Kishen(Farhan Akhtar) from a small town Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh has dreams to become an aspiring singer and make it big by having a music band of his own. One fateful day Kishen is accused of a murder which lands him in jail and eventually Lucknow Central jail where he is awaiting the court judgement of the murder case. One day an NGO worker Gayatri Kashyap(Diana Penty) is compelled to form a Band of Jail Inmates in Lucknow Central f where she come across Kishen and their paths cross each other. Kishen accepts Gayatri's offer and promises to form a band for the competition which requires three more people. He befriends four jail inmates who come from different backgrounds and have their own stories. Their names are Dikkat(Inaamulhaq), Victor(Deepak Dobriyal), Purushottam(Rajesh Sharma) and Parminder(Gippy Grewal)
The dramatic narrative of Lucknow Central portrays how Kishen’s life progresses in jail and how music not only becomes an intricate part of his journey, but for the rest of the band as well.
The movie theme is different as it is based on a music competition of jail inmates. Just recently there was a movie directed by Habib Faisal called Qaidi Band which is also believed to be on similar lines like Lucknow Central. Movie is slow in the beginning but eventually picks up later and becomes gripping.
The movie deals with emotions and aspirations.
Direction of the movie by first time director Ranjit Tiwari are good. The script and the story are also good.
Farhan,Inamulhaq,Rajesh Sharma,Deepak Dobriyal and Gippy Grewal all forming the lead cast give great performances. Diana Penty is also good. Ronit Roy is ok.
Music of the movie is also good especially the recreated song from the movie Monsoon Wedding Kaavan Kaavan, the melodious songs Meer-E-Kaarvan and Rangdaari. The music is in sync with the movie.
Overall Lucknow Central is a good movie which should be watched for its theme and performances.
I am going with
***.5 stars
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