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Contains moderate violence
Karan Razdan's Umar is a film with a poignant message at its heart: a reminder to the young to honour their elders and a warning to the elderly to protect their own interests in the face of their heartless offspring. Unfortunately, its all too serious issues regarding the plight of the elderly are lost in a nonsensical sub-plot of murder and revenge. Combined with maudlin dialogue, stilted performances and poor storytelling, Umar is almost unwatchable.
Iqbal (Kader Khan), Chandrakant (Prem Chopra) and Rajpal (Satish Kaushik) are senior citizens living in London who suffer abuse at the hands of their self-serving progeny. By comparison, Shashank (Jimmy Shergill), an orphan, treats them with the respect and love they deserve. When Shashank is framed for a murder he did not commit, the pensioners become fugitives as they fight to clear Shashank's name. .
"OVER EARNEST DIALOGUE"
As a theme, the abuse of the elderly lends itself well to the inherently maudlin and didactic nature of Indian cinema. However, the diabetes inducing sentiment of Umar is further marred by a lack of sophistication as the film frequently descends into farce. Starring veterans of Indian cinema and the otherwise accomplished Jimmy Shergill, the over earnest dialogue renders any hope of a natural performance futile. Umar might have fared better if the focus had remained on the core theme of elderly abuse, which offers some of the film's only redeeming sequences. Making a play for the emotional jugular, watching Umar represents an abuse of film lovers of all ages.
In Hindi.
