I Want To Talk tells an emotional story of a socially awkward and not-so-likeable person who has to undergo multiple surgeries due to a sudden illness. The film has some fine emotional moments not just between the father and daughter but also the patient and the doctor as well as the patient and the nurse. The cinematography is topnotch while a special mention should go to Shabana Latif‘s make-up and prosthetics and Petr Gorshenin‘s special prosthetics. On the flipside, the narrative jumps timelines and it becomes difficult to understand how many weeks or months or years have passed. A few scenes could have been more emotional while a few aspects could have been better explained. Lastly, the soundtrack is poor. Abhishek Bachchan, however, is outstanding and this is surely one of his greatest performances after Guru and Yuva. Pearle Dey is superb as the young Reya but watch out for Ahilya Bamroo as the adult Reya. She’s outstanding and it’s difficult to imagine that this is her debut film. Jayant Kripalani (Dr Deb) lends able support while Kristin Goddard (Nancy) is very adorable. Johny Lever is dependable as always. All in all, I Want To Talk could have been much better but is still worth watching for the subject and the performances of Abhishek Bachchan and Ahilya Bamroo.
My rating – *** out of 5!