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‘Queen’ review: Kangana Ranaut is the ‘Queen’ of hearts

Movie review, queen: kangana ranaut revels in her solidly-written role, and delivers a first rate, heart-felt performance..

Movie Review: Queen

Star Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao; Lisa Haydon

Director: Vikas Bahl

Stop press: I have just seen an honest-to-goodness, full-fledged, full-bodied film. A FILM, hear me? Not an American sit com masquerading as one, or yet another meaningless 70s masala remake. ‘Queen’ is a significant Bollywood marker, a film that is intensely local and gloriously global, with a terrific lead performance by Kangana Ranaut, in a story that bubbles over with real feeling and meaning.

Rani (Kangana Ranaut) is dumped just a day before her wedding by her fiance Vijay (Rajkumar Rao). Devastated, she decides to flee, because staying home to lick her wounds is not an option. So, she finds herself in Paris, and the journey she embarks on makes ‘Queen’ the kind of coming- of-age, discovery-of-self tale that Bollywood usually doesn’t touch with a bargepole. Because women-centric films don’t do well, do they? This is where Phantom Productions, which has made this ( their first was ‘Lootera’), has stepped in. (See Pics: Kangana’s last minute promotions )

It starts with a loud Punjabi wedding, and you enter the film, mildly diverted by Rani’s loud Punjabi family, doing ‘giddha-shiddha’, ‘mehendi-shendi’, but not before you’ve had time to register that the Rajouri Garden ‘mithai’-shop-owning middle-class-ness of the Mehras is just right. And that Mummyji, Daddyji, the plump ‘chota bhai’, and Dadiji are all pitch perfect.

Big Punjabi weddings and Bollywood have had a long relationship, but where ‘ Queen ‘, both the girl and the film, start coming into their own, is when Rani is left to fend for herself, first in Paris, and then Amsterdam. A lone Indian girl, a ‘behenji’ with a ‘desi ghee tadka’, would usually fumble her way across crowded streets and annoyed pedestrians and find herself in a handsome stranger’s arms, sing a few songs, do a few ‘nakhras’ and gratefully accept ‘mandap’ and ‘mangalsutra’.

But not Rani aka Queen. She does make silly touristy mistakes, nearly gets mugged but doesn’t let it get to her, and discovers she has a spine after all. Lucking into a long-legged hotel maid Vijay Lakshmi (Lisa Haydon) is the first departure from standard Bollywood practice: this other Vijay takes Rani under her wing, drags her into a store with lovely Parisian clothes (these Paris maids are not just drop dead sexy, and enjoy their libido, they can afford all those designer threads?), and generally hand-holds Rani for an enjoyable spell.

Bahl’s second directorial venture is a delight: his first, ‘Chillar Party’, had some spark, but nothing prepared me for this. The story, which could easily have slipped into mush, stays free of drippy sentimentality, barring one or two raised-violin scenes. Rani is given interesting companions: in Amsterdam, she is handed a multi-cultural trio, a vertically challenged Japanese, a black Frenchman, and a good looking Spaniard, as well as a dishy Italian. Again, this could have turned into a clichéd international-accented soup, but despite a couple of exaggerated mis-steps, it stays grounded. And Rani is well on her way to learning the meaning of friendship and freedom in a land far away from home, where girls have to live with the word ‘allowed’ .

Kangana Ranaut revels in her solidly-written role, and delivers a first rate, heart-felt performance. There are only a couple of slips (in one, she pronounces the word ‘fiance’ perfectly, all rounded vowels: given her Rajouriness, this should have been a straight opening of mouth). I was also quite taken aback by the speed with which she junks her ‘chatak’ Lajpat Nagar ‘kurti’ look and adopts pastel, understated dresses. But no matter, I found myself watching Kangana Ranaut much more than her clothes. Her mobile face has sensibly been kept free from pancake, and more than anything else, Ranaut comes off believable: she does hurt like no other Bollywood heroine currently can.

Lisa Haydon nearly walks off with the film in her small role. She doesn’t place a single foot wrong as she strides long and smooth next to the diminutive Kangana. She left me asking for more. And the bunch of ‘foreigners’ that Rani raps with in Amsterdam are all well drawn, and what is even better, nicely rounded. The one part I didn’t feel as convinced about was Rao’s: he is made to whine and mumble altogether too much, as he makes his way through the film in uneasy fits and starts.

But that’s all right because this film isn’t about him. It’s about, hallelujah, her. It’s probably quite deliberate that Lisa Haydon’s name is also Vijay. And Ranaut is Rani, Queen of Hearts.

You go, girl.

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Movie Review : ‘Queen’

Rarely do Indian filmmakers make women centric films. And even if they do, the depiction doesn’t rise above women as either sympathetic characters or contrastingly, femme fatales. In rarest of rare cases, women are celebrated. Queen is one such rare film. Not only does it celebrates womanhood, but also shows a middle finger to Indian men, most of whom are neck deep in their chauvinistic, domineering spirit towards women.

Profusely entertaining and profoundly meaningful, Queen is coming of age tale of a woman [Rani/Queen] who goes through a journey of self-discovery, self-awakening and most importantly, in the course of that journey, she finds her self-identity. An identity that isn’t dependent on what her to-be husband wants her to do or wishes her to be. That woman, a simpleton middle class girl of Rajauri, is played by Kangana Ranuat in a tour de force performance that exudes warmth, charm and hilarity in equal measures. A performance so richly nuanced that she is pitch-perfect in everything she does; be it in her body language, her accent or even her tiniest expressions. Watch her dance after a drinking binge and you will know what I am talking about. A performance, which is so phenomenally brilliant that it should fetch her National Award for Best Actress (she deserves nothing less).

To regard Queen as just a little comedy would be grossly undermining its nuanced brilliance. Within all its glorious simplicity, lies a incisive, scathing commentary on the mindset of countless Indian men who think their wives to be their property instead of partner. But that’s not all what the film is about. It’s also about friendship, which knows no boundaries and can happen anywhere, with anyone irrespective of the differences we might share. One of the other great aspects of the film that I extremely liked was how subtly it encourages racial equality. But within all the well-intentioned ideas, lies a story full of adventure and compassion that is immensely entertaining to watch.

Fascination and fetish of Indians of grand weddings and honeymoons are well known and that’s what director cleverly utilizes as his premise. An incomplete honeymoon that needs to be completed; with or without the husband. And he couldn’t have chosen two better cities than Paris and Amsterdam. Paris is an epitome of a city where beauty and chaos go hand in hand. Amsterdam, sex capital of the world, serves well for the awakening of Rani, sexual or not, hardly matters.

In the end, Queen is a film that again proves that the first step towards making a great film is to have well-written and refined screenplay. And to top it up, if you have someone giving as good performance as Kangana does in the film, you are in the striking distance of an exceptional film. You only have to give it finishing touches, which in this case, director Vikas Bahl does. And that too, with unparalleled perfection. If at all, I have any qualms with the film, it’s not within the film itself, but rather its title. An english title like “Queen” which hints at royalty doesn’t do justice to a grounded, endearing, very “un-queenly” character like Rani. A minor quibble, I would say, which shouldn’t stop you from watching this true gem of a film.

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Queen Review

Star cast:  Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon

Director:  Vikas Bahl

What’s Good:  The story remains simple and serene and yet transforms into something so cataclysmic with few words and zero melodrama.

What’s Bad:  Zero screenplay. The film is beaded up of its moments and thus in its slack spells, it droops really dull.

Loo break:  Hold on. This is worth giving the loo a miss.

Watch or Not?:  Have you ever watched a film that has you smile all through its run time, even when a silent tear drops down your face? Queen does that for me. Vikas Bahl eloquently traps the gradual transformation of Rani’s middle class terminology into a self assured laconic  ‘thank you’. It could have been very forgettable and limp but Kangana’s poise pulls through the film marvellously. Queen is a winner and does it all in a regal style almost to give most film lovers a cinematic orgasm of sorts. Savor this one!

Rani (Kangana Ranaut) is a young Delhi girl who is the brink of getting married in 3 days. The movie opens with her mehendi ceremony following which her London returned fiance Vijay (Rajkumar Rao) calls off the wedding. Initially dumbfounded and heartbroken, Rani goes on her pre-booked honeymoon to Paris and Amsterdam, all by herself. Initially out of place and puzzled, Rani begins a journey towards self discovery and eventual self confidence that years of being under restrained atmosphere had eroded. Her wild escapades to happy memories to newer learnings, join in Rani’s journey towards finding absolute, undiluted and independent happiness.

Queen Review: Script Analysis

There isn’t much of a script in terms of storyline. If Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth wasn’t as hittingly structured, it would have been Queen . By that I don’t mean to downplay either, but merely cite differences in terms of storytelling. While Bhatt had involved himself in a social commentary.of the chauvinistic realm of thinking, Bahl maintains his focus at the self evolution of a person who has a beaten self confidence, abandoned a day before the wedding by his long time fiance. She has ingrained in her the standard middle class sensibilities that she has been socialized to believe are the norm unquestioningly. She is no rebel and has no qualms about not being one. And yet when she suffers from a seething heartbreak, she goes alone on her pre-booked honeymoon. It might sound implausible to most, but perhaps that’s what Bahl is intending to convey. Our Indian mindset is instrumental in making us fall in the idea of love more than the object of affection. And it is a perennial problem that Queen subtly brings out. Rani is so much in love with the idea of her honeymoon that she embarks on it alone even when the girl can barely cross a road alone.

The story opens with a wedding ceremony and an adorable bride you’ll take an instant liking to. There is an immense delight factor in how the script is written. It is relatively plain and without the superfluous airs (read melodrama) you would expect. Just as you begin to pity her, the story ups itself for the better losing itself in the bylanes of Paris and Amsterdam , with Kangana’s rolling eyes doing more of the talking than her. The girl’s childlike innocence is hard to miss as there is more of care than judgement in the way she advises her new found friend about not indulging in casual sex or as she compliments a stripper on how well she dances. Even the silent dinner she eats all by herself, with the eye popping out, off the fish, is metaphorical in its tone.

But the entrancing moments are when Kangana vents herself out after bearing through a hard night, under the spell of alcohol. The intoxication makes her bold and she manages to exhibit more hues of her real self than her silently restrained atmosphere back home had allowed her in her entire life. It is from that wild beginning that Rani begins her journey towards self analysis and eventual learning. I am glad the writers did not dilute the story with a sappy and predictable romance angle and kept it sweet in just the correct measure.

And ofcourse, when it comes to how the story ends, I don’t think there could have been a more befitting climax written for a film of this expression. Rani attains an eventual carte blanch of sorts and yet is it less emphatic and more reinvigorating to see the final canter.

Queen Review: Star Performances

Kangana Ranaut delivers a performance that marks her lightyears ahead of any of her contemporaries. She conveys most through her pitch-perfect body language. The surprises and the shocks, the ecstasy and the confidence is all brought out by her non verbal mannerisms. It boasts of quite a caliber when an actor says more by her silence than by her dialogues. And even in her dialogues she gets the right tonality for it all. ‘ Queen ‘ might be the birth of a legend and thank God for that!

Lisa Hayden is breathtakingly gorgeous and just as good an actor expressing with a natural flair all that she has been entrusted with.

The other actors are all superbly cast and they all play a significant role in making the film’s intensity as well as the look and feel elevate.

Queen Review: Direction, Editing and Screenplay

Words will fall short if you have to praise Vikas Bahl’s work here. If Kangana was exemplary, a large part of the success of it can be attributed to Bahl. He had done the detailing of the film with a hawk like precision. I won’t be surprised if the director had already painted in his head the image of how he will pursue every scene and every slide in the film. The technical work is rehearsed and Kangana gets her gusty impromptu nature to keep it all refreshing. The film’s pace is slow and yet not dull. And despite following a non linear track of storytelling, basing the film solely on its vivacious moments, Bahl risks not following the easier route out here and yet makes this work magically. In many aspects Queen is a director’s product.

The one memorable scene that I will quote for a long time now is when Kangana’s roomates play her mehendi’s ‘ London Thumakda ‘ video and her face drops down. Her friends understand her pain and yet when she looks up an energetic Taka is trying to cheer her up. Taka is a survivor of the Tsunami that wiped out his entire life. In that one moment, Kangana’s look changed perhaps with the feeling that her pain is nothing compared to his.

For multiple such scenes, the film is brilliant. Amit Trivedi’s unmatchable music is as much a part of the story as Kangana highlighting her moods rightly. Though I wish the editing was tauter but the film still scores by achieving all it had intended to and perhaps much more.

Queen Review: The Last Word

‘ Queen ‘ is easily one of the most accomplished films made in a long time. The skillful direction of Vikas and Kangana’s easy virtuoso makes this one an indulgent affair. For the constant smile that it left on my face, the hiccups were all forgettable. I am going with 4/5 and recommend you don’t it for the world. Scores above Bravura!

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• Trivia Vikas Bahl said, that they didn't have the budget to shoot elaborate sequences or stay put at one location for long. "We were just 25 people from India for the shoot. We would book a place for a couple of hours, then rush to another location. We would eat at the nearest hotel where we were shooting, and at times Kangana would change her clothes in public toilets! We shot in about 145 locations in 40 days."
• Goofs Towards the end, when Rani calls up her mother to get the English name for 'Heeng'/asafoetida, it is shown that her parents (and everyone else) is fast asleep in New Delhi and it is the middle of the night. While it is apparently morning/ mid-afternoon in Amsterdam when Rani is off to cook her 'golgappas', how can it be the middle of the night in Delhi? The two cities are at a time difference of only 3 hours( or 4 hrs in winter due to DST).

Marcello : Indian cook best, but Italian kiss best. Best, best, best.

Rani : [in Hindi] Indians are best at everything. Pick out any Emraan Hashmi film, you'll find the best kissing.

Marcello : Indians best kissing? Show. Prove it!

Rani : [Confused] Kiss? Lip-to-lip kiss?

Marcello : Yes, lip-to-lip. What did you think? Knee to knee? Your friends can wait outside. India can wait. I am a very gentle man. When I saw you in the restaurant for the first time...

[Marcello's speech fades into the background as Rani practices puckering her lips. She spins around and silences him with a passionate kiss]

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Queen Reviews

Queen is a rare Bollywood gem that captivates interest right from the get-go while simultaneously imparting really significant messages.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 25, 2023

No modern Bollywood film has encapsulated that feeling of a much-needed breather of fresh air, or resonated as widely and deeply with Indians everywhere quite like Queen.

Full Review | Oct 27, 2020

It is Ranaut's ownership of the character, as well as director Bahl's conscious attempt at a subtle, screwball comedy that makes Queen soar.

Full Review | Jun 6, 2017

Kangana Ranaut's performance is outstanding.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 13, 2015

Director Vikas Bahl (Chillar Party) has crafted one of the better coming-of-age tales in recent times.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 13, 2015

Kangana Ranaut as Rani, in a role of a lifetime, makes Queen an absolutely delightful journey. She wins us over first with innocence, small-town charm, vulnerability, spirit, strength, warmth and her gradual confidence.

Full Review | Apr 13, 2015

Simplistic? Undemanding? Perhaps. But ultimately it is immensely warm and winsome, pressing just the right emotional buttons.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 13, 2015

Bahl's second directorial venture is a delight: his first, Chillar Party, had some spark, but nothing prepared me for this.

It's Kangana's film from frame one. The way she flits from one aspect of her character to another without breaking stride shows her maturity as an actor.

Queen is spicy, balmy and uplifting.

The first half of the film is especially boring and full of stereotypes.

It is charming and at times unexpectedly moving ...

Full Review | Mar 24, 2014