HINDI FILM REVIEW: Unpaused Movie Review

Unpaused Movie Review : LOVE, HOPE AND COMPANIONSHIP IN THE TIME OF CORONA

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Unpaused Movie is an 2020 Indian Bollywood anthology film consisting of five short segments directer is Raj & DK, Nitya Mehra, Nikkhil Advani, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Avinash Arun. With an Starcast, the stories revolved around lives of people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It premiered on 18 December, 2020 on Amazon Prime Video and met with mostly positive reviews from critics.

Critic's Rating : 3.5/5

Avg. Users' Rating : 4.0/5

Unpaused Movie Review :

Unpaused feels like a warm blanket on a winter night. It not only shields you from the cold but also gives you courage to hang on until the sun shows up the next morning. Dire situations may change us or alter our thinking but life goes on unpaused and it only reinstates our faith in humanity. Revolving around a common theme of the pandemic, five filmmakers dedicate their short to this global horror’s consequences - virtual love, thoughts on suicide and mental health, unemployment and survival, loneliness and companionship.

Raj & DK’s Glitch starring Gulshan Devaiah and Saiyami Kher is a futuristic love story that isn’t bleak and is strangely real. Years from now, will people still yearn physical contact when they seek love or would virtual intimacy, textual relationship be enough? Opposites attract in this universe too but can they overlook their differences? Gulshan is a hypochondriac so he won’t step out of his house while Saiyami is a warrior, who is willing to put her life on the line to find a cure for the virus. This is perhaps the most unique of the lot, even audacious but not the most effective. You don’t feel invested in the characters, their fears or whether they end up together. The concept is interesting, execution quirky but it fails to draw you in.

Vishaanu featuring Abhishek Bannerjee and Geetika Vidya Ohlyan by Avinash Arun feels like an idea borrowed straight from ‘Parasite’ - unemployment and the financial and class disparity in metropolitan cities. The lead characters secretly live in a plush sample flat in an under construction upscale Mumbai high rise. They have AC, bathtub and all the comforts in the house except for food. This track feels a tad out of place to be honest. It has its moments but is unable to convey what it intends to portray - resilience and hope - in a satirical fashion.

Social media may have shrunk the world but has it got us closer? Unpaused makes us pause a bit and think. It’s relevant and both uplifting and melancholic. This one makes for an interesting watch.

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Directer : Raj & DK,Nitya Mehra,Nikkhil Advani,Tannishtha Chatterjee,Avinash Arun
Producer : Raj & DK,Madhu Bhojwani,Monisha Advani,Baisakhi Nair,Sanjeevkumar Nair
Writer : Devika Bhagat,Nitya Mehra,Reshu Nath,Vidur Nauriyal,Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh
Starring : Gulshan Devaiah,Sumeet Vyas,Saiyami Kher,Richa Chadda,Abhishek Banerjee,Ratna Pathak ShahRinku Rajguru
Music : Tanishk Bagchi,Payal Dev,Parth Parekh,Shishir A Samant,Gaurav Kadu
Cinematography : Pankaj Kumar,Jay Oza,John Jacob Payyapalli,Navagat Prakash,Kaushal Shah
Editer : Sanyukta Kaza,Sachin Kunal,Sagar Manik,Sumeet Kotian,Antara Lahiri,Manas Mittal
Casting : Raj Kamal,Kavish Sinha
Production Design : Saini S. Johray,Parichit Paralkar,Vahi ShaikhPriya Suhas,Tiya Tejpal
Art Direction : Vijay Ghodke,Onkar Khot
Set Decoration : Divya Jain,Saloni Porwal
Costume Design : Sachin Lovalekar,Reann Moradian,Harpreet Singh Sawhney,Aastha Sharma,Sheetal Iqbal
Makeup Department : Shrikant Desai,Deepak Lohat,Maruti Mukesh,Dinesh Nawar,Sumita Patel
Assistant Director : Rohit Babu,Samedhika Datt,Nikita Katakwar,Manisha Makwana,Kushal Mansukhani
Art Department : Nikhil Agarwal,Sayali Borkar,Rahul Ghodke,Yashika Gor,Irfan Khan,Sargam g. Krishnamurthy
Sound Department : Suraj Bardia,Tarun Bhandari,Vishakha Bokil,Pramod Chandorkar,Boloy Kumar Doloi,Justin Jose
Visual Effects : Anand Bhanushali,Arpan Gaglani,Navin Shetty,Miten Udeshi
Action Directer : Parvez Shaikh
Production Company : D2R Films,Emmay Entertainment,Pritish Nandy Communications,Reverie Entertainment
Distributors : Amazon Prime Video,Amazon Seller Services Private Limited
Genres : Drama,Romance
Release date : 18 December 2020
Running time : 113 minutes
Country : India
Language : Hindi

Story Of The Film :

Unpaused is an anthology of five short films that resonate with our lives during corona and our hope for a better tomorrow despite the odds. The film pays an ode to Mumbai, undying human spirit and our ability to forge relationships in the most unlikely scenario.

Star Cast Of The Film :

Hussain Sayed Anwar as a Kissing couple - Male (Segment "Vishanu")
Abhishek Banerjee as a Manish (Segment "Vishanu")
Shardul Bharadwaj as a Rafique (Segment "Chand Mubarak")
Richa Chadha as a Devika (Segment "The Apartment")
Heet Jayesh Chauhan as a Naughty Kid (Segment "Glitch")
Komal Chhabria as a Mala (Segment "Glitch")
Anaira Dasara as a Siya (Segment "Glitch")
Gulshan Devaiah as a Ahan (Segment "Glitch")
Lillete Dubey as a Archana (Segment "Rat-a-tat)
Tushar Gaware as a Food Distributor (Segment "Vishanu")
Jitendra Kumar Gupta as a Sharma Ji Who Recognise Manish (Segment "Vishanu")
Dilnaz Irani as a Pragya (Segment "The Apartment")
Tushar Kansara as a Neighbour (Segment "Glitch")
Sachin Kathuria as a Watchman (Segment "The Apartment")
Hemant Kher as a Guard (Segment "Vishanu")
Saiyami Kher as a Alizah (Segment "Glitch")
Sachin Kumbhar as a Anchor (Segment "The Apartment")
Satish Naikodi as a Cop (Segment "Chand Mubarak")
Geetika Vidya Ohlyan as a Seema (Segment "Vishanu")
Yogesh Parihar as a Guard (Segment "Chand Mubarak")
Asmit Pathare as a Food Distributor (Segment "Vishanu")
Pallas Prajapati as a Monu (Segment "Vishanu")
Rinku Rajguru as a Priyanka (Segment "Rat-a-tat)
Mahathi Ramesh as a Shraddha (Segment "The Apartment")
Ratna Pathak Shah as a Uma (Segment "Chand Mubarak")
Anuradha Sharma as a Jahnvi (Segment "Glitch")
Pujari Shivalingappa as a Flower Man Near Temple (Segment "Vishanu")
Ishwak Singh as a Chirag (Segment "The Apartment")
Pawan Kumar Singh as a Agent for Train Ticket / Ration Card (Segment "Vishanu")
Jiganasha Solanki as a Kissing couple - Female (Segment "Vishanu")
Sharat Sonu as a Ambulance Driver (Segment "Vishanu")
Sumeet Vyas as a Sahil (Segment "The Apartment")

Unpaused Movie Songs / Music :

The music was composer is anishk Bagchi, Payal Dev, Parth Parekh, Shishir A Samant and Gaurav Kadu with lyrics writter are Rashmi Virag, Kunaal Vermaa, Ginny Diwan, Traditional and Gaurav Kadu.