Mom: Compelling, on-edge drama
Cast : Sridevi, Adnan Siddiqui, Sajal Ali, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Akshaye Khanna Rated: 8.5/10 It is a difficult venture to knit a racy thriller around a rape incident and even more difficult to not belittle the victim’s plight in the process of playing to the gallery by taking the law into your hands. But this “justice-denied” rape and vengeance drama is both sensitive and racy, flitting deftly between action and emotion without letting down either — and never ever, not even once, straying from the rape survivor’s unenviable plight and fight with life from behind drawn curtains, silent sobs, skin scratching midnight showers and constant fear after the incident. And, Sridevi, back after a long gap since making waves as a determined yet gentle housewife in English Vinglish , is the reason why this almost similar rape movie does not plummet down Raveena Tandon’s Maatr way but holds you on to the edge-of-your-seat till the very end of a 2.5 hour drama. Besides Sri...