pale shadow of her Saudagar days and her clothes and make-up do nothing to help.

Sirf’s musical score is pedestrian, with not a single memorable number. Despite its good intentions, competition in the form of Tashan and IPL matches should be enough to ensure a bleak run for Sirf on city screens.

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