Star Cast- Vicky Kaushal, Sara Ali Khan, Inaamulhaq, Neeraj Sood, Kanupriya Pandit, Rakesh Bedi, Sharib Hashmi and Akash Khurana
Genre- Social
Platform of Release- Theatres
Rating- **1/2
A Bizarre Satire!
Jyothi Venkatesh
This cute little film which sets out to remind you of films like Piya Ka Ghar, Gharonda etc is a romantic comedy of errors set in a small town like Indore with oddball characters and an outrageous plot that makes for a fun premise and revolves around Kapil Dubey (Vicky Kaushal), his wife Saumya Chawla Dubey (Sara Ali Khan), and their joint family.
When the conservative pandit’s family accidentally eats a cake that contains eggs, Kapil’s aunty (Kanupriya Pandit) takes a jab at the Punjabi daughter-in-law for the fiasco, and the latter puts her foot down and insists on moving out and away from the constant taunts. Thus begins the duo’s quest to buy a house, which proves to be a proposition that they just cannot afford.
In a really bizarre twist to the plot, when Soumya stumbles upon news of auctioning of plots for government’s housing scheme, a dubious agent, Bhagwan Das (Inaamulhaq), tells them that there is a ray of hope and Saumya will be eligible under the women’s quota if she divorces Kapil, and the two can remarry once the home is allotted. Complications arise and the agent is put in jail for corruption and fraud.
To lengthen and stretch the otherwise wafer thin and unconvincing plot, a love triangle and a nosy security guard, Daroga (Sharib Hashmi), are introduced and the plot becomes crazier. Sachin-Jigar’s songs are catchy, and Raghav Ramadoss’s cinematography captures Indore’s small-town vibe and quirks well.
As far as the performances are concerned, I should concede that Vicky Kaushal performs ably and gets into the character of the small-town penny-pinching guy Kappu well. He emotes perfectly in a scene at the hospital when Kapil and Saumya have a heart-to-heart talk to iron out their differences and nails the scene and emerges a winner.
Though the director irritates you with plugging Thumbs Up , Fanta and Five Star chocolate at every possible juncture, Sara Ali Khan emerges a real winner as she aces her part perfectly and performs sincerely as a middle-class bahu and a spitfire Punjabi girl. The supporting cast, including Neeraj Sood and Kanupriya Pandit as mama and mami, Inaamulhaq, as the corrupt agent , Rakesh Bedi as Saumya’s father, Harcharan Chawla, and Akash Khurana as Kapil’s father deliver more than just loud performances in what can be termed a bizarre satire.
