Saturday, 25 June 2022

Sridevi in Laadla: A Polarizing Performance


 

Sri in her fiercest yet most polarizing performance, Laadla

Some critics loved Sridevi's power act while others found it a pitch too high. You can scroll back in the archives of this blog and find a huge section of other actors and directors who found Sridevi beyond compare as the hardcore Sheetal. Then there's the sub section that found it repetitive, playing to the gallery... 

Either way, at least Sridevi made it memorable.  

The ending is beyond cringe catering to the mass audiences that preferred a subservient wife to a supercilious one. Had the film been made today, on OTT platforms, perhaps the ending would have been a more realistic one. But then, we don't go see Bollywood for realism, as much as to find escape from grim reality. 

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