‘Dhadak 2’ Movie Review: Siddhanta Chaturvedi, Tripatiti Dimri star ‘Parum Perumal’ at a time but in prosecution edition

It is charming that, in the Pan-Indian Wave, at one time, a socially conscious story of the South also descends on the shores of Bollywood. In Dhadak 2, Remake of Tamil film Perumal, Where caste becomes a villain in a young romance, Debut director Shazia Iqbal has struggled to balance the voice of the origin and to balance the religion polish for a social reality that has been out of the course mainly for Bollywood’s older people.

The result is a mixed bag. While it is brave for Bollywood standards, fails to provide a living experience in storytelling and becomes a kind of interpreter on how to live for Dalits Kuch kuch hai hai audience.

This reminds me of the loss of generation between Nagaj Manjule Sabit And of religion BeatingDirected by Shashank Khith. The implanted heart pumps equal amounts of blood, but its heartbeat, BeatingLooks a little mute and a little wrong. Beating The original Marathi source romance was rejuvenated, playing an important role with music and atmosphere, but the caste angle was fully compromised. Here, the spiritual sequel does not clearly shake romance for caste struggle out to handle the senses.

Set in a place that is present between bookolic and cruel, Mari Selvaraj film had a poetic, dream quality, stating how the dangerous caste discrimination in the society takes a young romance, where the girl takes the first step. His ignorance about social realities and stigma that his Dalit lover worked as he is present in the era of innocence. She becomes a metaphor to reach a part of society that feels that everything is fine. Psychiatrist ThahaThe gene that serves himself to maintain the purity of the pool was deployed as an old order that refuses to change with time and attacks.

Shazia has retained all elements of origin; However, the subject loses the ether layer between romance and reality during travel to the urban miles from the villager. It becomes a relatively straightforward story that addresses many issues, but fails to create an emotional effect. It works mechanically, a character like Rohit Vamullah is posted here, a small lecture on the idea of respect, and a paragraph on the identity in the middle. Typically, the music fills the gap, but the score here is very low.

More importantly, here, the girl’s ignorance does not translate into innocence, and in fact, it gets upset after a point. Shazia, who first directed the powerful InnocentA law student, whose name “Niyam” or “Sanskar,” means a voice, wants to give Vidhi (Tripti). The Vidhi wants to indulge in the fire rapidly, but ignore patriarchy and ignores the smell of the pride of the caste floating around her living place.

Still from ‘Dhadak 2’. , Photo Credit: Zee Studio/YouTube

In the early days of the film, she tells Nilesh (Siddhant Chaturvedi) how she removed the toxic manhood of her previous lover, but does not try to understand if her beloved’s humility is the result of her social status. When she throws herself in her arms, she does not hold her because untouchability of centuries freeze her hands. There is a lot of unused ability between the lines that do not translate. She takes the entire film to realize that her cousin opposition to her friendship with Nilesh is due to her caste.

The problem increases because the Tripti overdose her character-defined characteristic, which is probably ‘bubbly’, and fails to explain what is not on paper. As an atmosphere, the Law College is similar to a small branch of educational institutions seen in the Dharma Brahm in the past, where the shapes of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act 2015 are never discussed, testing in a police station alone.

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Surprisingly, Nilesh never appoints the tool that her mother, who understands the political resistance, wanted her to become an Ambedkar and remove everyday discrimination. When the teacher targets him to be from ‘Kota’, Nilesh does not increase the issue even to a well -meaning Muslim principal (Zakir Hussain), which also comes from a backward part of his community. When a worker senior asked him to join the mission, Nilesh says he does not want to enter politics and he does not see a pen as a sword. However, when the push comes in a hut, the film forgets that in the Dalit movement, the pen still holds the value. Even Vidhi’s father is afraid that he may book him, but Shazia did not give this option to Nilesh.

Of course, a social contract is as good as it binds those people, but the process of perimeter and resistance in society is much more layered than the depiction of the film. Harish Khanna, as the father of the girl’s lawyer, expresses this complexity and helplessness well. I wish he had been given a better character arc. The Siddhant gives an honest performance as a boy who struggles between his ambition and his identity, and Saurabh Sachdeva, as a psychiatry who considers himself a divine-directed alertness to maintain the order of the caste, once again gains excellence in his share. The second part of the second half attracts the attention of the audience because the ambition finally fulfills the expression. Nevertheless, overall, it remains a film that highlights many issues, but does not create a compelling story around them.

Dhadak 2 is currently running in theaters

Published – 01 August, 2025 04:10 pm IST