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The Tenant Review: Shamita Shetty’s tenant fails to buy space in the heart

By Shachi Chaturvedi

Director- Sushrut Jain

Cast- Shamita Shetty, Rudhraksh Jaiswal

Rating- 2/5

Synopsis

The entrance of an appealing cosmopolitan woman in a traditional Mumbai neighbourhood delights them. When a wide-eyed 13-year-old kid seeks a friendship with her, he discovers her dark background and is thrown headfirst into adulthood.

Review

The film begins with a 13-year-old boy named Bharat who is about to begin his summer holiday. The summer holiday becomes more exciting when a new tenant moves in and becomes friends with Bharat. This new renter is a 30-year-old woman with a troubled background.

Bharat begins hanging out with his new buddy, ostensibly named Meera and finds that she was a model whose MMS was leaked, and she is now attempting to rebuild her life. Bharat resolves to keep this truth hidden, but as a result of pressure, he eventually confesses it, and what follows next is for you to witness.

This film, while written with a great premise in mind, is a bit sloppy in execution. Unacceptable things have been served with the expectation that the audience will buy them.

The first thing that struck me is a 30-year-old girl inviting a 13-year-old youngster to her house party full of people drinking and smoking. She later gave the youngster the key to his residence.

There are so many problems that I’m not sure if there are loopholes in the film or there is a film in loopholes. How can a grown man ask a 13-year-old boy to support his ex after they’ve broken up?

Aside from that, the film attempts to demonstrate how a child raised in a patriarchal culture becomes a pain and how he is unable to allow the ladies of the house to enjoy themselves.

In terms of acting, Shamita, who plays Meera, performs a mediocre job. I believe it is not her fault, but rather the way the character was constructed. She just continues smoking things that don’t always appear desirable or necessary. Her dialogues are also fairly loosely crafted.

Coming to Rudhraksh Jaiswal, the youngster who plays Bharat, it appears that too much demand for fluency has made it difficult for the boy, and it appears that he has mugged up everything and is reciting what he has learned. The film doesn’t have many songs, but the background soundtrack is good.

Moving on to film editing, the film required extensive reworking. The discussions must be crisper, and the message must be delivered more effectively.

It’s something that comes at you with superstitious concepts and expects you to accept them without questioning, which is absurd.

Conclusion

It’s better to go and get some good fancy food instead of watching this film.

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