Mumbai: Ashish Vidyarthi, Kranthi Prakash and Ajay Kumar starring “Once Upon a Time in Bihar” Hindi movie review on Star Cast, Story, Music and Audience Response details is presented here for you.
Once Upon a Time in Bihar is a Hindi action and social drama starring Ashish Vidyarthi, Kranti Prakash, Ajay Kumar, Arti Puri, Pankaj Jha and Deepak Singh in main roles. The movie is being written and directed by Nitin Chandra Let’s have a quick look on this movie review.
Once Upon a Time in Bihar – A Quick Look
| Movie Title | : | Once Upon a Time in Bihar [U/A] |
| Release Date | : | 30th October 2015 |
| Producer | : | Neetu Chandra |
| Movie Genre | : | Drama |
| Tagline | : | N/A |
| Running Time | : | 2 Hrs 02 Mins |
Once Upon a Time in Bihar Movie Review
Though we were told that the film was simultaneously made in two languages, this looks like a Hindi dub of the original Bhojpuri film called Deswa (2011). The social drama intends to make people across the country empathize with the Bihari youth, because of the lack of opportunities in the state and the hurdles they must overcome to earn a dignified living. The idea is to tell why many end up migrating to other states and why the situation isn’t changing.
Rajiv Kumar (Kranti Prakash Jha) is a noble teacher, who wants to start coaching classes in order to gather sufficient money for his sister’s wedding. His wish fails to fructify as the banks won’t sanction his business loan. Shankar (Deepak Singh) is qualified to bag a government job but his inability to bribe the officers kills his opportunity. The two get exploited for being honest and hard-working. Disheartened and disillusioned, the two turn to abduction — the supposedly common crime in Bihar.
While the story is relevant, setting authentic and performances decent, the sluggish pace is sleep-inducing. Also, the second half looks like a different film in itself, with no connection to the beginning. Few of the scenes are daft. Why would three kidnappers tell their motive to the man they kidnapped!
Unless it’s a documentary, when a film raises a significant socio-political issue like this, one expects it to propose logical solutions as well. This one aspires to trigger a revolution by projecting its protagonists as crusaders of human rights. Sadly, all they do is preach and then commit an idiotic crime themselves, much against their own values and beliefs. The inability to expand the basic idea into a solid story lets this otherwise well-intentioned film down.
Cast and Crew
Starring: Ashish Vidyarthi, Kranti Prakash Jha, Ajay Kumar, Arti Puri and Pankaj Jha
Direction: Nitin Chandra
Music: Ashutosh Singh
Producer: Neetu Chandra
Storyline in Brief
The story is set based on the real life events of the people of Bihar in the Buxar District of Bihar in the years of 2003-2004. The parts of Bihar were affected by the issue in that period with respect to the political parties of the district. Rajiv Kumar is a teacher who wishes to start coaching classes in order to meet the expenses of his sister’s marriage. However , the bank does not sanction his business loan. On the other side, Shankar is qualified for a government job, but he fails to bribe the officials and so loses the opportunity.
Their hard working and honest nature is exploited by the people around which makes them choose to abduct leading to crimes. The makers chose an amazing subject but it is clearly seen that they failed to execute it. The sluggish narration and weak screenplay is the major back drop of the film. Once upon a time in Bihar have many questions, but no logical answers to any of them. Watch it only if you are fond of such subjects, otherwise give this flick a miss and watch Titli instead
Music
Ashutosh Singh music is plus point for the film. All songs are really nice and Back ground Score was very impressive.
Star Cast Performance
All characters played very well. The main lead actors Ashish Vidyarthi, Kranthi Prakash Jha, Ajay Kumar action was highlight. The action episodes were superb with nice emotions. Both actors performed very well at few scenes. All artists in the film acted excellent with their roles.
Audience Response
Once Upon a Time in Bihar is a good movie but failed to pull audiences. The slow narration and weak screenplay is the major back drop of the film.