Satellite Shankar
Ratings: 2/5
Duration: 2 Hrs 2 Mins
Director: Irfan kamal
Genre: Drama, Action
Release Date: 08 November, 2019
Star Cast: Sooraj Pancholi, Palomi Ghosh, Megha Akash
Plot: The heart-wrenching story about brave hearts is based on the real-life of an Indian soldier. This is the first-ever Bollywood film that is shot across the 10 states of India.
Sooraj plays a happy-go-lucky soldier. All he wants from his service is to get leave, to visit his mother. After he finally gets some time off, Shankar (Sooraj Pancholi) goes on an epic road trip to his hometown. Along the way, he gets entangled in one adventure after another.
Review: 'Satellite Shankar' attempts to tell the story of the sacrifices soldiers make while they fight for their countrymen at the borders. Shankar (Sooraj Pancholi) is called 'Satellite Shankar' because he has a device that seems to transport people to their near and dear ones when they are missing them. Or basically, just to save a situation when needed. One that makes him very popular in his battalion.
Directed by Irfan Kamal and with Sooraj Pancholi in the lead, Satellite Shankar is all in vain as a weak narrative lets it down, underplaying the film’s strengths.
Sooraj Pancholi tries his best to put in a sincere performance but it mostly comes off as overenthusiastic. Megha Akash and Sooraj share a cute chemistry and some of their scenes together are quite sweet. Palomi Ghosh is overtly screechy as the video-blogger. The entire internet community taking over to see him through his obstacles is a nice touch.
Music isn’t the strength of the film but is thoughtfully used to break the monotony when the film gets too stretched. At this point, editing deserves a mention for it needed a better hand as the length of two hours twenty minutes is a bit too long for a simple plot such as this.
Coming back to the film, the second half seemed much more interesting than the first and the ending too was fulfilling! The writing, especially in the first half, is surely emotional and yet utterly implausible.
'Satellite Shankar' is a well-intentioned film that gets undone due to bad execution.
the dialogues are no extraordinary punches and have seen in Uri: The Surgical Strike and a lot of other army films. While the writing isn’t that bad, it’s the narrative and execution that don’t let it move beyond clichés.
To sum up, Satellite Shankar is a pleasant watch that makes you pause and think if we are doing enough for our soldiers who put their lives at stake at the borders so that we can live safely. Barring a few writing goof-ups, the film makes you feel good about the world you live in and therefore it deserves to be watched!
