This movie is beyond refreshing and took me back to the era of movies directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee - so light, so entertaining and yet so simple. Having said that it is “simple”- This does not take away from the authenticity and the honesty in the script writing, detailed art direction, and brilliant casting, acting or the remarkable dialogue writing. The screenplay and the art direction, including the costumes are kept so real to the plot, in that you will not see fancy décor, designer clothes, unnecessary grandeur, yet everything is done in great taste.
The plot is based in the small town of Bareilly, where the female protagonist Bitti Mishra resides. Bitti is the only child of her parents who is “too modern” and Independent for the likes of the town that she lives in . Bitti works in the electricity department, is tomboyish, in that she has male friends, smokes casually, drinks, watches English Movies and likes to break dance. Due to her openness, she is unable to to find a groom which causes tension in the household. It is then that she decides to leave her town and goes to the railway station where she aimlessly wanders and buys a novel from the book stall. The character of the protagonist of the novel turns out just like her, the delighted Bitti, changes her mind and goes back home on a mission to find the Novelist whom she believes will be her true love and a match. Ayushman Khuranna (Chirag Dubey) plays the beaten up lover who wrote the novel but published it under a friend’s name (Pritam Vidrohi )so people do not judge him knowing it was his true story. The story takes hilarious turns and keeps the audiences laughing scene after scene. I would recommend you keep your EARS REALLY OPEN- the dialogues are just too unique, in their wittiness is a lot of local flavor and slang, this could be a little fast hence, just pay attention as this is really hilarious
Nitesh Tiwari (also the writer/director of Dangal) has scripted the movie so well, and director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari has done a fabulous job of direction- The best quality of this successful duo is definitely detailing, meticulous planning and execution which is evident. Ayushmann Khurrana is the present Day “Amol Palekar” the” boy next door” fits him so well in this one and also in his past movies like Dum Laga Ke Haisha. Kirti Sanon too comes across as well trained actress, very well done for just a few films so far. The icing on this cake is the supporting cast -Rajkummar Rao (Pritam Vidrohi ) an actor par excellence and the dear adorable and loving parents of Bitti Mishra played by Pankaj Tripathy and Seema Pahwa are a perfect fit and splendid actors. Seema Pahwa’s strength has been in the real treatment she gives to each of her characters she has ever played, right from her debut TV series Hum log back in the Doordarshan days.
This is not a Big Budget Naach Ganney wala movie but simple, light and fun, yet the music and songs are quite nice. This was so refreshing and right after watching Jab Harry Met Sejal, it has restored my faith in good cinema and honest film making. Go watch it! your popcorn will taste better :)
Enjoyed watching the movie
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