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Starring: Eesha
Koppikhar, Manish Wadhwan, Pradeep Rawat, Raj Arjun,
Zakir Hussain
Direction: Lalit Marathe
Shabri is the story of how a simple woman from a
Mumbai slum ends up threatening the biggest corridors of
power in the matka gambling underworld of the city. It
is a story of survival, dignity, determination and human
triumph in the face of impossible odds.
Shabri (Eesha Koppikar) works in a flour mill to support
her alcoholic father, a mother and a younger brother
Bandya who is mixing with the local good-for-nothings.
The neighborhood is teeming with young jobless desperate
boys whose heroes are the local matka gambling den
operators. Bandya looks up to Murad who runs a matka
den.
Murad, with help from his
partner Vilas, flees the city with Shabri. But
Rajdharbhau closes in on the two.
Hounded by cops as well as the matka kingpins, the
vengeful Shabri has only one mission in life now, to get
even with Rajdharbhau the man who took away all that she
ever had.
Eesha Koppikar delivers a striking performance has
worked hard and makes you sit up and take note of her
performance as a vengeful, fiery slum girl. Her make-up
was so convincing that security and producers wouldn't
let her enter the set, as they didn't recognize her.
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Murad (Raj Arjun) has a
soft corner for both Shabri and Bandya. Murad who has
himself being sucked into the black hole of survival
that the neighborhood breeds, does not want Bandya to
meet the same fate. He wishes him to study, get a degree
and wriggle out of the cursed place. He helps Bandya
with money time and again and inspires him of a world
beyond.
Shabri's life takes a turn when the dreaded Police
Inspector Khare rounds off the innocent Bandya alongwith
other unruly boys from the neighborhood. Bandya succumbs
to police torture and the impassioned Shabri ends up
violating the law.
Murad, Shabri's only hope
discovers how hopelessly incapable he is of helping her
in her dire need. His desperation lands him in further
trouble as he ends up killing his immediate boss Kisnya,
the brother of city Matka don Rajdharbhau (Pradeep Rawat).
Raj Arjun is a talented
actor, while its Pradeep Rawat again who striked terror
every time he appears on screen.
Award winning director Lalit Marathe has created many
engrossing moments, particularly in the first half. But
as the film progresses into the second half, as is usual
with our bollywood directors, the narrative drags and
the story seems to lead nowhere.
- PAW
Cast:
Eesha Koppikhar - Shabri
Manish Wadhwan - Vilas
Pradeep Rawat - Rajdhar Babu
Raj Arjun - Murad
Zakir Hussain - Inspector Qazi
Datta Sonawane - Inspector Khare
Neeraj Kumar - Kisnya
Kishore Nandlaskar - Shabri's Father
Ragesh Asthana
Credits & Crew:
Banner – Factory, Ramgopal Productions, Reliance
Entertainment
Producer - Ram Gopal Varma
Executive Producer - Anku Pande
Director - Lalit Marathe
Story, Screenplay, Dialogue - Lalit Marathe
Background Music - Raju Singh
Cinematography - Amit Roy
Action - Parvez Khan
Editor - Avinash Waizade
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