'Hawaizaada': A Dreamlike Masterpiece About A Dreamer

Encircling this wide arc of wannabe fliers who are piloted into the epic plot by Talpade's navigational dreams, couldn't be an easy task. Vibhu Puri manages the seemingly impossible maneuvering skilfully joyously and playfully through lives in an era when oppression was a pre-condition.

Soaring on a dream, "Hawaizaada" transports us into an enchanting world of a dream-reality where anything can happen. Birds can sing, humanbeing can fly....whatever! Fuelling the impossible dream is the central performance by Ayushmann Khurrana. He breathes animated life into Shivkar Bapuji Talpade, the audacious 19th century scientist who dared to fly. Khurrana plays Talpade as a trippy dreamer, a Devdas drunk on his dreams.

Mithun Chakraborty as Talpade's mentor is goofy eccentric and endearing. This is the actor's most effective performance in years. As for Pallavi Sharda, though admittedly that well-toned gym-produced physique doesn't jell with the film's periodicity, she is a revelation doing an amalgamation of Paro and Chandramukhi from Devdas.Besharam is forgotten and forgiven.

Going back in time is never an easy task in cinema. Many have failed to court periodicity convincingly. "Hawaizaada" gets away with its flight into the mind of the man who dared to fly. This miniature masterpiece leaves us exhilarated and exultant. Thank God for the dreamers, past and present.

Thank you, Shivkar Bapuji Talpade. Thank you, Vibhu Puri.

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