Roar - Tigers Of The Sunderbans

Filmy Review

For starters, I wish the title of the movie was a bit shorter! Think of it, when someone asks you, "Which movie did you watch today?" And you reply, "Roar - Tigers Of The Sunderbans", there are bright chances that the person would walk away before you finish the name of the film.

Well, thank God the movie isn't as long as it's title. At 2 Hrs 23 Mins, this Action/Adventure flick is a decent attempt at filmmaking by debutant director Kamal Sadanah. The story of the film revolves around a man's mission who goes inside the Sunderbans to kill a white tigress in order to avenge his brother's death.

The film begins with an over enthusiastic photojournalist, Uday who has come to the Sunderbans on an assignment. While in the midst of his work, he comes across a small cub of a white tiger, who is entangled in a poacher's trap. Seeing the cub in a difficult situation, Uday helps it out and takes it along with him to his room. Realizing that the journalist has got a cub along, the villagers create a ruckus. Soon enough a forest officer (Achint Kaur) arrives at the spot with her team and takes the cub away. During the same time, the cub's mother, comes to Uday's room, sniffing her cub. The Tigress kills Uday and takes his body along deep into the jungle.

The news of Uday's death, reaches his brother, an Army Officer 'Pandit' (Abhinav Shukla). He tries to get the forest authorities to help him get his brothers body back but that doesn't happen. The authorities sherk off their responsibility. That's when Pandit decides to take matter in his own hands. His plan is to kill the white tigress who killed his brother (Now that's a revenge story!)

He sets out for the daunting task ahead of him with a team of a few of the best officers - CJ (Norah Fatehi), Hero (Ali Kuli), Cheena (Virendra Singh Ghuman), Kashmiri (Aadil Chahal), Sufi (Aaran Chaudhary) and a couple of local guides. In the journey to avenge his brothers death, Pandit and his team come across various hurdles and life threatning moments. It's not just the wild animals and the tricky terrian of Sunderban but also the evil poacher, 'Bheera' whom Pandit and his team have to tackle.

What happens in this journey is what 'Roar - Tigers Of The Sunderbans' is all about. The film has a sluggish first half but manages to gain momentum in the second half. The screenplay of the film written by Kamal Sadanah along with Swati and Anand Goradia is flawed and has various loopholes, which have been over looked. The direction of Kamal Sadanah is just about OK.  The cinematography of the film is the saving grace. The film has been shot beautifuly by Michael Watson. The background music of the film, given by John Stewart is decent as well. What comes as a big surprise is the VFX of the film. The commendable work done by the visual effects team gives us an opportunity of watching a beautiful beast up close and personal.

Filmy Verdict - Over all, Roar - The Tigers Of The Sunderbans is an average film. One should watch it for the beauty of the Sunderbans and the mighty white Tigress.

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