Review of Crew, directed by Rajesh Krishnan

As of late, at the time of typing this, I have been watching a ton of movies. It’s a reason why my blog lately has had a influx of reviews; I had way too much free time while being funemployed. My excuse is I was waiting for my visa to India to come through at the time, and that, for some god awful reason, took over two months.

That said, to get myself in the mood while also simultaneously reminding myself of what I was missing in India, I watched quite a few Bollywood movies and television shows. These reviews are going to trickle out into the world in the next few months, so stay tuned for more.

Crew was one of the movies I watched during this time. I was doing my thing where instead of reading a book, I was endlessly scrolling Netflix in search of something else to watch that day. And that was how I discovered this movie, as at the time it had recently come out.

I had to split it into two viewings though for the sake of my sanity. As I said, I watched a lot of movies during this time, and I needed something to stop me from just sitting and rotting my brain with more content. So I read and touched grass whenever I could.

I’m rambling, so let’s get into the review!

Three flight attendants find themselves involved in a smuggling operation to make more money.

In this movie, our three beloved flight attendants are Geeta, Divya, and Jasmine. They all come from backgrounds that aren’t too privileged. Jasmine likes expensive things, despite being raised by her grandfather and not her parents, despite having no money to afford said expensive things.

Divya was supposed to be a pilot because of her training, but has to become a flight attendant because of the fact there are no opportunities in the field as of late. She doesn’t tell her family this, and needs to pay back the costs of her education. Geeta is also not only supporting her family, but her brother’s as well.

Things are looking dire when their airline, Kohinoor, hasn’t paid any of the attendants their salaries for months. It’s looking like they might go completely out of business, but the employees have this naive hope that maybe something will save them all from unemployment in this market.

It’s when another older flight attendant dies on the job that the three women realize he was a part of a sting operation to smuggle gold into the Middle East. They take the gold from him, and then somehow become involved in the operation themselves. Turns out the head of HR of their company has been behind this, and when the ladies join the ring, it leads them to having enough money to survive and more.

However, everyone else working at the airline sees how they suddenly have money and they don’t. Someone tells customs that something is amiss, and these three might be involved in a smuggling ring. They hide the gold when they find out inside the top of a plane, and they are interrogated.

Because there is no evidence (yet), they are let free. This angers the customs official who got the tip, and she swears that there was no way this is wrong. The gold falls out one day of the hiding spot while in turbulence, and the high ups involved flee the country.

After confronting the other attendants, thinking they might have ratted them out, Geeta puts two and two together and realizes the HR guy’s wife had to be the one to tip them off. She confirms it after they come after her, but she exposes who really is in charge of this operation.

The three women find the HR guy in Al Burj. They follow him around until they find the guy really in charge, and Geeta pretends to be a housekeeper to get access to his suite. She collects info about where they are going next, then the women create a path where Geeta and Jasmine then become the air hostesses of the private jet they fly on.

They then drug the passengers as Divya flies the plane. Only the guy’s daughter doesn’t fall asleep, so they tie her up and shove her into the back of the plane while they collect all of the gold. Divya flies the plane to her hometown, where the cops are waiting for them.

While the operation heads are arrested, they keep some of the gold and spread it around to everyone they love.

Overall Thoughts

I enjoyed this movie! I like seeing powerful women take control of their destinies, even though in real life I would say I condone crime. This is a solid movie that isn’t rooted in real life though.

I think my one problem with the movie is that it was a little too long. The pacing felt off at times because some scenes could have definitely been shaved, but besides that I felt pretty entertained with what I was watching on the screen.

The soundtrack for this one had some bops, too. If I still listened to music, I would definitely find some Spotify playlist to listen to these songs on, or make one of my own. Bollywood has been hitting lately for me, even though the classics are always the best.

Anyways, go watch this one if you haven’t already and are interested!

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