Maa Review

om is a film co-written and directed by Ravi Udaywar. After seeing the trailer for the film, I was quite intrigues to watch it. But after finally watching the film I can safely say that this is one of the best performances Sridevi has given to date Plot: Devki and her family fight for justice when her daughter Arya gets raped.

Story and direction: The film has a subject that has been dealt in one of the films earlier this year. But this film is much darker and realistic as compared to the other film. Here many more issues are dealt with. The 'step' angle that was introduced in this film was shown quite nicely here. The hatred when we feel that someone tries to take some other person's place is realistically shown. Then we have the Delhi school environment that was shown so correctly. Also, I liked the name the writers chose for the protagonist: 'Devki'. This word promotes motherhood in the best way possible. This film also went on to show that no matter it's your own child or someone else's, a mother is a mother. The cinematography deserves a lot of praise. I liked the way how realistic Delhi and the snowy place was filmed. Some of the faults I felt was of the structure in the way the film was built. The structure felt quite guessable. Also I felt the ending was a bit abrupt.

Performances: Sridevi gave her career best performance in this film. I was highly impressed by her giving that I didn't like her in her previous ventures. Akshaye Khanna was also great and I consider him quite an underrated actor. Nawazuddin Siddhiqui was also good and his get up was quite awesome, Adnan Siddhiqui and Sajal Ali were good too. The rest of the supporting cast was great too.

Music: A R Rahman, I would say did a fair job in the film. It's not one of his best works but still its good. The background score had many repetitions and singing voices which irritates you. 'O Sona Tere liye' was a hummable track of this film.

Favorite Scene: The scene where Devki sees Arya in the hospital. I literally had chills in that scene. And the way Sridevi emoted was spectacular.

Verdict: Not one of the greatest films of all time, but the film is a very good watch. I had a nice time watching this film. Watch it for Sridevi's performance.

I am going with an 8/10.