Shabash Mithu Review: In the scenes in Shabash Mithu, Taapsee Pannu plays the titular character of the former Indian women’s cricket team captain. Mithali Raj makes a list of things she has and the things she doesn’t. But she can’t write anything that she doesn’t have. This moment reveals that hers is not a rags-to-riches story but it is a struggle of a world champion that has been internal and against the system.
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Mithali’s journey and the many roadblocks that she faced throughout her career.
A Bharatanatyam enthusiast, young Mithali stays with her family in Hyderabad. She loves cricket and secretly starts playing it with a friend (Noorie). With the washing paddle becoming her bat, stones replacing people as fielders, and wooden sticks for stumps. One day, she is spotted by her coach Sampath (Vijay Raaz) who convinces her to trade her ghungroos for a bat. She takes big strides in the game with each passing day, much to her brother’s displeasure who actually wanted to be a cricketer. But her parents support her dream. From thereon, the film takes us through Mithali’s journey and the many roadblocks that she faced throughout her career.
The bond between the cricketer and her coach has been explored well too
Shabash Mithu excels in the first half much like a T20 match in the first six overs. With stellar performances from the supporting cast, including the two child actors, Inayat Verma and Kasturi Jagnam. They are quite pleasant to watch. It is also amazing to see Taapsee transform into a young Mithali as she takes us through the younger days of the cricketer where she struggles to fit into the academy as a rookie player. The bond between the cricketer and her coach has been explored well too.
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She decides to quit cricket when she is at the top of her game
However, after the interval, the pace of the film slows down a lot. Mithali herself never feels like a sufficiently developed character. Who is never able to hold on to his anger. So she decides to quit cricket when she is at the top of her game. and goes back with the intention of settling down. Although that scene has virtually no dramatic effect.
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Some key moments in the life of a cricketer just get a passing mention
The film spans from his childhood days to 2017, yet hasn’t featured many major things including being awarded the Arjuna Award in 2003 to receiving the Padma Shri in 2015. , Some of the key moments in the cricketer’s life just get a passing mention which is quite different from real life.
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Taapsee Pannu has done an impressive job in the central role
Taapsee Pannu has done an impressive job in the central role. She completely flaunts herself to be Mithali Raj and still makes sure of it. She becomes Mithali from the first frame and portrays the character in a better way.
