Rating: **
Director Puneet Issar's I Am Singh is social drama movie. This film is based on post 9/11 on racial attacks.
Ranveer Singh is a young sikh settled in India, he come to US after hearing about attack to his US settled family. In US, Ranveer come to know his one brother has been killed, other has been taken in police custody for the charge of gang fights and murdering his own brother, and his father has been injured. Ranveer when meet local Asian community, he come to know that his family has been attacked by misguided racial attackers due to mistaken identity of turban Sikhs with Afghans. Few persons are mistook turban look of Sikh as afghan persons. Rizwan Hyder a Pakistani Muslim who is also been a victim of racial attack, is helping Ranveer. LAPD Police are not helping them and they are not taking actions against racial crimes. Fateh Singh is a Sikh police officer who has been expelled for his turban look; he is fighting with LAPD for his rights. Fateh Singh suggests them to fight legal way, instead of become non-violent. He also suggests them to speak for identity of Sikh and Sikh religion, so that people do not mistake about their identity.
Then, what happen tells the movie...
Will they get justice...? Will gang of racial attackers will ever punish...
Story of film had a lot of potential, but screenplay & script does not support it. Film looks like a documentary film on Sikhs. Film’s fist half look challenging and genuine, it also raise expectation from film that how they legally and within the system provide justice. But sadly second half becomes extremely melodramatic and preachy in nature. Film could have done much better. Performances are average, direction loose in second half to keep it entertaining or engaging. Film feels slow also.
Good points of film are its natural and genuine look and story, while bad points of film are it’s over melodramatic screenplay and preachy nature, average performances, direction.
Film might be liked by the community which is related with religion and this issue.
Reviewer Verdict: Film can be avoided if you are not in mood to see a melodramatic documentary on religion and racial attack issue.
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