1297. Ludo (Hindi, 2020)

 1297. Ludo (Hindi, 2020)

          Dark Comedy, Thriller.

          Rating: 3.5/4

    Hyperlink films are quite popular in modern film narratives. They often try to establish situations that get interconnected with the characters and in the end, they will try to make paths for most of the characters. Remember the likes of Pulp Fiction, City of God, Amores Perros etc. They are common with the narrative excellence in hyperlinking films. Let's see where the Netflix flick 'Ludo' lies in that array.

   If you have ever played Ludo, you will be in a situation in which the other players coins to pass you over at some times. Maybe you will be in the same column that they are in. The contrasting thing is that they are of a different colour than yours. Similarly, as humans, we also might be in the same dilemma when a stranger could influence your life, it will be all chaos. The name of the movie suits everything that happened on the screen.

  Ludo has the same narrative. The life's of Sattu Bhaiyya (Pankaj Tripathi), a gang leader who was feared by everyone, Sheeja (Pearle Manaey) an ambitious nurse from Kerala who lives in North India, Aalu(Rajkumar Rao) a man who loved everything that his first and only crush Pinky(Fathima Sana) liked even after her marriage, Akash(Adithya) a ventriloquist- comedian who is having a problem with a porn film featuring himself and another ambitious girl Shruthi( Sanya Malhotra), Bittu (Abhishek Bachan) a former convict who is out to reach his little girl and Rahul (Rohit Suresh) a salesman who is not happy with his life gets intervened in each others story that leads to danger and crazy things to happen around them.

  The characters, except the ones in pairs, don't have any intermediate connection. But life is a mixture of sweet and sour and once they will find the same taste bud. Anurag Basu's movie is excellent with its editing that helped the character development to occur without much confusion. When someone could do that in a hyperlink movie, then viewers can just watch for the things that are happening. It is the simplest way to express the thoughts of a director and Anurag made a big impact this time.

 Some of the characters were helpless, while some had the opposite trait. But the winners and losers might be different or maybe they all will have a safe zone for them to hide. All the actors excellently played their characters, especially Pankaj Tripathi had a positive impact on this movie with his stellar performance. He appears to be a sadist at times and fun in a different scenario. To me, he steals the show in Ludo. Abhishek Bachan also performed well along with ever likeable Rajkumar Rao. Pearley Maaney surprisingly stood up with her character in her debut Bollywood flick (I think so).

  As a fan of hyperlink movies, Ludo was a good treat for me as a movieholic. The recent OTT movies have quality content and Ludo is one of 'em. So if you have some time to spend on a movie that entertains and thrills you, go for Ludo. The movie is worth watching!!