Sadma (1983) :
Brief Review -
Despite some errors Sadma works because of Mic Drop Burn in the climax on contemporary level. Sadma is well known for it's heart-wrenching climax and bleak ending, but i personally didn't find it in of that known level. However, Balu Mahendra's attempt to bring Mic Drop Burn in the climax in Indian Cinema works fine because nobody did really try to do that before in Bollywood and Indian Cinema whereas Hollywood had already achieved it 5 decades ago. Sadma is a story of an young girl who has lost her memory in a car accident and is diagnosed by Amnesia. A naive young guy Somu finds her in a brothel and takes her to his house to take care of her. They share a strong Bonding but does that all fulfill and acknowledged in the end? Kamal Haasan delivers a solid act despite playing a normal person. He gets the enough space to showcase his acting skill in that one climax scene. Sridevi does arguably the Best of her career. She plays an abnormal character which gives her more chance to be subtle. Now talking about the errors, Sadma is lengthy film for no reason at all. Silk Smitha's character was totally useless and cheap. I don't why she had to use whispering accent to seduce a man and why she had to stick a Band-aid on her thigh to have a sex with a naive guy where she could have spoken with a Normal accent and had already shown her thigh skin to the guy in first meeting. The songs between Kamal Haasan and Sridevi works situationally but that one song between Kamal Haasan and Silk Smith was nothing but just a short film of lust hence, totally wastage. The narrative loses a grip because of these errors and without it Sadma would have been more gripping and impactful film. Ilaayraja's Music is very good, two songs from the album are Superhit forever. 'Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le' and 'Surmayi Akhiyon Mein' will remain special forever. Balu Mahendra's writing is top class but screenplay isn't upto the mark. As a director he successfully convinces everyone to love his vision despite some errors. Sadma is Indian Cinema's attempt to break the ideology of 'Typical Happy Ending' but it doesn't get emotions too high by itself. Rather, the 'Real Life Burn' factor is more worthy if you really understand it although it still held a chance of more emotional ending and continuity or it could have swapped the situations to get the happy ending on intellectual note. Nevertheless it is still a Must Watch because it tried something different and one step ahead from the contemporary cinema.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest
Despite some errors Sadma works because of Mic Drop Burn in the climax on contemporary level. Sadma is well known for it's heart-wrenching climax and bleak ending, but i personally didn't find it in of that known level. However, Balu Mahendra's attempt to bring Mic Drop Burn in the climax in Indian Cinema works fine because nobody did really try to do that before in Bollywood and Indian Cinema whereas Hollywood had already achieved it 5 decades ago. Sadma is a story of an young girl who has lost her memory in a car accident and is diagnosed by Amnesia. A naive young guy Somu finds her in a brothel and takes her to his house to take care of her. They share a strong Bonding but does that all fulfill and acknowledged in the end? Kamal Haasan delivers a solid act despite playing a normal person. He gets the enough space to showcase his acting skill in that one climax scene. Sridevi does arguably the Best of her career. She plays an abnormal character which gives her more chance to be subtle. Now talking about the errors, Sadma is lengthy film for no reason at all. Silk Smitha's character was totally useless and cheap. I don't why she had to use whispering accent to seduce a man and why she had to stick a Band-aid on her thigh to have a sex with a naive guy where she could have spoken with a Normal accent and had already shown her thigh skin to the guy in first meeting. The songs between Kamal Haasan and Sridevi works situationally but that one song between Kamal Haasan and Silk Smith was nothing but just a short film of lust hence, totally wastage. The narrative loses a grip because of these errors and without it Sadma would have been more gripping and impactful film. Ilaayraja's Music is very good, two songs from the album are Superhit forever. 'Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le' and 'Surmayi Akhiyon Mein' will remain special forever. Balu Mahendra's writing is top class but screenplay isn't upto the mark. As a director he successfully convinces everyone to love his vision despite some errors. Sadma is Indian Cinema's attempt to break the ideology of 'Typical Happy Ending' but it doesn't get emotions too high by itself. Rather, the 'Real Life Burn' factor is more worthy if you really understand it although it still held a chance of more emotional ending and continuity or it could have swapped the situations to get the happy ending on intellectual note. Nevertheless it is still a Must Watch because it tried something different and one step ahead from the contemporary cinema.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest