WELL DONE Abba is a story of a driver in Mumbai, Armaan Ali (Boman Irani), who takes a month’s leave from work in order to seek a matrimonial alliance for his daughter Muskaan (Minissha Lamba). Armaan heads towards his village near Hyderabad and gets embroiled in the problems faced by this weary village struck by water scarcity. It is a narration by a driver to his boss on how his turning into an activist delayed his return to work.
Once again the pioneer of hindi parallel cinema Shyam Benegal has dished out a film full of irony, satire and rebuked the dynamics on which the government machinery moves. It seems to have unmasked the reality of the campaigns launched by political bygones like ‘Aam Admi’ and ‘India shinning’.
The film tells us how, Armaan, who is courageous enough to quench the thirst of a village after reading a government scheme about getting a loan to dig a well. But in a bid to quench the thirst of the government bureaucrats he is left with little to offer to his fellow villagers.
This piece of parallel cinema is a sheer delight with lot of substance in its script. The plot and narration is forceful enough to hit a chord with the audience. The music has been composed keeping in mind the theme by Shantanu Moitra which has a tone of folk music. A double act by Boman Irani needs a special mention and is something to watch for in the film. While Ila Arun , Minissha and others are an icing on the cake to make this film a total entertain package, which also has a strong message .
So, it is bundle of satire, ridicule and irony wrapped up intelligently with loads of humour only to make the audience say WELL DONE BENEGAL!
Courtesy: Merinews
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