Sukhee movie review: Shilpa Shetty is spirited in a now repetitive template of women empowerment
FirstpostSukhee, both the film and Shilpa Shetty’s character, try to deliver a message about freedom, independence, and rediscovery, but there’s barely anything that connects or charms Cast: Shilpa Shetty, Amit Sadh, Kusha Kapila, Pavleen Gujral, Dilnaz Irani Director: Sonal Joshi Language: Hindi ‘How many films can we make on women empowerment?,’ asks one character in the new film in cinemas this week called Sukhee. He adds, “All are the same,” and director Sonal Joshi’s film that stars Shilpa Shetty, Kusha Kapila, and Amit Sadh, comes dangerously close to proving his otherwise chauvinistic statement true. Just like in Gauri Shinde’s English Vinglish, where Sridevi was nearly denied to have a life of her own and only serve to her family, Shilpa Shetty does almost the same here. The film is directed by Sonal Joshi, who has been an assistant director on two of Imtiaz Ali’s films- Jab Harry Met Sejal and Tamasha, so a tinge of rediscovery is inevitable.