Lafangey Parindey“Vaat lag gayi.” “Dimaag ka keeda.” “Duniya ko yeda banate hain.” If you thought you wouldn’t get to hear these dialogues in the ‘multiplex age’, you should watch Lafangey Parindey. It takes you back to the Hindi films of yore, to a simpler form of storytelling and characters that are real and lovable, yet capable of doing the extraordinary.So our hero is One Shot Nandu (Neil). He’s called so because he can knock a guy out with a single punch — even when he’s blindfolded — making his opponent fly several feet in the air before hitting the ground. Our heroine, Pinky Palkar (Padukone), is blind. But you can bet on her to dance like a dream. Synopsis: Nandu and Pinky are residents of Tilakwadi. Nandu fights for money, and aspires to be like Anna — Kay Kay Menon in a short but important role — who is the right-hand mank of Usmanbhai (Mishra). Nandu and Anna are sent out on an ‘assignment’ in which Anna gets killed, and Nandu knocks over someone while escaping in the car.The person he knocks over is none other than Pinky, who lives in the same locality as him. Pinky, a skate-dancer aspiring to win a competition — India’s Got Talent — is rendered blind due to the accident. Nandu, guilt-ridden, takes it upon himself to help Pinky win the tournament in spite of her disability. There is a parallel track of a police officer investigating the incident in which Anna gets killed and since Nandu was the one present with Anna on the day he died, the cops close in on him in their buy to get Usmanbhai.There is a lot happening in the film. There is the track of Nandu feeling responsible for Pinky’s blindness and wanting to do something for her, there is the one about Usmanbhai, then the love story between Nandu and Pinky, and finally the dance competition itself. But all of these have been woven into a seamless screenplay by Gopi Puthran that helps the story progress effortlessly and keeps you hooked. movietimevideo store
