I Want To Talk Movie Review: A genuinely healing, heart stringing tale of survival that finds Abhishek Bachchan in top form

I Want To Talk Movie Review

The ‘Anand’ of surviving and fighting cancer with multiple surgeries?!!, Shoojit Sircar has this time taken a tough challenge in hands with ‘I Want To Talk’. Those who have gone through the medical system for themselves or for their dear ones will relate with the medical procedures, the atmosphere of the hospital, the conversations between doctors/expert surgeon and the patient. Shoojit goes with details as we observe the protagonist – Arjun a stubborn and at times arrogant Bengali marketing expert who says, “there is nothing like average’ and believes in either convincing or confusing the person in his argument developing a super strong will to survive to live.

Coined with heart touching father daughter relationship – ‘Piku’ with a twist, and twined with a rare inspiring brotherhood between the expert surgeon played by Jayant Kriplani and the patient Arjun (Abhishek Bachchan), ‘I Want To Talk’ if was in wrong hands could have been simply an ‘average’ tale of survival.

But Shoojit Sircar and his writer Ritesh Shah (who has written Pink for Shoojit) make ‘I Want To Talk’ a story of a specific, determined, a bit erratic, flawed, but fascinating human being.

The first half goes in establishment, after a while the board outline of the narrative moves as expected but at a leisurely pace, what makes ‘I Want To Talk’ different are the moments, treatment and light/sly humour on the medical system. The pleasant sarcasm on life, threat of a deadly disease like cancer and the attitude of the protagonist makes it unique.

At times you question Arjun’s fascination towards surgery, in fact gets nick named as ‘Surgery Sen’ but at the same time you clap for his undying spirit and during the end reels you cheer him. Savor him and remember him.

Performances

Abhishek Bachchan is class apart. Giving tough competition to his career best ‘Guru’ (for me) Abhishek has bettered himself. Simply brilliant.

Ahilya Bamroo as the daughter is outstanding.

Jayant Kriplani as the expert surgeon is fabulous.

Johny Lever provides smiles but his role is very less.

Technicalities

Fantastic production values. Cinematography by Avik Mukhopadhyay is excellent. Editing by Chandrashekhar Prajapati is fine. Music score by George Joseph goes with the film. Songs by Taba Chake sound good when one is watching the film.

I Want To Talk movie review – final words

Certainly not that ‘average’ stuff designed primarily to make money. ‘I Want To Talk’ is a cinema that has a voice and wants to speak, has an opinion, it may not be perfect but it has that rare capacity to heal, touch your heart and ask you to breathe fresh. Pls don’t miss the beginning.

Going with a well earned four stars

‘I Want To Talk’ is running in theatres from November, 22, 2024.