'Crew' movie review: Cray

Film CrewDirector Rajesh A KrishnanActors Tabu Kareena Kapoor Khan Kriti SanonRating 25To be certain the filmmakers have reached their target demographic right I sense from a halfpacked hall for a 9 am first day first show at my local theatreWhich in general is a pretty uncommon sight The gender ratio of the audience is skewed towards women Given I guess the three heroines flashed across the filmrsquos postertrailersNamely Tabu Kareena Kapoor Khan Kriti Sanonmdashamong the top female stars from their respective generations or agegroups at any rateThroughout the pic theyrsquore pretty much dressed in flightattendant uniforms Mostly at work therefore Only that their sideprofession is theyrsquore conwomen of sorts More like mules smuggling contrabands on flightsThis is also a chick flick I thought I was in for the initial Thelma amp Louise kinda vibecheck Okay even if we donrsquot go that far and please letrsquos not the leading ladies gel fairly wellIf anything Kriti Sanon appears confidently carefree both easygoing and easy on the eyemdashthis compliment is essential for the veterans shersquos sandwiched between After all Tabu is what Tabu does Same for Kareena noAs a film Crew falls squarely into the mindspace that Rhea Kapoor sometimes along with Ekta Kapoor have together produced in the pastmdashstarting with Aisha 2010 Khoobsurat 2014 the sorts of Veere Di Wedding 2018 Thank You For Coming 2023 if you mayBy which I merely mean a mediumbudget lowbrow entertainer subverting the lol mainstream with scripts this one written by Nidhi Mehta Mehul Suri fully centred on the female protagonists insteadWherein even marquee Punjab males Kapil Sharma Diljit Dosanjh show up for walkon parts here and thatrsquos just as wellHow does Crewmdashlove how this title in Devanagari on screen becomes just one letter lsquokarsquo and lots of lsquomaatrasrsquomdashmeasure up to the girlsrsquo nightouts mentioned aboveFlies higher for sure while that may not be saying much Sufficiently keeps you on your seats without the belts on to start withItrsquos directed by Rajesh A Krishnan whorsquos similarly filmed the ensemblecast caper Lootcase 2020 on Disney Hotstar that I couldnrsquot sit through beyond a point during the pandemic What draws you to this foremostI guess the intriguing world of desi flightattendantsmdashas they go about travelling the globe with daily allowances paid in cashdollarsThey work roundtheclock in an airline named Kohinoor with inflight entertainment that offers the companyrsquos owner himself in a video informing passengers of his handpicked servicesThis gentleman is named Vijay Walia if I heard that right His airline company is going under The staff is dressed in Kingfisher red Their salaries have stopped The boss is busy lavishly partying still Vijay Mallyarsquos inspired a crappy murder mystery Neeyat 2023 starring Vidya Balan alreadyDeem it poetic punishmentjustice perhaps that he gets parodied further in an aasmani kahaani sky story about sona gold that employees ferry on his flights while incessantly chattering about sona sleeping with men as lsquoku ku kursquo from the song Choli ke peeche plays in the background also foreground along with the other Ila Arun number Dilli sheher mein maro ghagroEven as the movie switches on occasion into altogether advertising spots and you keenly check out brands from Ajio Goibibo to Wow Momorsquos Bikaji bhujiashellip The only product worth endorsing are anxiety pills that Tabursquos character pops named Calm PoseNone of which really bother you much Yeah itrsquos not that funny But yoursquore somewhat sold on a ride since this is a tightly timed twohour nosweat pic about pretty women Whatrsquos there to cribOnly that an hour since a decent takeoff once you alight for a stopover ie the interval you realise Crew has literally nowhere to go okay screwed nowThe film gets on a flight of imagination so ludicrous without a bandwidth for it that I felt like heading off the exit at some point Either way hope this lands well for you Not my scene gonna crash now