Baazaar Review: A Baazaar you have to definitely visit!!

This week is the release of a low-key movie 'Baazaar' starring Saif Ali Khan, late actor Vinod Mehra's son Rohan Mehra, Radhika Apte and Chitrangda Singh in the lead roles and is directed by debutant director Gauravv K Chawla.

                                                             

                                                            

Saif Ali Khan is back and how! He makes a fabulous act as a shrewd business Shakun Kothari and delivers a fabulous performance. Rohan Mehra, who makes his debut is literally outstanding and makes a debut which makes you want to see more of him. He does make his late father Vinod Mehra proud. Radhika Apte as Priya is interesting and pivotal. Chitrangda Singh has a lot of heavy lifting to do in the movie as Mandira and makes a just about effort to portray it.

                                    

Debutant director keeps the direction absolutely sleek and fabulous. An interesting plot keeps the viewer invested and the first half of the movie is out and out terrific. The grip of the movie does slip in the second half but the engaging and convincing acts make up for the lost grounds. The dialogues are fabulous and the music is on point. The movie can more or less be summarized a 'Understanding Stock Market for dummies' and does a good job at explaining this to people.

                                             

The movie is an interesting watch which will perhaps get overshadowed by the riot 'Badhaai Ho', and a slippy second half  but certainly deserves attention and love from all quarters. I am going with a 3.5 stars for this Saif-Rohan starrer. It's a bazaar one should surely visit. The lifetime of the movie is expected to be about 15-20 crores (certainly deserves more).

                                     

P.S. The movie released without an interval in Dublin, yet kept me as viewer interested and invested for its 140  minute long run time. You should definitely visit this Baazaar.

BH Review: Badhaai Ho! Movie delivered very well!

The kind of cinema Ayushmann Khurana is been associated with is rather amazing and surprising. He has been associated with taboo breaking cinema and this week's release 'Badhaai Ho' is no exception. He movie revolves around the central idea of parents in their early 50s, receive the news of the pregnancy.

                                       

Ayushmann Khurana is on fire and quite literally. If you thought Andhadhun was his career best, be ready to re-think your choice. He just expresses Nakul onto another level. The real boss here is Surekha Sikri who as dadi, gets the best one-liners and is surely one of the most compelling supporting actor one shall see. Gajraj Rao and Neena Gupta are fabulous and express their varied expressions with ease and share an adorable chemistry. Shardul Rana, Sheeba Chadha and Sanya Malhotra don't have much to do but are great in whatever little role they have.

                                      

Debutant Amit Ravindranath Sharma takes up a taboo subject and delivers an entertaining, funny and adorable film. The first half is full of terrific one-liners, and the pacing is well kept. The second half on the other is a little slow due to the romantic angle and a bit of melodrama but the director ensures that one does not lose out interest in the movie. The addition of the society angle just improves on the story and the DOP captures Delhi, the way it should be. The songs are audible but it is primarily the treatment of the subject, the editing and the dialogues that are the real and absolute triumph here.

                                      

                                       

'Badhaai Ho' is one of the best movies to come out this year. Better than a lot of big budgets this year, Badhaai Ho brings to table one of the taboo topics and does it with proper technique and finesse. I am going with 4 stars for this Ayushmann Khurana starrer. The box office is expected to be 80-90 crores.

                                 

P.S. Let's have an 'Andhadhun' applause  for 'Badhaai Ho'.