Rashmi Rocket Review: Unstoppable as she races ahead with grit
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The movie provided a glimpse of showcasing an aspect that has not been covered by many sports biopics in Bollywood rather than the simplistic approach of portraying an underdog story Rashmi Rocket progresses to initially showcase a journey of an athlete and move on to shed light on the regressive controlling and binary notion that comes with gender tests.
Rashmi Rocket focuses on Rashmi played by Taapsee Pannu who grows up in Gujarat is given the nickname of Rocket due to her fast pace when she grows up and becomes a tour guide of the area she is motivated by captain Gagan Thakur played by Priyanshu Painyuli to showcase the world her gifted talent of agility and pace barking upon immediate success Rashmi met with animosity within her own team politics from influential figures that curtail her growth and finally the infamous gender test that solidifies in the minds of the public that she was not a woman within the confines of an athletic federation the court case in order to uplift her ban forms the second half of the film and how it transpires to educate the viewer and expand their thought process of what constitutes a woman be it the clothes she wears the colour of her skin the decision she makes or more importantly her testosterone levels.
Taapsee manages to effortlessly go under the skin of her character and make you root for her. The dedication and hard effort she has put into building an athletic body for the role will leave you speechless, especially in the close-up views of her sprinting on the tracks. Her talent as an actor has been proven without a shadow of a doubt by her filmography and the concerns that each of them has raised. Rashmi Rocket appears to be the latest addition to the list, this time criticising the inequitable and outdated practice of gender testing on female athletes. Taapsee looks stunning during and after her medical examination in the flick. She successfully conveys Rashmi's emotions of befuddlement, fury, and helplessness, particularly in the emotional passages, with sincerity. "Kuch toot sa gaya hai andar," she says Gagan (Painyuli), and you know exactly what she means as she fights with her whole identity and existence being questioned by everyone around her.
Sadly, Amit Trivedi's music does not impress. No song, whether it's Rann Ma Kutchh, Zidd, or Ghani Cool Chori, manages to stay with you. The background soundtrack is also uninspiring, failing to raise some of the usually exciting passages. The editing, especially in the first half, might have been tighter. Aniruddha Guha's script and Kanika Dhillon's extra dialogues aren't exactly hard-hitting, but they do contain a few sparks here and there. In terms of directing, Khurana seemed to be unsure whether he intended Rashmi Rocket to be a sports picture or a courtroom drama, and it shows in the execution.
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