Sarabjit Movie Review : There's not enough glue on the seat.

Genre : Biopic , Drama.
Cast : Randeep Hooda, Aishwarya Rai Bachhan, Richa Chaddha, Darshan Kumaar.
Directed by Omung Kumar.

How does it feel over dramatising an emotional biopic ? Well , you will get the answer while watching the movie.

Sarabjit is a story of a farmer , who , boozed up , crossed the Indo-Pak border(Punjab) and getting caught by Pakistan patrol leads him to step into a no-man's-land. Dalbir Kaur (Aishwarya) perserverantly tries to prove that her veera , Sarabjit (Randeep) , is innocent and framed as Ranjit Singh (accused of being a R.A.W agent and spying in Pakistan.) Dalbir's and Awwais Sheikh's (played as Sarabjit's lawyer by Darshan) efforts pay off and after more than two decades there's news of Sarabjit's release.But the doleful end is the noxious  attack by fellow prisoners leaving protagonist dead in Jinnah Hospital , Lahore.

Whole movie moves very cold and slow making viewer look at clock ten times an hour , however melodious songs may entertain you amidst.
First half of the movie does ham it up well by showing Sarabjit's pitiful condition in Lot Lakhpat jail , Lahore ; whereas latter one is a bit disappointing.

Although Aishwarya was abortive in her dialogue-delivery , Randeep was immaculate in his acting and get-up.Richa Chadda, eventhough under-utilised , did a marvelous job. Darshan was equitable to the little given screenspace.

Film was bollywoodised by some dialogues like , "Jao kehdo apne Taliban se jagah aur waqt batade , yeh sikhni waha pahoch jaayegi" or the one in trailer which almost gives you feel of Gadar. Punjabis were portrayed stereotypically as in every other Bollywood movie out there.(Gaddhi-Shaddhi , Daaru-Shaaru and what not). The Hindi-mixed-punjabi will make viewer feel gawky , it would have been a lot better if it was in Hindi with Punjabi accent to give it a relation aspect.
Direction and screenplay were not up to the par of Omung Kumar.

In end of the line , Sarabjit could be a lot more thrilling as shown in trailer than actually it was.

Overall rating :
Watch : Sarabjit official trailer.