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quick review:
Numbed me, in mind and body.
Review That felt like the longest 135 minutes I have spent in a theatre. I cannot even remember when I so desperately waited for the interval, just to get a break from what was going on. I never imagined a film with Ayushmann Khurrana had the capacity to induce adverse emotions.
From the word go, the movie is loud and has a 90ish feel to the story with a Maine-Pyaar-Kiya-esque challenge to the protagonist. Karam—earn XYZ if you want to marry my daughter. Only Karam is a good-for-nothing whose modus operandi is to vehemently resist job suggestions made by his father and best friend before taking the job on.
And yet, almost everyone is attracted to him. Not just like, attracted. Age, no bar. Gender, no bar. Religion, no bar. Marital status, no bar. Not because we know he is a good human being. Not that he might not be. We just don’t know. The writers skip the characterisation part of the character. For any of the characters.
If your aim is to make a slapstick film, writing is irrelevant, is it? Because the film doesn’t seem to have any purpose other than making a juvenile slapstick. For a bit, I thought it wanted to present a progressive view on topics such as gender, obesity, and appreciation of looks other than the norm. But if it was indeed the objective, it wasn’t working. Sure, it did bring a few laughs from the handful of people watching the film. But, they seemed to be laughing at the characters by passing judgments on them.
When you are not enjoying a film, it is difficult to appreciate the departments involved in the film. Sure, the actors are all performing as is required by the genre. It certainly must not have been easy for Khurrana to play a woman. But then, he is hardly able to carry the monologue in the climax. The other talent seems exhausted from being loud too.
I am trying to wrap my head around why anyone thought it was a good idea. And why do so many people don’t have a single person to tell them it is a bad one?
Parental Guidance: * Violence: None * Language: A lot of swearing * Nudity & Sexual content: A bare chested Ayushmann Khurrana. * Concept: Slapstick * General Look and Feel: Garrish
Detailed Ratings (out of 5): * Direction: 0.5 * Story: 0 * Lead Actors: 2.5 * Character Artists: 3
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