Madholal Keep Walking Reviews

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Here's another small and sensitive salute to the quintessential never-say-die spirit of Mumbai. It's a familiar landscape of downtown Mumbai, spilling over with crumbling and crowded chawls with shared latrines, shared aalo paranthas, shared highs and lows and shared commutes in the Mumbai locals as the tenement dwellers set on their daily grind, minus complaints. Yes, there is a joyousness that makes up for this plaster-peeling, non-luxurious landscape as protagonist Madholal celebrates the small pleasures of life with his and family and friends.

The film essentially explores the effects of a terror attack on the common man who survives through it. And yes, it does it effectively. Madholal does manage to come out of the bomb explosion alive and injured, but the scars are more than superficial. The blast leaves his entire psyche bruised, transforming the ever-smiling, over-friendly Madho into a scared, scurrying, suspicious introvert who loses his ability to connect with friends, family and neighbours. Madho's attempts to get back into the mainstream (read Mumbai locals) do have a heroic/humanist tenor to them, just as his family -- wife and two daughters -- creates a warm and vibrant picture of unflinching support and hope.

A brave little film about the small and brave Mumbaikar, Madholal Keep Walking is goodwill hunting in gloomy times. 

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