Despite packing in too many ground level issues like casteism, lawlessness and vote-bank politics, its over-arching theme remains loyal to Tara’s personal journey. That said, the film’s unwavering commitment to being a simple and nondescript entertainer, works.
This robs it of some conviction in the narrative that desperately tries to check all the boxes of a pulsating political potboiler. But Kapoor’s writing devotes little time to the evolution of Tara, from a rank nobody to a seasoned politician, despite the fact that she is never shown to harbour any political ambitions. Of course, the makers strain hard to make Tara look like the hero of their story - powerful yet pained and ballsy yet betrayed, often. Sure, some conflicts resolve too conveniently and some twists clearly seem implausible, but the fact that Tara’s character is so strikingly similar to UP’s former CM, we know that in politics, nothing is impossible. Kapoor gives us a busy screenplay with myriad events and challenges in his protagonist’s life and this keeps the narrative flowing with unpredictable plot twists. Just then, a respected grass-root level Dalit leader Masterji (Saurabh Shukla) takes her under his wing and thus begins her journey into the murky world of politics and power. This is Uttar Pradesh of 1982, where gender and caste discrimination are rampant and infanticide is a common practice.Ĭut to 2005 and the girl child Tara (Richa Chadha) has grown up to become a fiery and hot-headed young lady, whose whirlwind affair with an upcoming politician, almost costs her, her life. In the commotion that ensues, a poor Dalit man Roop Ram is killed, minutes before his wife delivers yet another girl child. REVIEW: In a chilling opening scene, writer-director Subhash Kapoor shows us how a Dalit groom’s procession, ends up in a bloody shootout, just because it inconveniences a Thakur family. STORY: Madam Chief Minister is a fictional account of the ups and downs in the life of a powerful Dalit leader, who goes on to become the first woman chief minister of India’s most populous and politically charged state Uttar Pradesh.
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