(#79) Uyare (2019) - [8.25/10]

Pallavi, who aspires to become a pilot, is halted in her journey with a devastating personal tragedy.

Pallavi is a strong-willed woman who has always aspired to become a pilot. How she gets back on her feet through sheer resilience after being beset by a series of personal crises forms the crux of the film.

How would I describe this film in one word?

Heart-breaking.

Note Went to this movie expecting a good film as encouraged by ratings and recommendations by friends, but left this movie with a bitter sweet feeling - a wonderful movie where the premise was too painfully real to bear.

Review The movie centers a woman who aspires to become an aeroplane pilot and follows her journey to become one. [Slight SPOILER but not really in the following sentence. Skip to end of paragraph to avoid.] But as her relationship ends on a rough note with her lover, he becomes infuriated and displays his anger by spraying her face with acid. This was a truly terrifying moment for me - cruel, evil and heartbreaking. I've talked with a few people about this and it didn't seem to affect them the same way this scene did with me. I wasn't initially sure why but I think I've come to a logical reasoning for my disappointment with this scene. (Bear in mind, disappointment means heartbreak - like soul-crushing.) Maybe the reason I was so affected by this scene was because I am or was always a believer in true love (sounds a bit weird and uncalled for but whatever) and this movie showed that in the beginning of how the guy was always there for her and was almost a pillar of support and hope for her. But his jealousy of her success and his selfish need for her blinded him and made him lose her which made him lose himself and commit such a horrendous act to destroy her life without any remorse - all in the name of love. The act was so villainous, so evil, so ghastly, so heartless, so heartbreaking, so selfish and so cruel but the most saddening part was that it was so real and so believable and so probable to occur in reality. It made me realize that there are so many guys out there like him who would be the perfect best friend type figures around but if something doesn't go their way, they'd just crush you. It seems like a very likely thing to happen and similar things have happened and that makes me uncomfortable and saddened that not only that these kinds of things happen but that that true love can truly be blind and that could kill you. Makes me want to not believe in that notion of true love anymore. I wouldn't normally take this much time to talk about a single scene if it didn't affect me so much and this did.

As for the rest of the movie, it seemed fictitious of her success story and almost unbelievable - in a bad way maybe? Cause you know that what they're trying to do with the story is sort of give you hope and resonate a sort of motivation, but you know that it's not likely to any extent in the real world (also, I know this is a true story and if this part of the story is true too then brilliant!). But taking away the fictitious factor which was overbearing, it was a indeed a nice watch - unreal, sure, but inspiring, yes. And Asif Ali and Parvathy's acting were remarkable especially the latter's. So hey, it's a great watch. But if you happen to be as emotional as i was, you should brace yourself for the pre-interval scene, cause I couldn't handle it.

So yeah, basically a bitter-sweet feel of the movie for me by the end. RATING: 8.25/10

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Director: Manu Ashokan

Rated: U

Runtime: 2 hr 5 min

Genre: Drama

Starring: Parvathy, Tovino Thomas, Asif Ali