Rashmi Rocket (2021)

No sports drama or a biopic, but a wonderfully orchestrated movie, towards a single theme of mental impact on women athletes. Won't be naming any actor, as it'll undermine the amazing performances by all the character actors, but kudos for the hard work, put by Taapsee Pannu. This story is worth watching. This story is worth to be felt by everyone.

Well directed Akarsh Khurana.

Fmovies: I heard a lot of bad reviews regarding this movie but the story or rather the incident which this movie is based on is relevant and important.

The supporting cast makes this movie worth watching: Supriya Pathak, Abhishek Bannerjee and Supriya Pilgaonkar. Stellar performances. Taapsee is just ok and needs to really focus on her acting skills. Her emotional dialogue delivery is horrible.

All in all, this movie is not as bad as the people are projecting it to be. The movie picks up the pace after 40 mins or so.

The topic that this film carries is extremely important and something that the world should witness regarding unfair gender testing in sports. However, you just cannot have a bold topic and call your film a masterpiece or even worth a watch. For that, the execution needs to be spot on too. This is where Rashmi Rocket fails.

It seems the film is more interested in getting to the main topic of the film and hence it fast forwards through most of Rashmi's race sequences. In one scene she overtakes Priyanshu Panyuli like an XLR8 or Flash just to justify the name "Rocket" and that is hilarious! The race sequences shown at asian games/state level races are so badly shot that even the commentary in the race seemed boring.

When the film comes to the main topic, it does rise up a bit, hence i give it 5 stars. But soon in the courtroom, what was supposed to be a serious topic being discussed, Abhishek Banerjee's character makes it look unintentionally funny and that is not right! Imagine PINK if Big B would have done some unintentionally funny acts in the court..would it seem nice? No na!

Overall, a stereotypical sports drama that takes that same age old route and uses the same old cliches to explain the events I mean C'mon I have seen this film "Sardar Udham" just see how Shoojit Sircar there takes a very different route to explain the life events of one man and not the typical way but Rashmi Rocket does take the typical old route hence it is an ordinary film with a bold topic.

Rashmi Rocket fmovies. Have a great story .bad execution leads to no where and it's like lead is jogging in the whole movie.also there is no expression it's like lead have just one face which is sad.

Props to writer who has written a good screenplay but that didn't do any justice since lead portrayal is expressionless .anyone can put makeup and look what they suppose to but it requires real actor to define that personality well here this was not the case lead could have been better.

There are a number of Hindi movies showing the rise of a sportsperson from hinterland India overcoming obstacles in his/ her path. This movie however has a twist which is new , that is the trauma and the stigma faced by a girl sprinter undergoing gender test after superlative performance on the field. (The rules by international Atheletic association state that if the testosterone level in a woman athelete is beyond a particular level in a blood test ,she has to be banned. Many female atheletes have faced this.) The storyline is about a girl ( Tapsee Pannu) who is a fast sprinter, nick named "rocket " In her childhood by her father. Nudged by her mother ( Supriya Pathak ) to enter in competitions, she is soon a champion sprinter of her area, and swiftly reaches the national level. Due to jealousy of her co competitor , bureaucratic politics and due to her winning three races, she soon finds herself being subjected to gender tests against her will. She is subsequently banned for failing gender tests. How she takes the bureaucracy to court, wins and springs back fighting against all odds forms the rest of the film. Additionally, her pregnancy proves her innocence for all to see.

The film remains absorbing due to a linear and naturally flowing narrative of Rashmi from her childhood, to a teenager and a married woman. Direction by Akarsh Khurana is admirable. The highlight is of course the acting of Tapsee and she does full justice to the character. She is ably supported by Supriya Pathak who is good as usual as the mother. Worth mentioning is an excellent contribution from Abhishek Banerjee as the lawyer who fights for Tapsee.