Stop at this Traffic Signal

Yeah I am talking about the latest Madhur Bhandarkar movie “ Traffic Signal”. Given a choice I suggest you do not venture to the theater to watch this movie!

The movie is set in Mumbai with the traffic signal providing the perfect backdrop for events that unfold! Yeah that’s just about it. You expect anything more than that you would be disappointed. Myriad of characters with sad family backgrounds that led them to lead a life around the traffic signal. That’s describing the movie in a line. I can’t say more coz nothing else happens. You do not have a strong screenplay to support the movie. Btw you should appreciate Silsila(Kunal Khemu) for his performance! Konkona sen is totally wasted! Ranvir is just so poinless in the movie you wonder why he was even there in first place!The kids are a delight!

For one and half hours till the intermission the characters are just established. Ok you get the point, just move on! Then you expect something more from the movie and it lets you down. In fact the scene where the movie ended is a good place to have the intermission. A movie cannot sustain the interest of the viewers when there is no concrete plot to take it forward. Prostitutes, gigolos, pedophiles, extra marital affairs was shocking to Indian audiences when they saw page 3. Now they expect a little more than that in a movie. The movie would have been worth a watch if you remove half a dozen characters and introduced a plot instead! Reel life imitating real life is ok. We all love it and appreciate it. But we also need something more than that. Traffic Signal just disappoints !!!