Storyline
Dashrath Manjhi was a poor man from the lowest of the low castes, living in a remote village cut off from the world by a rocky mountain range. Life for him was a daily struggle for survival. He loved his wife, Phaguniya, beyond belief. One day, while climbing the mountain to bring him food, his wife slipped, fell and died. Overwhelmed by grief, Dashrath decided to carve out a path through the mountain, so that no one else would suffer his fate. For 22 years, all by himself, with just a hammer and a chisel, he hammered away at the rocks, till the path was carved out from the mountain.User Reviews
Expect no grandeur and
very un-Bollywood-like. The plot of the movie unfolds quite slowly like a
classic movie should be, building up gradually in the first half and
then you are so engrossed into the movie, that you hardly realize how
quickly the second half passed by. Nawazuddin Siddiqui could have been
the only actor at of today who could do justice to this role. Ketan
Mehta has made sure that the real touch in this movie sticks as close to
the actual incidences and he has succeeded thoroughly. Many filmmakers
attempt to use or portray the themes from this part of India (like Amir
Khan's PK or Salman Khan's Dabang). One can easily find that genuineness
of Bihari culture is so hollow that it brings down the impact of the
movie, rather than uplift it. The way all the actors have delivered
their dialogues or put on their costumes is phenomenal. Siddiqui's
performance is a stand-out and without doubt, it'll a benchmark in
Bollywood, IMHO. Craziness of Manjhi is a legacy for Indians and
Siddiquit has succeeded in bringing that out on the silver screen.
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