Ludo Movie Review is about several stories with different characters which develop together to cross paths at the end. The centre of the story is a dreaded criminal, Sattu Bhaiya. Ludo is a mixture of stories, characters and genres and starts with the murder of a criminal Sattu Bhaiya played by Pankaj Tripathi.
Next, we see an ex-criminal Bittu played by Abhishek Bachchan released from jail only to realize that his little daughter and wife have moved on in life. At the same time, we observe Pinky’s husband has been accused of murder and Pinky featuring Fatima Sana Shaikh goes to Alu or Alok played by Rajkummar Rao to help her bail out her husband.
In another story, we see that an unlucky salesman Rahul played by Rohit Saraf and a nurse who is continuously tortured at work Sheeja played by Pearle Maney follow their daily routine without knowing that their lives will take a completely different turn. Ludo has an interesting premise in the beginning. The opening track is catchy and the start is good and the ultimate build-up sets the tone of the story.
The story moves at an unenergetic pace with a narrator played by Anurag Basu who makes an appearance to stitch everything together and analyze morality and the fight between what is the constituent of virtues and sins. The cinematic treatment has some trademark Basu style like the play of shadow and light for setting up the visual tone and the use of blues and reds as the cinematography is done by Anurag Basu.
The movie has a lot of dark comedy, a budding sweet romance and a variety of characters thrown in the middle of the story accidentally. The soundtrack and background score by Pritam take the proceedings to a greater level. The multiple star cast delivers some wonderful performances. Pankaj Tripathi is very good and it can be seen that he had enjoyed playing a bad criminal to the core.
Ludo has some edgy, adventurous and sparkling moments which stay with you but on another hand, there are some moments which are not convincing and become pointless. The screenplay by Anurag Basu gets scattered at times and strays midway but if you can ride over these bumps the climax is very neat and there are some surprises and badass statements thrown in.
You can watch this film for its outstanding performances and interesting mix of morally obscure characters. Ludo ultimately tries to make a point by not judging the choices made by the characters. The two and a half-hour film seems to get a bit monotonous at times but it is still watchable. We have hereby complied Ludo Movie Ratings for your convenience.
