Ludo Movie Review

 Ludo Movie Review : A mixed bag with some credible performances

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Ludo movie is an 2020 Bollywood anthology dark comedy-drama crime film directer is Anurag Basu. It is producer are Bhushan Kumar, Divya Khosla Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Anurag Basu and Tani Basu under the banners of T-Series and Anurag Basu Productions.

This film multi-stars cast are Abhishek Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sanya Malhotra, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Pankaj Tripathi, Rohit Suresh Saraf, Pearle Maaney and Asha Negi.

Earlier The film is planned to be release worldwide release on 24th April, 2020 but Corona Pandemic lockdown The film will be released now online on 12 November 2020 on Netflix.

Critic's Rating : 3.0/5

Avg. Users' Rating : 3.4/5

Ludo Movie Review : 

Anurag Basu's 'Ludo' which blends in characters, stories and genres starts off with a grisly murder by Sattu Bhaiya (Pankaj Tripathi). Then, as parallel stories and characters emerge, so do some varying situations.Akash (Aditya Roy Kapoor) and Ahana (Sanya Malhotra) find themselves in a pickle when they discover that a video clip of them having sex has gone viral on the internet. With Ahana's wedding scheduled in a few days to another man, they try to get to the bottom of this.

On the other hand, an ex-convict, Bittu (Abhishek Bachchan) is released from jail after six years only to realise that his wife and little daughter have moved on.At the same time, when a doting wife, Pinky(Sana Fatima Shaikh) finds out that her husband has been accused of a murder, she runs to her childhood sweetheart, Alok aka Alu (Rajkummar Rao) to help bail him out.

And elsewhere, a down on luck salesman, Rahul (Rohit Saraf) and a nurse who is repeatedly bullied at work, Sheeja (Pearle Maney) go about their respective days, not knowing that soon their lives will take a dramatic turn.At the onset, 'Ludo' seems to strike with an interesting premise. The catchy opening track, a compelling start and a quirky build up manages to set an intriguing tone. Then, as the multiple characters get introduced with the spotlight on each backstory one by one, slowly fitting into pieces of a puzzle - the pace unfortunately begins to ebb. And that would be one of the biggest drawbacks of the film because as it tries to fit in all the stories and characters, the narrative begins to get overstuffed. So before one can wholly invest in a character, the thread is left to move on to another. And that too at a languid pace, with a narrator (Anurag Basu) making an appearance to stitch it all together and ponder on morality and the tussle between what constitutes sins and virtues. The cinematic treatment, however, has some trademark Basu signatures - the hues of blues and reds, the play of light and shadow setting the visual tone (cinematography - Anurag Basu). There is a dollop of dark comedy, a helping of sweet romance and some varied characters inadvertently thrown in the middle of it all. The background score and soundtrack (Pritam), undoubtedly perk up the proceedings.

The ensemble cast deliver some credible performances - Pankaj Tripathi is reliably good and it's obvious he enjoyed playing the badass criminal to the hilt. Rajkummar Rao's Mithun fan avatar is a hoot and he brings an endearing touch to it without getting hammy. Abhishek Bachchan makes an impact as Bittu. Fatima Sana Shaikh as the part docile, part trigger happy Pinky, is a revelation. Sanya Malhotra and Aditya Roy Kapoor hold their own well with some cutesy moments in their romance. Rohit Saraf with minimal dialogues but an interesting track stands out. And Pearle Maney leaves quite an impression.

'Ludo' has some moments that sparkle, some that are edgy, quirky and stay with you, but it also has some indulgent ones and some that seem pointless and unconvincing. The screenplay (Anurag Basu) gets scattered and meanders mid-way but if one can ride over those bumps (with a runtime of two and a half hours that may seem like a tad much), the climax ties everything up rather neatly, with some quintessential badass quotient and surprises thrown in. Watch this one for the noteworthy performances and its interesting mix of morally ambiguous characters. Ultimately 'Ludo' tries to make a larger point about not judging anyone for the choices they make.

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Ludo Movie Trailer : 

• Directer : Anurag Basu
• Producer : Bhushan Kumar,Anurag Basu
• Star Cast : Abhishek Bachchan,Rajkummar Rao,Fatima Sana Shaikh,Aditya Roy Kapur,Sanya Malhotra,Pankaj Tripathi,Rohit Suresh Saraf,Pearle Maaney
• Music Directer : Pritam
• Cinematography : Ravi Varman
• Editor : Deepa Bhatia
• Casting : Shubham Gaur,Sanu Roy,Trishaan
• Production Design,Anurag Basu
• Art Direction : Anjan Gajurel,Kailash Sahu
• Sound Department : Debajit Changmai,Jyoti Chetia,Shijin Melvin Hutton,Kartik Sharma V,Karnail Singh
• Special Effects : Babu Tyagi
• Visual Effects : Prince Chaurasia,Rahul Dhanwe,Sanjiv Naik,Charchit Porwal
• Action Directer : Allan Amin
• Production company :T-Series,Anurag Basu Productions
• Distributors : Netflix
• Genres : Action, Crime-Drama, Comedy, Mystery, Romance
• Release date : 12 November 2020
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Story :

Several stories with different characters take shape simultaneously, only to cross paths eventually. At the center of it all is a dreaded criminal, Sattu Bhaiya.

Star Cast :

• Abhishek Bachchan as a Batukeshwar "Bittu" Tiwari
• Aditya Roy Kapur as  a Akash Chauhan
• Rajkummar Rao as a  Alok Kumar Gupta aka Aalu
• Fatima Sana Shaikh as a Pinky Manohar Jain
• Sanya Malhotra as a Shruti Choksi
• Pankaj Tripathi as a Rahul Satyendra "Sattu Bhaiya" Tripathi
• Rohit Suresh Saraf as a Rahul Avasthi
• Pearle Maaney as a Sheeja Thomas
• Inayat Verma as a Mini
• Paritosh Tripathi as a Manohar Jain
• Asha Negi as a Asha
• Shalini Vatsa as a Kutty
• Saurabh Sharma as a Bhinder
• Gitanjali Mishra as Sambhavi
• Ishtiyak Khan as a Inspector Sukumar Sinha
• Aman Bhagat as a Shekhar
• Amitabh Bachchan as a his voice (Cameo)
• Anurag Basu as a Yamraj (Cameo)
• Rahul Bagga as a Devta (Cameo)

Production:

Star Cast Abhishek Bachchan ,Rajkummar Rao

Film shooting started in late-2018 and the Movie was shot in Mumbai, Kolkata and Bhopal.

Aditya Roy Kapur and Sanya Malhotra joined the shooting on 16 February 2019.

Marketing And release:

The Movie was initially planned for release on 21 February 2020, but was first postponed to 13 March and finally to April 24.

The first poster and the title of the Movie was revealed on 25 December 2019.

The Movie is set to be released on 24 April 2020 , Due to COVID-19 pandemic film will be release on 12 November 2020 on Netflix.

Ludo Movie Songs / Music :

The film’s music composer is Pritam while lyricist are Sayeed Quadri, Sandeep Shrivastava and Swanand Kirkire.

1. "Aabaad Barbaad"  - Arijit Singh
2. "Hardum Humdum" - Arijit Singh
3. "Meri Tum Ho" - Jubin Nautiyal, Ash King

''Aabaad Barbaad'' Full Video Song :

• Music - Pritam
• Singer - Arijit Singh
• Lyrics - Sandeep Srivastava
• Sound Design - DJ Phukan & Sunny M.R.
• Music Production and Arrangement  - Sourav Roy

"Hardum Humdum" Full Video Song :

• Music - Pritam
• Singer – Arijit Singh
• Lyrics – Sayeed Quadri
• Music Production & Sound Design – DJ Phukan & Sunny M.R.

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