Mukkabaaz Hindi Movie Review

A low caste boxer, Shravan (Vineet Kumar Singh) trains at a gym controlled by a local Don named Bhagwan Das Mishra (Jimmy Shergill). Shravan falls for Mishra's niece Sunaina (Zoya Hussain). The Don does not approve of this match. Shravan strives to win Sunaina's hand in marriage and become a successful boxer while trying to avoid retaliation from the Don. Will he able to meet both the worlds meet? Will he be able to stand up against the person who controls not just his professional career, but also holds his love life at gun point?

He very well represents the arrogance and violence of those who exercise power in a country like India. The cruelty he demonstrates towards his own family members, all in the name of hurting a guy who has insulted him by falling in love with his niece, is a sickening spectacle. Mukkabaaz Hindi Movie Review

Finally, there is newbie Zoya Hussain. She plays a dumb girl in the film, and manages to bring a true mirror of the Indian rural society in front of the audience. The fact that she cannot speak is a metaphor about the millions of women in Indian families who have no say in family matters and are always silenced down by patriarchal mindset. Mukkabaaz Hindi Movie Review

The way she converses with Vineet (in sign language) gives you no scope to question how much effort she has put into learning the art. Mukkabaaz Hindi Movie Review

Moving away from characters and actors, the music of the film keeps you hooked onto each scene. Songs like Paintra, sung by Divine and composed by Nucleya and Bahut Hua Samman, sung by Swaroop Khan and composed by Rachita Arora stand out. Even the background score after every punch line makes you want to stand up and whistle.

As I exited the theatre after watching Mukkabaaz, I wondered, will any actor this year be able to top what Vineet Kumar Singh has done in this film? There is of course the remarkable physical transformation – his granite body seems built to be punished in ring. But even greater, the internal transformation. There is no hint here of performance or trace of strain, no posturing of look at me, I trained two years to act as a boxer. Vineet has completely transformed into Shravan Singh, UP ka Mike Tyson. When an enraged Shravan tells his uncomprehending father, passion hai hamara, there is not a smidgen of doubt that he would give his life to box. Mukkabaaz Hindi Movie Review

The complication is that Shravan also has another passion – Sunaina. Or as he says, hum Sunaina se anap shanap pyar karte hain. Sunaina happens to be the niece of the most powerful man in the Bareilly boxing world, Bhagwan Das Mishra. As it turns out, Bhagwan jihas a deep and abiding hatred for both Shravan and his defiant niece. From the minute Shravan and Sunaina set eyes on each other, we know that this love story won’t run smooth. Mukkabaaz Hindi Movie Review