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‘Crew’ movie review: The charming trio of Tabu, Kareena, and Kriti keeps this airy caper afloat

‘Crew’ movie review: The charming trio of Tabu, Kareena, and Kriti keeps this airy caper afloat

The Hindu
Friday, March 29, 2024 9:54 AM GMT

Crew, a light-hearted entertainer with a strong female cast, blends humor and glamour in a heist plot.

Coming from the makers of Veere Di Wedding, Crew carries forward the idea of three strong women having fun with some smart editing and a loopy background score keeping the interest in the gossamer script.

It belongs to a variety of feel-good cinema where characters exude lip-smacking affluence even in distress. Riding on the casting coup of the year, director Rajesh Krishnan burnishes the shenanigans of the upper middle class to fuel the aspiration of the Instagram generation with manicured emotions. Alternating between risky and risqué, the light-weight entertainer is keen on showcasing that new-age women can wine and whine as much as rich boys. After a series of air adventures that were high on testosterone, this time it is the girls who are dressed up to steal the show.

Three air hostesses, Geeta (Tabu), Jasmine (Kareena Kapoor and Divya (Kriti Sanon), who run their respective houses get caught in a web of circumstances where the line between need and greed gets blurred.

Based on the sudden derailment of a popular airline, the writers have imagined a wicked cause and effect. Driven by need and greed, the crew of three descend to plot a heist when a pot of gold falls into their lap by chance.

The idea of conning the conman is delicious and there are spurts of clever imagination but the writers, Nidhi Mehra and Mehul Suri depend a little too much on the brilliance of Tabu, Kareena and Kriti to create magic out of glib talk. The film addresses the audience like the men in the film who lose their ability to think once the protagonists reveal their assets. The snide remarks that Tabu and Kareena make about their age connect well but overall their talent deserves a more well-rounded script.

Striking an easy bond right from the take-off, the three have imbued the characters with sass and snark but can’t hide the inherent frivolity of the screenplay with blinding glamour and acting chops. We know increasing the resolution of an image doesn’t increase its quality. After a point, the writing becomes as bland and self-aware as the chore of asking food choices of the passengers on the flight, something the writers have themselves used to generate situational humour. The desperation to evoke humour is so obvious that you can see the underlined portions in the script on the screen where Krishnan wants laughter or a grin.

So we keep praising Tabu’s comic timing and ability to cast a spell when she explains a trite situation like the drill of explaining security instructions to her husband played by Kapil Sharma. Kriti’s natural flair for drama is admirable but the tour de force of this flight is Kareena Kapoor who is in tremendous form, literally and figuratively. Even in the high-pitched atmosphere, the three could generate moments of concern for the characters.

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