Vakeel Saab

Vakeel Saab is a pertinent film for the times. One of the perplexing ironies of our culture is that we uplift, and even fear, the matriarch as a figure of immense strength while simultaneously applying the most stringent standards of character judgment on her younger self.

A worthy attempt is made by Venu Sriram in Vakeel Saab, a remake of the Bachchan-starrer Pink, to shed some light on these social patterns prevalent in our society - though he too stays conservative by glorifying a hero figure in Pawan Kalyan, reflecting the reality of the box office and, indeed, our society.<....