‘The Vvaan: Force of the Forest’ movie review: Sidharth Malhotra slogs in a lopsided eco-thriller
The review critiques 'The Vvaan: Force of the Forest,' an eco-thriller starring Sidharth Malhotra, for its uneven execution and reliance on melodramatic television tropes. While the film attempts to address the conflict between modernization and ecological preservation, the reviewer finds the storytelling lacks the depth of the director's previous work.
Why it matters
It highlights the challenges of blending serious environmental themes with mass-market entertainment in the Indian film industry.
What happens when the custodians of ecological preservation form a corrupt alliance with political forces in the name of progress? Arunabh Kumar and Ekta Kapoor combine to present the dialectic between ecological conservation and modernisation, wrapped in a glossy, high-pitched divine intervention, for a mass audience that, these days, looks South for grand mytho-mystical experiences.
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