Poorna

I had very low expectation from the movie as I had not heard great things about this movie in media, and now I am writing this after the first few scenes of the music. Very few directors know the art of blending music , cinematography and story together as I see in this film. After finishing all the movies of Sergio Leone and Satyajit Ray, I was ad that I will never be seeing such movies again. I see a hope now after this movie. I am not talking about the story plot which everyone can see is good , but more about the art. To Rahul Bose - You have a great team , Its a long and painful journey for you ahead, you will get awfully lonely if you continue to make such films in Bollywood. But I would suggest you to stick to your guns, and we will see another Sholay , or Apu Trilogy or Dollar trilogy coming from you.

Poorna, the movie well scripted and depicted on to the screen. Thanks to Rahul Bose for presenting this film to us. But first you need to know, who is Poorna Malavath? On May 25 2014 she became the youngest girl to summit the Mount Everest at the age of 13 years.

The story tells us about the life of a tribal girl, who wants to study but situations doesn't allows her to do so. Film's tag line "ladkiyan kuch be kar sakti hai" says it all. Music, direction, editing is at perfection level. Goosebumps guaranteed. Official runtime of the movie is 105minutes. Precisely portrayed everything on to the screen which keeps the audience engaged. But one thing is that, audiences are not appreciating this film by watching it on theatre. Star cast are not that famous as of any other Biopics. Audience judge the movie on the type of star cast. The debutant girls played extremely well especially Aditi Inamdar (Poorna Malavath).

Two movies Naam Shabana & Poorna released on the same day 31st March 2017, but somehow I chose Poorna from the both. There are few dialogues in Telugu too, but that won't be a problem. This is the best movie of the year after "The Ghazi attack". Do watch it.

Bold, Fantastic, Fascinating, Motivating, Inspiring. Rating: 4/5

Dinesh Prakash has already given an accurate review of the movie and shared excellent points.

My first interaction with the movie was it's trailer of course and by knowing that a poor tribal girl reached such feet and from a place around a 100kms from where I live, excited me to watch the movie. Also the trailer was good. Then, I saw Rahul's interview on Jaby Koay's Channel. It was then, I came to know about Rahul and his inspiration behind the movie, his passion and his philosophies about work and life. He seems to be a genuine, humane, concerned and passionate man to me. I have become his fan immediately and added all his movies to my IMDb watch list.

And about the film, it was good for two reasons: because the story is great and inspirational, the story telling is simple and genuine. Possibly due to it's low budget, there were not much intensive action shots of the mountaineering. But, the movie is nevertheless, complete without all that. And I think, the action shots might only extend the run time by another 15-20 minute and then the real emotion may get diluted in the audience.

Coming to technical aspects from an audience point of view:

Music: Very subtle and good

Cinematography: Every scene is exactly like what it's in the real world. Generally, the places we see outside in the real world, when seen in movies, we find some change in it and are not really convincing. But in this movie, I don't know why, each scene is exactly the way it appears in the real world.

Screenplay: No experiments done. Basic and decent story telling.

Overall, I think the film might not be so great speaking artistically or technically. But, it has got an accurate depiction of the real world and that's very interesting and convincing to an audience like me.

I wish Rahul Bose to keep making such good films. And Poorna and Anand Kumar to keep going and to have bright future.

Narrates real experiences of a poor girl. The girl is rising from struggles in her life. The direction work of Rahul Bose is appreciative also acted very well. Film portraits racism against girls. Film also says about child marriage and consequences. Friendship, family, and public responsibilities all are highlighted in the movie very well.

Director Mr. Rahul Bose has done a very fine job. I also appreciate his dedication to take risk as a producer of making this positive film but commercially doubtful possible. As a director he has taken care of even tiny things of subject. Like lead girl touching the rock first time, her unique bonding with it then her fear overpowers like any other common girl. While the lead girl was ill in the tent in final climbing flashcut of her being pushed inside water by elder cousin Priya, who is pushing her with unawareness it symbolically makes her strong and capable of bearing pain which are going to change Poorna life in future. Both cousin sister bonding is so well established that I wished that I just want to witness both's chemistry rather than watching the film. Priya mysterious smile in her last shot gives goose bump. Shot of bird flying off the tree in dawn while kids want to escape was cute and well placed. Writers Prashant Pandey and Shreya Dev Verma work is very good too. So many social issues are pointed out in subtle way without being lured into melo drama. Scene where kids play poor game while they were supposed to play power game in hostel, hits the issue in very balanced way. Most of the scenes are very realistic rather than conceiving some routine high dramatic treatment. IPS approach's towards bad food issue, teachers threat to strike or complain to chief minister is well handled. Starting half an hour film is very good but then is becomes slow. Emotions are well established but when it comes to rock climbing or mountaineering film fails to involve intensively. Yes must be budget constraints but this was film's premise. Due to this climax does not give that much needed euphoric feelings. Cinematography is also not up to the mark. But it is sure that film motivates and pushes undoubtedly to explore your hidden strength. Performance wise Aditi Inamdar as Poorna is first rate. You can't believe that she is not real Poorna but acting. As her elder sister Priya, actress S. Maria is just awesome. Rahul Bose as IPS Praveen Kumar is impressive. Heeba Shah as female government unsupportive officer is very good. Dr. Rayala Harishchandra as Priya's father is apt. Credit goes to casting director Mayank Dixit for selecting most of the good actors.