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A charming slice-of-life cinema that honestly tries to stay away from clichés, Magician Addresses complex issues of love and commitment with undying charm. Director Sameer Saxena neatly blends distinct elements of football and magic to create a coming-of-age story that takes you in love with the characters of Neemuch, a town on the Madhya Pradesh-Rajasthan border, who enjoys his football. loves. Provides a steady stream of clear writing Hand juice:Or a rich mix of folk and literary humour, which Hindi cinema is becoming less and less week by week, perhaps, due to the changing profiles of screenwriters.

Sameer and screenwriter Vishwapati Sarkar have cut their teeth viral fever (TVF) and dialogues have a taste jury And quota factory, However, the short length ensures that the narrative gets round before the word gets under your skin and the narrative falls into a pattern.

After the death of his goalkeeper brother in an accident on the way to a football match, coach Pradeep (Javed Jaffrey) vows to win the local tournament and fulfill his late brother’s dream. However, a determined Pradeep finds a lot of curveballs in his quest. Even Meenu (Jitendra Kumar), his late brother’s son, is more interested in learning magic than learning football.

Always ready to lose his heart, Meenu is a flawed character who might think love is his magic trick. Eager to follow in the footsteps of her mentor, the magician Chhabra (Manoj Joshi), Meenu believes that only a true lover can perform true magic, but cannot practice that dictate.

It’s an interesting terrain to tell the story where the protagonist knows the ideal situation, but doesn’t have the guts and gum or the magic wand—which the commercial Hindi film hero is born with—to reach there. Due to false confidence, Meenu doesn’t even know the difference between approaching the girl and chasing her. After losing a girl named Ichha (Ichha), he finds some direction with Disha (Arushi Sharma), but his selfish ways ruin him again, as this time he has to play his love or family name in football. Have to choose between saving.

Jitendra Kumar puts on an honest display as a social chameleon. However, even though she is skilled, her performance has begun to give the feeling of a machine that works but lacks that cosmic magic, or X-factor, that helps such characters gain mass acceptance. That spell comes from the players who form the Adarsh ​​Nagar team. The film sparkles whenever it returns to the football field. Be it librarian Madan (Imraan Rashid) or Rakhi insurance agent Lali (Raj Kushal), every character is well carved and colourful.

The lone female player (Raksha Pawar) overcame opposition as well as social barriers with a hint of vermilion in her forehead. Then there’s a struggling songwriter who becomes the team’s bard. The humorous football commentary provided by Doctor Doshi (played by director Sameer) and Nema (Rajeev Nema) provides much more than just the details of the game.

The best part is that unlike the football coach skillfully played by Javed Jaffrey, Sarkar’s script doesn’t deliver the message through didactic sermons. From the Dronacharya-Eklavya reference to the Chekov Kulfi, myths and literature are woven into the story. Like a good magic show, Magician Doesn’t always attract the mind but the heart accepts serious effort.

The Magician is currently streaming on Netflix.