Sufna Movie Review: Punjabi Mania present before you the full movie review of the recently released Punjabi movie titled ‘Sufna’.
Cast: Ammy Virk, Tania, Jagjeet Sandhu, Seema Kaushal, Jasmin Bajwa, Kaka Kautki, Mohini Toor, Lakha Lehri, Balwinder Bullet, Rabab Kaur & Mintu Kapa .
Director: Jagdeep Sidhu.
Producers: Gurpreet Singh and Navneet Virk.
Music: B Praak.
Genre: Drama, Romantic.
Running Time: 144 minutes (U/A certified).
Sufna Movie Review
Let’s start it this way – For the staggering amount of impact that music director and singer B Praak and lyricist Jaani create in writer and director Jagdeep Sidhu’s romantic movies, they deserve to be on the posters of the movie. It is only after watching the movie that one understands the motive behind the makers writing “A B Praak Musical” in the opening credits.
In the times of single tracks (even for movies), Sidhu’s ploy of keeping the same music director and lyricist for the whole movie including the background music has worked wonders. It is unconventional to start a movie review by putting copious emphasis on its music. That being said, it is also unconventional for the music of contemporary movies to outperform all other existing facets.
‘Sufna’ is primarily an altruistic love story of its protagonists in Jagjeet Singh aka Jeet (Ammy Virk) and Teg (Tania). It wouldn’t be wrong to say that legendary poet Bulleh Shah’s ‘Zehar vekh ke peeta te ki peeta’ (also a dialogue in the movie) acts as a one-liner for the movie.
In spite of this sounding a bit unusual in the modern times, the movie successfully keeps love above the lover. Another high point of the movie lies in the innocence with which the characters have been written. Barring Tarsem Singh (Jagjeet Sandhu), all the characters belong to the lower financial section of the society and have been shown in an apt manner.
Teg, along with her family, visits Jeet’s village as workers during the harvesting season of cotton crop. In what ends up becoming a novel factor for the movie and a relatable sequence for people who work in the cotton fields, DOP Vineet Malhotra adds further value for some of the best scenes of the movie are from the cotton fields.
While Teg and Jeet meet due to the aforementioned reason, their story doesn’t blossom into romance from the word go.
It is at this point in time where both Sidhu’s craft comes into play and also lets him down (in patches). While the script writer and director in him completely justify the dreamlike musical saga from start to finish, it is the screenplay of the movie which required more work to be done. At a screen time of 144 minutes, Sufna appears to confuse the writer with respect to adding things which could have been avoided.
As far as the actors are concerned, Virk has registered another bankable performance. However, it is Tania who delivers most of the soul-stirring scenes in the movie. Playing the lead role for the first time, Tania provides a rationale as to why it was about time for her to get such roles. While you expect actors to laud their co-actors during promotions, one understands why Virk was so wax lyrical about her co-actress while promoting Sufna.
Balwinder Bullet (Balkar Sharma), who plays the role of Jeet’s friend alongside Sandhu, comprises of a trio which has been given a few impact-generating jocular sequences. In Seema Kaushal, Kaka Kautki and Mohini Toor, Sufna comprises of some tried and tested names who don’t disappoint this time either. A special mention needs to be made of child actress Rabab Kaur who indisputably provides a kick-start to the movie.
All in all, Sidhu has put on display another deep-rooted Punjabi movie in Sufna. Despite a brief shortcoming, the movie deserves your presence in the cinema halls to take you through a ride of emotions.
