The film derives much of its power from Manoj Bajpayee’s extraordinarily delicate portrayal of Siras, and from Rajkummar Rao’s sympathetic supporting turn.
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The lopsided scenes in court and in the TV studio cannot compare with the quiet power of the conversations between Siras and Deepu Sebastian, the reporter who becomes his friend. This dichotomy is at the heart of Aligarh, which is at its best when sticking close to the retiring academic. Siras, dismissed by Aligarh Muslim University after a video of him in bed with a man surfaced, was the public face of a movement, and a most reluctant figurehead. It’s a moving tribute, illuminating not one, but two, moments in an otherwise ordinary life when courage sprang up, unbidden. As the hijacking unfolds, the film interjects scenes from Neerja’s abusive marriage, which she eventually walked out of. Sonam Kapoor plays Neerja, a character based on flight purser Neerja Bhanot, whose quick thinking saved the lives of 359 passengers aboard a Pan Am plane stormed by hijackers at Karachi airport on 5 September 1986. After a soft-focus opening (necessary, in the larger scheme of things), Ram Madhvani’s film becomes a lean, largely unsentimental Paul Greengrass-like thriller.
If you liked Airlift well enough but felt that the film worked too hard to sanctify its central character, Neerja is the antidote. A fitting coda to a year in which Indian women athletes, including a Haryana wrestler, shone at the Olympics.
After that, the film’s attempts to keep its lead actor central to the story hamper the narrative, but there’s still plenty to enjoy: juicy comic performances from the young actors and Aamir Khan, observant, witty writing and direction, and some blistering fights. The first hour and a half of Nitesh Tiwari’s Dangal is as close to perfect as mainstream Hindi film-making got in 2016. Here are our top eight films that released in theatres this year. Pickings were a lot slimmer this time around, though the predominance of mid-budget titles on the list is, perhaps, cause for some cheer. Last year, a list of noteworthy films might have stretched to 10, maybe even 15.
If we’re being honest, 2016 wasn’t a great year for Hindi cinema.
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