It takes a great team to showcase
a film that is fully equipped with great script, screenplay, amazing idea, and
loaded with some extra-ordinary performances. Club 60 is among those films for
sure. It’s embarrassing for Bollywood to promote senseless cinema on everyday
basis and don’t breath a word about a masterpiece that was released 3 to 4
weeks ago. The other movies which released over the last 3 weeks include R..
Rajkumar, Bullet Raja and Dhoom 3. These movies do have star power, huge
banners backing them and some out of the world promotional strategies with
crores and crores of box office business but unfortunately they all lack in
substance.
Club 60 marks the directorial
debut of Sanjay Tripathy. He is flawless in his first attempt. With a cast
including Farooq Shaikh, Sarika, Tinnu Anand, Raghuveer Yadav, Satish Shah,
Sharat Saxena and Zarina Wahab etc. one can only imagine the kind of script
this movie has. After all, the mentioned names are considered as institute in
themselves.
Club 60 revolves, primarily,
around a couple in their early 60’s, Dr. Tariq (Farooq Shaikh) and Dr. Saira
(Sarika), who has lost their only son in a terrorist attack executed in USA.
The couple decides to move to another city in an apartment. There enters
Mannubhai (Raghuveer Yadav), a total fun-loving being. He is one of those
individuals who always helps others and keep cracking the jokes irrespective of
understanding the nature of time. He insists Dr. Tariq to join “Club 60” a club
for senior citizens. In Club 60, Mannu Bhai introduces Dr. Tariq with his gang
of friends Sinha (Vineet Kumar), Jaffar Bhai (Tinnu Anand), Dhillon (Sharat
Saxena) and Mansukhani ( Satish Shah). The movie is all about the ups and downs
that one faces in life right from childhood to old age and understanding the
fact that life is meant to be lived than passed.
The narration of the movie is
first-rate. The length of the movie could have been shortened to 15 minutes (to
the most), including the Sharat Saxena’s pub scene and a song or two. Apart
from that this is a perfect movie for those who love genuine cinema with power
packed drama, some nice situational comic scenes and above all this movie gives
an in-depth depiction of every person’s life in more than many ways. Whether
you are in your 20’s or 60’s, this movie will make you glued to your seat with
its experience.
As far as performances are
concerned, Farooq Sheikh is flawless. After “Listen Amaya”, this is an apt
selection of the movie. He portrays multiple emotions with complete ease.
Raghuveer Yadav is top-notch. He delivers a marvelous performance and touches
ones heart naturally. It was a difficult role but Sarika remarkably slid into
it. Her outburst in the post interval and the entire argument is worth a watch.
Sharat Saxena and Satish Shah are both lovable. They are the most promising
actors right from the days of Kala Pathar and Jaanay Bhi Do Yaro. I seriously
hope Tinnu Anand should get back to signing more movies; he impresses a lot in
dramatic scenes. Vineet Kumar is good. Warina Wahab, for a scene and a song is
nice.
Club 60 is highly recommended for
cine-goers who appreciate high quality and high content cinema. I would rate it
4.5 / 5. It’s a must watch!
