Hisaab Barabar

Hisaab Barabar, directed by Ashwini Dhir, revolves around an honest Ticket Collector (TC) working for the Indian Railways who sets out to expose a massive financial fraud by a banker. While the premise seems promising on paper, the execution falters. The film struggles to find a consistent tone, failing to strike a balance between being hard- hitting or a light satirical take. Though there are a few interesting scenes, they are quickly followed by sequences that feel nonsensical. The overuse of the phrase "Hisaab Barabar" by the lead and in the background score becomes repetitive and annoying, further diminishing the film's appeal.

OVERALL RATING

R. Madhavan delivers an earnest performance as the honest TC, but even his effort cannot salvage the film, especially with the overly dramatic monologues toward the end. Neil Nitin Mukesh, Kriti Kulhari, and Manu Rishi deliver okay performances at best in their poorly written characters. The heavy use of green screen in several scenes further derails the film making the film look amateurish and distracting from the narrative. Overall, Hisaab Barabar wastes its promising premise with inconsistent execution, weak writing, and a lack of focus, offering only a few noteworthy moments and a sincere effort from its lead.

OVERALL - 7/10.

Tone, Script & Story: A travelling ticket examiner who is good at accounts discovers fraudulent nature of a bank where bank loots public by taking miniscule amounts from accounts which are created in bank.

When I first find the trailer I expected more, I expected more from story may it be the exposure of crime, how it is brought to justice or may it be the love life involving Kriti. Also, the story takes time to get to the subject during its runtime.

Direction, Screenplay, Cinematography: The station, the account calculation, the neighbor's, the account holders, the bank, the residences, the office, etc has been captured well. It's the story which lacks. Music is below average. Acting is justified.

Final Verdict: The movie has been released on OTT. Do support it.

R. Madhavan's Hisaab Barabar falls short of expectations, delivering a story that feels overly simplistic despite an interesting premise. While the topic had potential, the execution lacked depth, with no intense drama or gripping moments to keep viewers hooked. The film suffers from a flat narrative and minimal emotional impact, making it feel more like a casual watch than a memorable experience. R. Madhavan sir, known for his exceptional performances in films like 3 Idiots, Rocketry, Saala Khadoos, and the web series like Breathe, couldn't elevate the lackluster storytelling in Hisaab Barabar. It's a one-time watch at best, deserving a 4/10 for effort but leaving much to be desired in terms of engagement and impact.

Hisaab Barabar movie has a simple story and has all the abilities to become an eye opener of the common man.

The movie script becomes loosened in following cases: 1. The hero character (Radhe) picks the oranges for Rs.100 from old lady and distributes them to train passengers and says 'Hisaab Barabar' (Account is settled). In this case, the account is settled between Radhe and old lady, but the account is not settled between Radhe and the passengers who took the oranges from him. Each orange may cost around Rs.10, but Radhe did not take that money from passengers.

2. In one scene, Radhe bathes his son. But the specs was still on his son's face during bathing. Nobody wears the specs while taking bath.

3. The character called Kuku Kejriwal openly holds a credit card to sell it to customers coming to the bank. None of the banks open any credit/debit cards before customers fills the application form for the card. Also, showing the credit/debit card in front of everybody is a security breach. This is not mentioned in the movie.

Other than these 3 points, the movie is great and the script is tight in every minute.

The performance of R. Madhavan is really great that too immediately after the character made in 'Shaitaan'. Coming out of that character and making a role of simple common man is impossible to any other actor.

Overall the movie is very close to real life and every citizen can get to know how his/her small amount and fraction amounts are stolen by banks.

A very beautiful and amazing concept lost in poor screenplay and story telling.

Execution, music, direction, editing and almost everything in the movie was supremely low standard. I watched it only because of R. Madhvan sir, he was terrific as always. But there was little to no requirement of a female lead, and their love angle was also unnecessary. The kid was also a miscasting, he did not act well nor he fitted in the screenplay well.

Negative roles: Manu rishi was amazing as always, but Neil was simply over acting, owner/chairman of a huge bank dancing on road, arguing with a comman man on the streets was just over the board.

All in all, a very satirical concept lost due to bad story writing, screenplay and bad direction.

Watch it once for the concept and acting of Madhvan Sir.