Soch Lo Release Date : 27,Aug 2010

Producer Karanbir Singh Pannu
Director Sartaj Singh Pannu
Music Charu Mohan, Nitish Pires
Writer Sartaj Singh Pannu
Lyrics Prashant Ingole, Charu Mohan
Release Date 27-Aug-2010

Soch Lo-Sartaj Singh Pannu’s debut in the filed of acting, script writing & movie directing is good to start with but loses grip mid way. The synopsis can be summed up as the tale of a man who has lost his memory and is striving to get his wife back after flashes of past play on his mind intermittently.

Sartaj plays the lead role in Soch Lo and executes it to perfection. The thing that stands apart in Soch Lo, is the fact that despite being directed by a newcomer and having many new faces in it, the movie holds your attention longer than any mystery potboiler does.

Beginning from the opening scene of the wounded man in the desert till the enthralling climax, everything holds the eye of the audience. Sandeep Patil brings alive the scenic deserts of Rajasthan with his excellent cinematography. And can any Bollywood movie be complete without music? Charu Mohan and Nitish Pires add charm to Soch Lo with their beautiful compositions.

The casting is great too. The lead role played by Sartaj as Baba the man who has lost his memory is simply superb. The acting is very natural and doesn’t give any indication of being that of a newcomer. The role of his missing wife Riva is played by Iris Maity who is fairly good. The other characters’ in this story are Harry played by Himanshu Kohli, Toto and Pali by Barkha Madan. Harry, Toto & Pali are the ones who help Baba in his quest for his missing wife.

Soch Lo however falls back on many accounts. Like some scenes draw laughter unknowingly or leave you a bit amused. Like when a character Basu played by Nishan Nanaiah, says to Riva that ‘Now you look unmarried and more beautiful,’ you can feel your lips twitching. Some dialogues could have been avoided, like the old man saying ‘Baba ki madad nahin ki to main puri umar guilty mehsus karta rahunga’ i.e. If I don’t help Baba now, I’ll end up feeling guilty for the rest of my life.

Over all the casting and direction of Soch Lo is good. But the scrip and dialogues fall apart eventually. Sartaj’s acting makes you yearn for the same perfection in his scripting as well. Watch out the official trailer of Soch Lo here. And as for the movie, well go for it if you want to see some raw talent but don’t expect too much of the story.