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I'm not sure how many here have seen this lovely little film called Pataakha but I feel Sanya Malhotra's performance as Genda Kumari was fabulous and one of this year's finest. She wasn't really that impressive in Dangal imo,maybe because she didn't have much to do but she was a firecracker in Pataakha. I was surprised yet delighted to see how genuine was her portrayal of a girl in a village in Rajasthan. Starting from her accent, the body language, the whole 'A phor- B phor' school teacher dream of hers, the 'Seela, Seela ki Jabaani' dance and every little nuance here and there was so good and delightful to watch on screen. The whole prelude to 'tu jal mere kabootar dekhke' was so awesome.
I find it sad that since the film flopped, no one made a big deal about her performance but the hard work was visible. I felt her performance was right up there with the other best performances of the year like Rani and Alia. Eagerly looking forward to how her future shapes up in Bollywood.
And incase anyone's wondering what I'm talking about, Pataakha is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.😃
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