Critics’ Verdict: ‘Article 15’ Is Not to Be Missed
Take a look at how critics are reacting to Ayushmann Khurrana’s latest film ‘Article 15’
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Film: Article 15
Director: Anubhav Sinha
Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Kumud Mishra, Manoj Pahwa, Sayani Gupta, Isha Talwar
Here are excerpts from reviews of Article 15:
“A compelling, corrosive police procedural that lays bare the harsh reality of caste and gender oppression in the sticks of Uttar Pradesh, Anubhav Sinha’s <i>Article 15</i> punches us in the face with the force and precision of a heavyweight pugilist’s fist... It remains true to the demands of the plot without losing control over its principal purpose - administering a bitter pill with just a hint of a sugar coating. It works wonderfully well. <i>Article 15</i> is a not to be missed film.”
Saibal Chatterjee, <i>ndtv.com</i>
“Before persecution complexes kick in, let this be said: Anubhav Sinha spares no one in <i>Article 15</i>, not Hindutvavaadi politicians, not Dalit <em>netas</em> who use the community to rise in politics and then treat them with disdain, not the media who were up in arms against the 2012 Delhi bus gangrape but are rarely as stirred by the atrocities on women of the hinterland, not cowards who wear a mask of “neutrality” as a means of self-preservation, not members of marginalised groups who become fierce proponents of the marginalisers’ agenda once they themselves are in positions of power, not even Gandhi...Watching this film is an overwhelming emotional experience. <i>Article 15</i> is the best that Indian cinema can be in these troubled times if it chooses to hold a mirror up to our society, compelling us to confront the worst that we are and the best that we can be when we are not busy saving our own skins.”
Anna Vetticad, <i>firstpost.com</i>
“Article 15 is essentially a crime thriller. Foremost, it works because Sinha allows his actors—the dazzling Manoj Pahwa and others—breathing space to build a strong moral-drama around gang-rape of two women in a Dalit village near a small town. At the centre of it is, of course, the deathly calm and composed Khurana as the conscientious cop, shocked by a society so deeply split over caste. He’s unable to grasp the dynamic... The system, I suspect, is more likely to eventually change Khurana’s young IPS officer than he’s ever likely to change it. Yeah, this is real, North India—from ground-level. Hence, the incredibly significant film.”
Mayank Shekhar, <i>mid-day.com</i>
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