“It’s better not to be parent than a bad parent”. Siddique in a scene during counselling reads his own quote. That quite tells us what the film intents to say.
In the opening scene, we see Sara with his boyfriend. After hearing her boyfriend saying about having kids, she walks away. After years ,Sara became an aspiring filmmaker and works as assistant in films. Jude shifts the narration to meta-film problems portrayed in the scenes including Siju Wilson and Balaji.
In parallel, we see Jeevan, a guy having problems with having kids, similar to Sara. Jude keeps his focus on to the questions of the society regarding parenting. Jude aptly maintains the balance between humour and emotions. For instance: the scene where Sara calls her father and Vincent asks is he asleep?. The scene where Sara meets the actress is the perfect example of the subtlety of Jude’s treatment.
Character development plays a pivotal element in making the situations relatable.Be Sara, stuck between developing her career and convincing her problems to others, Jeevan who changes his mind after job promotion or actress who gave up her career for family but never expressed it to others. All pivotal characters are well written and do communicate really well with the viewers.
Sara is different from the other characters of Anna Ben and she pulls it off with elegant ease. Sunny Wayne is a great choice made for Jeevan and he made his character feel authentic. Mallika sukumaran gets the role of Sara’s mother in law. Her performance in emotional scene was memorable.
Background score helped viewer to connect with the emotions of the character. Songs were soothing to hear. Special mention to the preduction design for the beautiful set up of the house.
Coming to the drawbacks, pace was uneven. It feel a bit slow at times .Srinda’s character could have avoided. Few may find the predictability as an issue. Sidhique’s scene could have been executed less verbally.
Drawbacks apart, Sara’s is a simple light hearted take on the exploration of the decision regarding parenthood and questions related to it. Worth a watch for the message and the performances.
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