The soundtrack was amazing and so was the background score, probably one of the bests from the recent Pakistani films. Nadeem Baig definitely added grace to the film. However she still has to give a career best. Despite a few things not visually shown, Khan makes her character relatable and delivers an authentic and strong performance. While given the margin to perform, in just a two minute scene, she leaves you in awe of how much versatile she is i-e the theater sequence. Like the rest of her films post-Raees, Mahira too is the major draw and saving grace of the film. However it is not easy to ignore the film's strengths. After that a scene here and there, Mahira showing her acting chops, Bilal struggling to deliver, a death scene, An effortless and nostalgic Nadeem Baig and boom an anticlimactic end, trying to make up for what cannot be redeemed.
One of the major blunders done was the lack of scenes showing Noor's struggle and Sameer Khan's character which is left mostly in grey. The screenplay sets the story in quite majesty, however after a major plot twist, it never picks itself up. Despite a few creative blocking choices by Ehteshammudin, the rest is handled with ignorance leaving one in doubt whether this was the same director who directed the masterpiece Sadqay Tumharay and the gritty Udaari. The direction of the film is just adequate. Little time is used on the development than a few unnecessary scenes. The screenplay ruins a potential story in the 2nd half and character motivations are left unexplained. Superstar could easily have been the film of the year. However the film utilizes all of these elements in places and comes the 2nd half, the charm is lost to a rushed ending without much coherence. A potential storyline, a skillful director, A Superstar headlining the film and an amazing soundtrack.
Superstar has all the trappings of a good film.
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