Vikalp Hindi Movie
The importance of a good technical team, director and proper financial backing are best showcased when a project turns out to be bad for the lack of these. Vikalp is an example. This one is a technological thriller. But from the look of the film, at no moment does it seem like one. Vikalp has many problems and the terrible shabby look is one of them.
The cinematographer seems to have forgotten what 'focus' meant and the director never bothered to check. Result - half of the film is out of focus! And that, believe me, is extremely irritating. Also the grainy look, if it was a planned move, does not fit the movie and only makes things worse. For the genre in reference it would have helped to have a cleaner and sleek look.
This apart there are far too many flaws in detailing, be it characters or scenes. Double it up with poor dialogues! And then you have the unwanted songs - these hurt more because of the uninspiring music!
On the good side, the basic plot of Vikalp is rather interesting and holds immense scope. Cyber crime is a topic that Bollywood is yet to explore. And the superb twists in tale in the second half manages to create attention.
The story is about a girl called Rishika Gandhi who has been brought up in an orphanage. Bred in Marathi medium government institutions, she is a self taught computer genius. Rishika lands with a good job in Bangkok only to realize there is something very fishy about the place the she works in.
Performances wise Deepal Shaw puts up a decent effort although her forced Marathi accent gives away at times. For an actress to get one whole film to herself is not something that happens too often in Bollywood and Deepal seems to have just turned lucky. Only if she had a better director and co-stars around her! Among the rest, Chetan Pandit is good. The film also happens to star Nirmal Pandey whose demise in early 2010 left us stunned. Not the most worthy last film for a talent who could have been exploited far more by the industry.
Vikalp means 'option' in English. And given a vikalp, especially one like No One Killed Jessica releasing on the same day, you have no reason to choose this one!
