So I finally saw the movie a few weeks ago to see what I was missing since y'all sold me her performance as some breath taking acting and... What a disappointment ! The whole movie is her smirking and laughing to act as badass. It was so annoying to watch. She was also very conscious about her movements they didn't came naturally. It was distracting and all I could see is alia not the character. Not to mention the try hard voice. Actually everything she did was a try hard. Another thing is that she looked like a rich girl who was cosplaying poverty but it worked since gangu is from an educated family.
I will admit that she improved her crying scenes but I was also annoyed at how many scenes she had crying eyes. All she does I the movie is crying eyes, laughing and smirking. Didn't deepika get criticised because of her crying eyes ? So how come alia got away with it ?
I was more able to understand gangubai's feelings because of the narrative than through alia's acting at some moments. How come this mediocre performance is hailed as great acting ? A sanya malhotra, a fatima or a parineeti would have elevated the story and made it justice. What a waste. I can't believe slb went from Rani to this. Good thing that the movie is well written and could overshadow a mediocre performance.
I'm tired of mediocre actors in Bollywood ! We need true talents !
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