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Ae Watan Mere Watan movie review

Ae Watan Mere Watan movie review: Review of the film Ae Watan Mere Watan: The impediment that you are unable to overcome is Sara Ali Khan's terrible dialogue delivery, which includes multiple expressions that are out of sync.

Do you recall the loud and memorable dialogue "Tum mujhe tang karne lage ho" from Imtiaz Ali's Love Aaj Kal (2020)? Seeing her in Ae Watan Mere Watan and the way she delivers her lines in this historical drama.

Though Sara's terrible line delivery and several mismatched expressions make the video seem unwatchable, it is actually a sincere attempt to tell the unique, complex, and well-narrated story of an unsung hero in India's freedom movement. To be fair, it hurt a little to see Sara in the same boat as Rashmika Mandanna—we called her out for her bad line delivery in Animal, despite the fact that Hindi is not even her first language. Though she is fluent in Urdu as well, she performs some incredible (ahem, ahem) poetry in shuddh (pure) Hindi. Would that she and the audience had taken a few dialect lessons?

Ae Watan Mere Watan is a film that quickly transitions from black-and-white footage to sepia tones, thus it doesn't require any context or flashbacks to explain its idea. The film transports you to the early 1940s, just before independence, and highlights the collaboration between angry young and freedom warriors in support of the Quit India Movement. Chest-thumping patriotism is a major component of Ae Watan Mere Watan, with cries of Vande Mataram and Jai Hind frequently causing disturbances between young people and British police.

The film follows the lives of Usha Mehta (Sara), a little girl who defies all difficulties to voice her distaste for the British authority, and highlights India's quest for freedom in 1942. Usha takes matters into her own hands along with her reliable comrades, Fahad (Spash Srivastava) and Kaushik (Abhay Verma), following the arrest of notable freedom fighters. The movie follows their journey as they launch Congress Radio, an underground radio station with the express purpose of uniting people against British rule. They adhere to the nonviolent teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, and some of them even swear a pledge of chastity. Their motto is "Karo Ya Maro" (Do or die). Their encounter with Emraan Hashmi's character, Ram Manohar Lohia, during the voyage gives their revolution a new direction, and an exciting chase with the British police ensues.

AE Watan You have to give the crew credit for trying to simplify some of the more complex tropes in Mere Watan, even though they can be difficult to understand if you're not paying close attention. For example, the use of triangulation technique by the Bombay Police to track Congress Radio and its location is discussed in great detail. My only wish is that Sara's conversation delivery methods had received the same level of consideration, making the two-hour viewing more tolerable.