The aspirational cricketer's hopes of playing for India are dashed by a horrible accident. When an alcoholic grump enters her life, he revives her with his scornful lashes and unpleasant demeanor. The central theme of R. Balki's "Ghoomer" is the push-pull relationship between the two, which amplifies his well-known logic vs. magic style to the point where we are continually compelled to swing between the two, with varying degrees of success.

The best visual in "Ghoomer" is Anina Dixit's (Saiyami Kher) upright posture, which does not conceal the fact that her right arm is a stump that stops just below the elbow. As much a part of her as her entire arm was prior to the injury, it is simply there. And that's a victory. However, it raises the question of what Anina felt like before coming to that acceptance, considering how easily she used her right hand to smack a ball to the boundary. How does she get here so quickly?

But the writers don't spend much time on Anina's internal strife. The film shifts its focus from the girl's piercing scream to the hero who will save her from herself once she loses her "phantom limb," which is designed to symbolize her suffering. Abhishek Bachchan's character, Padam Singh Sodhi aka Paddy, stumbles around intoxicated and hurls insults at those who are closest to him, including transwoman Rasika (Ivanka Das), who is his adopted sister. Paddy is a stand-in for a large number of coaches from "Whiplash"-style movies who believe in using harsh discipline on their charges, with the discipline inevitably coming from a place of personal hurt: Bachchan gives it his all, giving you flashes of his celebrated father (who makes a brief appearance here), especially when he is giving a buzzed monologue, but he still comes out as a cliché.

These subtleties are not discussed in detail in "Ghoomer." It wants you to celebrate the twinning and triumph of both of its damaged main characters. characters. Despite looking strained and artificial, tears do spring up when we see Anina's face, all flushed at her climactic victory: Kher, who has been a cricketer herself and knows all about posture, is a standout.