LOOTERA REVIEW, RATING : * * *

In 1953, an archaeologist Varun Shrivastav (Ranveer Singh) arrives in Manikpur and he meets the local landlord Soumitra Rai Chaudhury (Barun Chanda). Varun impresses the Soumitra and his daughter Pakhi (Sonakshi Sinha). There is a romance between Varun and Pakhi, but Varun must move on.  Varun disappears. Pakhi struggles to move on with her life. When they meet again, they are still in love. When Varun realizes that Pakhi will die soon, he comes up with a plan to sacrifice his life to save Pakhi.

The story is inspired from O. Henry’s THE LAST LEAF.  Vikramaditya Motwane  has made modifications to the story in his screenplay. Anurag Kashyap and Bhavani Iyer have written good dialogues for the characters. Performance-wise, Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha are first rate. Barun Chanda and Vikrant Massey are good. Arif Zakaria, Adil Hussain and Shirine Guha are brilliant. Divya Dutta is super in a cameo.

Director Vikramaditya Motwane meticulously paints the picture of a yesteryear romance and manages to extract the best out of his actors. The music by Amit Trivedi is good. The cinematography by Mahendra J. Shetty is fair. Production values are good. Technically sound. The publicity was good.

At the box office, the film is targeted at the multiplex audiences and is expected to pick up bu word of mouth over the weekend.

Banner: Balaji Motion Pictures, Phantom Productions

Producer: Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Madhu Mantena, Vikas Bahl

Director: Vikramaditya Motwane
Music: Amit Trivedi 

Rating: * * * (Three Star)