Muklawa Review: Punjabi Mania present before you full movie review of recently released Punjabi movie titled ‘Muklawa’.
Cast: Ammy Virk, Sonam Bajwa, Gurpreet Ghuggi, BN Sharma, Karamjit Anmol, Sarbjit Cheema, Drishtii Garewal and Nirmal Rishi.
Director: Simerjit Singh.
Producer: Gunbir Singh Sidhu and Manmord Sidhu.
Music: Gurmeet Singh and Cheetah.
Genre: Drama, Romantic.
Running Time: 112 minutes (U certified).
Muklawa Review
Synopsis
Muklawa highlights an age-old tradition of not sending a girl to her husband’s home despite them getting married. The ceremony of sending the girl after a time period is termed as sending her Muklawa. The fact that the concept sounds anomalous in the modern times is most likely to become the movie’s USP.
The introduction scene throws enough light on the importance of the custom. Thus, creating a significant impact in the minds of the viewers with respect to the gravitas of the subject.
The script portrays Kartar Kaur (Gurpreet Bhangu) finding a suitable match for her elder son Nirmal Singh aka Nimma (Sarbjit Cheema). It is Bhag Singh (Sukhwinder Chahal) who plays cupid for not just Nimma but his younger brother Shinda (Ammy Virk) as well.
Bhag introduces Kartar to Jagdeep Singh (Tarsem Paul) and his two daughters – Channo (Drishtii Grewal) and Taaro (Sonam Bajwa). Both Nimma and Channo and Shinda and Taaro get married but Jagdeep delays Taaro’s muklawa by a year.
Desperate to see his wife’s face, Shinda tries all possible ways to meet her without getting much success initially. Having said that, performing such a daring act in those times leaves Shinda with severe consequences.
Direction and writing
Muklawa has marked the third time coming together of director Simerjit Singh and lead pair of Ammy Virk and Sonam Bajwa. The trio’s chemistry works incredibly well for the movie especially during the romantic sequences in the second half.
Simerjit, a pioneer name in making period films in the Punjabi industry, brings forward another lesser known tradition in front of the audiences. The director is doubtlessly successful in converting Upinder Waraich and Jagjit Saini’s script into a watchable movie. The cultural awareness program also seen coming to fruition.
Having said that, Simerjit experiences a chink in armour when it comes to replicating a periodic atmosphere, something which is his forte and he was expected to do exceedingly well. Waraich and Saini did reasonably well to add nuances to the script. However, Raju Verma’s dialogues were strictly all right.
Acting
As mentioned above, Ammy Virk and Sonam Bajwa’s scenes are Muklawa’s pinnacle. The duo seemed to have put in a praiseworthy effort to make romance look natural and convincing on the celluloid. The fact that nothing appears to be forced works in the favour of the movie.
The other couple in Sarbjit Cheema and Drishtii Grewal also delivered an unassailable performance. The tried and tested pair Gurpreet Ghuggi and Karamjit Anmol was usually impressive. Ghuggi deserves a special mention for successfully experimenting with his accent for the umpteenth time in his career.
Among the veteran actors, all of BN Sharma, Tarsem Paul and Gurpreet Bhangu did justice to their respective characters. Nirmal Rishi was also good in A Small Guest Appearance Role.
Music
Muklawa also stood tall on the musical front. An octet of songs kept the viewers’ interest alive during the movie. That being said, the makers could still have done away with a song in the second half not because they weren’t good but were uncalled for.
The songs which are already doing the rounds in our playlists are ‘Gulabi Pani’ (sung by Ammy Virk, Mannat Noor, written by Harmanjeet and musically directed by Gurmeet Singh), ‘Wang Da Naap’ (sung by Ammy Virk, written by Harmanjeet and musically directed by Gurmeet Singh)and the title track (sung by Happy Raikoti, Harpi Gill, written by Raikoti and musically directed by Cheetah) of the movie.
Final Verdict
Muklawa comprises of solid and some impregnable performances across divisions. The same have it in them to entice audiences to the cinema halls. In what is surely an overall splendid effort, watch the movie to know if Ammy Virk becomes successful in bringing Sonam Bajwa’s Muklawa or not.
Ratings – 4/5
