Sir

A really good movie, grabs your attention, you feel the emotions BUT ending fells incomplete and you want to know what will happen next and trust me you don't want to end up feeling like that in the end. Unless this movie makers decide to make a follow-up movie, I will not recommend this movie to anyone.

Ashwin (Vivek Gomber) lives in plush bachelor pad alone. He is the scion of sprawling real estate development family and assisting his father as an apprentice after returning from the US. His mother occasionally visits him as preparations for his wedding to a girl called Sabina are in full swing. He has a full time maid Ratna (Tilottama Shome), a widow from rural Maharashtra who devotedly serves Ashwin and calls him Sir. It is a strictly professional relationship between the employer and the servant, she cooks his daily meals and ensures that she cares for him enough without any scope of complaints, and maintains the apartment's cleanliness. Ratna also doubles up as a tailoring intern with a grumpy old man who doesn't think anything great of her, although that doesn't dent her aspirations of becoming a fashion designer. Ashwin is aware of her interest and keeps her motivated to pursue her fledgling career by gifting her a sewing machine at home. The relationship slowly develops into one of mutual appreciation and care, tilting more towards the development of a romantic bond, one that is considered taboo in the society. Ashwin and Ratna are both aware of their limitations, he has a fiance waiting in the wings and she is restrained by social norms - but is love enough to overcome these hurdles? Well, Ashwin doesn't care about them anyway as he openly appreciates Ratna's little gestures and he openly admits his affection for her. Ratna on the other hand remains aware of her shortcomings and confines herself into a shell, often wondering where the relationship is going to culminate. There's not much physicality involved although Ashwin's father suspects that there must be no smoke without the fire. Sir is the tale of mutual respect, appreciation and innate trust without transcending one another's rights and social position. It's a natural development within the confines of the apartment and you are inclined to believe that it's most obvious between the two individuals, without exploitation of the prevailing situation. And there lies the problem with Sir. The question is so what? Is love enough to take matters forward? Even if it is, the progress is rather matter of factly narrated by Rohena Gera, without any dramatisation. The film is rather one dimensional as everything appears natural and bound to happen. This tale is nothing new to the Indian screen - we have seen scores of Hindi and regional films exploring the relationship between the employer and servants, some platonic and some others romantic. Remember "Thikana" with Arjun Chakraborty, Debasree Roy and Moon Moon Sen? Or "Saajan Mere Main Saajan Ki" from the 80's. Therefore question is why is the nation flipping over Sir - what's so unique about its presentation and narrative? I admit that the performances are natural and supportive to the plot, but there isn't a story to tell. It's a love story that develops without caring for social barriers and albeit it may appear doomed for the future, there's no novelty to it to be hailed as a classic. No Sir, I apologise, your love and her caring overtures aren't enough for the film to be archived as a watershed development. It just appears as a documentary that refuses to wax or wane, to rise above the ordinary or hold viewer interest to find something extraordinary.

Loved it! Such a beautiful movie. India is so very accurately depicted. And the performances are excellent!

It is always good and relaxing to go back to the subtle, slow & calm movies when you are a reviewer and constantly indulge into fast paced Action, Thrillers, Adventures, Fantasies etc. Movies like Sir are not being made solely for commercial gains but the idea is to depict realities in a beautifully articulated art form. Sir is simple and calm with runtime of 1hour 39mins no loudness or high tension scenes which is indeed the USP of the movie. Film showcases how strong a woman can be despite of everything going against her, breaking the stereotypes of being a weaker gender Women's are actually the opposites they are always ready to challenge the circumstances, fighting against the odds and ready to sacrifice whole a lot just for the sake of society, acting mature. On the other hand, film has also showed that what Men's actually want from a women and that is just being cared, someone who understand them and being there for them in their downs all the other things like beauty, status etc. are the secondary things. Both the leads Tillotama Shome & Vivek Gomber were in the charatcers throughout, they were natural neither less nor extra they just nailed it beautifully. Both the story & narration by Rohena Gera are simple yet engaging. Don't go for this movie if you like fast paced, commercial films because you wont gonna find anything in this and you might get bored .

This movie shows the rift between rich/poor and people from the village/city. As the two protagonists grow closer, the rift stands between them and complicates things for them. The girl is portraying the traditional girl who comes to the city and dreams about living an independent life and having a career. While the man is caught between the expectancy of his parents and feelings that he did not experienced before. The movie is a bit repetitive as it shows a lot of the routine of the maid and I can say that the emotion comes in the second half of the movie. I really liked the fact that the movie is called "Sir" which is a noun meant to keep people at distance and things as objective as possible. But even with this appellative, things do not remain impersonal. This story may as well be the story of every village girl and every city man. And so I must believe that this was the exact reason of the movie, to illustrate the prejudices that in the country of India are still so important. I think that this movie shows this prejudices in a very censored version may I say, but not any less grave. No matter the downsides, the movie still shows a very sweet and innocent love between the two of them. I really enjoyed the fact that after they both made the step in the right direction of their hopes and dreams, they reconnected. Though the end was a very subtle one, just hinting at their reconciliation, I believe that it was a very suitable ending.

Sir takes its time to unravel and when it does it is hard to not fall in love with it. Not with the characters per se or the actors who play them so magically you want to rush up to them and give a hug, but with the delightful, delicate way director Rohena Gera carves her feature film directorial debut about the invisible relationship between a maid (Tilotama Shome) hailing from a remote Maharashtra village and her employer (Vivek Gomber) who lives and works in the upper-class South Bombay. The subtlety of what unfolds in front of you is the charming factor of Sir, a film that aspires to restructure that relationship, especially the one that is often seen from an exploitative eye. With a swooning romantic layer that is effervescent in almost all scenes - majority of which are between the two lead - there are pleasure bulbs throughout the film like a tree with ripe fruits ready for you to pluck and enjoy albeit from a distance. I can only imagine the depth of writing that must have gone behind the making as there is hardly any scene that looks out of flow or essence with Gera pushing the story lightly letting her characters live and her viewers take it all in like the way you would slow-eat a piece of cake you love so much, giving it time. But the characters are not stereotypical here, especially the one played by Shome, who here has a dream and has been characterized as an idiosyncratic person, something that I feel is a true depiction of a character in a film that talks about class. What, perhaps more than the writing, works here are the performances. It is easy to say I don't see anyone else playing the role of the maid than Shome who has been pleasing ever since her Monsoon Wedding (2001) days but for Sir I mean it or someone who is more quaint and decent and soft-talker-like than Gomber, both of whom grace the screen, turn a wand, and spew magic. Even Geetanjali Kulkarni shines as the film refuses to budge in its attempt to convince your eye glands to fire a tear, a tear that's only the product of delight, pleasure, happiness, and hope all flowing like cool breeze on your face. Goosebumps are expected. The ambiguity is more than a fad here. To borrow a line from a fellow film lover at the film's premiere at Cinepolis, Mumbai, Sir the film sneaks up on you. TN. (Watched and reviewed at its India premiere at the 10th Jagran Film Festival (JFF) in Mumbai.)

Very engaging romantic story set in Mumbai, India where the class/caste system is very real and a definite obstacle to love. The storyline is subtle and sweet, no clichés and some real education for us westerners about how people live in modern India.

At each point in the film, you feel society as a transparent, near invisible force between the two characters. THe way spatial distance has been used, dealt with, mirroring society's classification of people, is gorgeous. The performances of both Tillotama Shome and vivek Gomber are fab. Great casting here. From the moment the real collision happens and a spatial barrier of sorts is severed is where the mettle of the writer and so also the film is tested. And it's actually from this moment that the film soars way beyond what one had expected. It coolly and deftly averts every cliche and possible corniness that a story like this could have moved into and instead surprises you with such a rise that few films are able to. Gorgeous debut. Tough to believe it's her first film. Tillotama and Vivek stayed with me as their characters way after the film was over. Congratulations Rohena.

BETWEEN ALL THOSE BIG BUDGATE FILMS, THIS FILM WAS LOST SOMEWHERE. I SAW THIS FILM TODAY, AND IM SPEECHLESS . ITS NOT JUST A MOVIE ..ITS ART.

The beauty of Sir, lies in its humility and its storyline woven with silky smooth realism. Sir is definitely another feather in the cap for the Indian Parallel cinema scene on many counts. This gem of a film depicts human emotions of different classes to swashbuckling levels, which the lead actors play to near perfection. Sir is love story on a totally different magnitude and par excellence though the storyline has been attempted by Bollywood on numerous commercial ventures. Cinematography is subtle & gentle, depicting and supporting the mood of the movie. Screenplay and dialogues are outstanding for an overdone & time tested storyline, especially in the Indian context. Sound design is wonderful throughout the movie. Production design on the other hand was a little off, especially the interiors of the apartment, but decent enough considering the budget of the movie. Costumes, makeup and music were all par. Acting by both the lead actors was really good with Tillotama stealing the show with a great performance and body language. Overall, a must watch movie for all parallel cinema fans out there, who I am sure would relish this movie. Sans any adult content or foul language, Sir is really an refreshing & relishing to watch in the world of OTT today. The Cusp & essence of the movie will echo in our hearts for a while. Eight stars out of ten for this wonderful film that will fill our hearts.