Sonchiriya (2019)

Sonchiriya: Directed by Abhishek Chaubey. With Sushant Singh Rajput, Bhumi Pednekar, Ashutosh Rana, Ranvir Shorey. Set in the Chambal valley, the film follows the story of a legion of dreaded, warring dacoits who once terrorized the Indian heartlands.

“This film deserves an 8 cos of the solid direction, script n acting but I am generous with 10 so that more indie films like these r made in India n the reels of the awful ones like Simbba, Race 3, Padmavat, Kesari, etc, shud be flushed down the toilet.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAlso I am a sucker for Western films n itu0026#39;s rare to come across a Western film from Bollywood.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eComing back to this film, it is n underrated directorial effort by Abhishek Chaubey whose earlier films were mostly shot in the dusty countrysides.nIt has shades of Outlaw Josey Wales n the filmu0026#39;s twist is harrowing like the one from Incendies.nIt has awesome cinematography, stunning landscapes of rugged, ravine-streaked hills and calm rivers contrasted with bloody brutal gun fight sequences.nThe cinematography brings the bleakest of environments to frightening life, aided by the fact that the locations were every bit as bleak as they appeared on screen.nThe film is a juxtaposition of brutal reality and rustic serenity.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story is about outlaws living in the ravines.nWe have outlaws based on the caste system but the most neglected n persecuted ones r the poor dalits.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy only two cribs. They shud have shown some crocodile violence n they shud have shown the lead copu0026#39;s heading busting like a watermelon.”