My Review of That Girl in Yellow Boots

                                PREDICTABLE BUT WORTH WATCHING!

Entering into a movie, which is produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap, you attain that inevitable feeling of expecting something different right from the first frame. The movie is yet another feather in the hat for Anurag Kashyap who yet again pushes the barriers of contemporary Indian cinema and delivers yet another dark and disturbing tale of a girl searching her lost father.

That girl in the Yellow Boots revolves around Ruth (Kalki Koechlin), an illegal UK immigrant, living in Mumbai. She does not wish to leave the city until she finds her lost father, Arjun Patel. She works in a obscure massage parlour to meet her ends meet and also does “handshakes” to earn that extra bit of income. Having a dreadful drug addict as her boyfriend, her life is nothing but sorrowful and pitiable to say the least. How does Ruth overcome all the obstacles in her life and manage to find her father forms the rest of this 100 minute, dark cinema.

Casting is a major plus point of That Girl in Yellow Boots. Kalki as Ruth is the soul of That Girl in Yellow Boots. Her acting skills has improved by leaps and bounds, when compared to Shaitan. The movie also shows the dark side of India’s financial hub, Mumbai, where people are always trying to exploit a person’s weakness at any given instance. The other notable performance comes from Naseeruddin Shah, a loyal and caring customer of Ruth. All the other characters such as the owner of the massage parlour and Ruth’s boyfriend also deliver a commendable performance.

However, Ruth’s confrontation with the local, Telugu-speaking goons acts as a major drawback to the movie. Chitiappa as his associates do not bring anything to the movie other than prolong it by twenty minutes. With their broken English, they are infused into the screenplay just to provide some relaxation to the audience.

Despite its minor hiccups, That Girl in Yellow Boots will not disappoint people who are looking for a new kind of movie experience. Go watch it for Ruth and to encourage film makers like Anurag Kashyap who dare to take the less trodden path!