Vakeel Saab (2021)
Written and Directed by: Venu Sriram
Remake of 'Pink' which was written by: Juhi Chaturvedi
The one thing I'm happy about is, the messaging and the whole point of Pink doesn't go for a total toss. Of course, we don't get the tonality of Pink - which is the beauty of the original - where you don't know what'll happen till the last minute, till the verdict is out, till the rolling credits. The moral dilemma that's established in Pink, that's riveting. Here, with this tone of a PK, commercial, mass film, we all know what's going to happen. But, the good part is that the messaging didn't go for a toss.
I honestly liked the flashback part, where we see why he became a lawyer. The Shruti Hassan part didn't work one bit for me. But the aspect where he realizes that protesting isn't going to help, someone has to actually study and get into the system to bring in actual change in the society - that decision that he takes - a star like PK endorsing that is inspiring - we see shots of him studying, writing exams, becoming a lawyer and people were cheering for that too, which is actually pretty cool. PK's image was properly used in the flashback, they've started bringing in his politics too. We also see glimpses of Gabbar Singh where he has that full sleeve T-shirt and he's beside Shruti Hassan.
Some of the fights felt unnecessary and loud, the courtroom scenes also were intolerably loud - everyone was screaming at the top of their lungs (including the audience). This is where we miss the tone of Pink. But, the messaging was done well - I'm hoping that after hearing it from a star like PK, there's some change in mindset.
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