Naal 2 (2023) :
Brief Review -
Tries its best to be a great follow-up to a classic film and almost climbs the tough mountain. It is very difficult and almost impossible to make a sequel to Yenkatti's classic family drama, "Naal" (2018). I was in love with his storytelling and vision after watching Naal. I learned how mature he was as a director and how mature a family story can be in Marathi cinema, and that too, from the mindset of an immature character-a little boy. We have all heard about Lord Krishna's story-how he had two parents, one biological and one parental. Naal's story was inspired by it, and definitely many would have thought about it, just like I did. The question was: how can someone take this story forward since the maternal issue was solved after all? Yenkatti had another idea, again concerned about blood relationships, but this time around siblings. Chaitu wants to befriend his younger sister, who is too little to understand these things. She only loves her other brother, who lives with them and is abnormal too. Simultaneously, we have another brother-sister's story circulating among adults. The idea was a bit predictable, as we see immature characters teaching mature characters about siblings' bonds and responsibilities. Apparently, it's true too. It happens in our society. Property issues are so common, and Yenkatti chose an easy task to handle here. The difficult thing was to set the plot for children, and he almost made it happen. The slow motion scenes, cinematography, cuteness of those children, and conversions between adults-all these things are so good, so organic, so subtle, and so wow. Naal 2 almost goes to touch the classic tag, like its predecessor, which was impossible, and suddenly falls a step below with the dramatic climax. Things get too predictable and assurable in the last 15 minutes. Maybe it was my mistake that I was expecting it to be too intellectual and deep, but it was practically impossible with the characters the film was dealing with. Nevertheless, a fantastic sequel.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
