Mumbaikar

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CAT'S PICK : ★ 6.6

Mumbaikar, directed by Santosh Sivan, is a throwback to the ensemble city-set film in which disparate film characters are brought together by chance and the screenwriter's ingenuity. It is the kind of movie where Mumbai is just a collection of a few streets, where every character, regardless of their economic status, drinks in the same bar, and everyone keeps bumping into everyone else just by turning a corner.

The screenplay by Himanshu Singh weaves together the tales of a young job seeker (Hridhu Haroon), a kind manager (Tanya Maniktala), and her proud admirer (Vikrant Massey). They cross paths with Ranvir Shorey, a gangster who loves shiny shirts and eats vada pao to prove his local credentials, a group of wannabe kidnappers, Sanjay Mishra, a driver, and Sachin Khedekar, a police officer.

Even in films that fail, Vijay Sethupathi never fails to entertain. The film actor is a bundle of talent. He has a lot of fun with his comedy timing in Mumbaikar. Vijay Sethupathi keeps our attention throughout every one of his scenes, and his delivery of dialogue is adorable.

Vikrant Massey, of Mirzapaur fame, does a good job playing a carefree youngster. He did a pretty good job reprising Sundeep Kishan's role in this remake. Tanya Manikatla does a decent job playing Vikrant's love interest.

Maanagaram was realistic from the beginning, whereas this Hindi remake is not. Mumbaikar has an artificial feel because the world and setup were not well established at first. How the characters are presented is quite terrible.Another positive aspect of Maanagaram was the suspenseful atmosphere it maintained throughout the film, Mumbaikar fails in this regard. The original's essence was lost in the Hindi translation. The makers did not make proper use of Sanjay Mishra's character's greater potential for evoking positive feelings.