Anees Bazmee is known for his wonderful gags but alas, in this film the gags weren’t very catchy at all. The film was dragging in the first half, nothing great in the second half too. However, with the entry of Madhuri Dixit and Vidya Balan the film was at least watchable. Climax brings in a little emotion but that was too late and too little.
Director: Anees Bazmee
Cast: Madhuri Dixit,Vidya Balan,Kartik Aaryan, Tripti Dimri and others.
Run Time: 158 minutes
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**/1/2
Story:
The story travels to Ranaghat in West Bengal. The story revolves around the rivalry carried forward between the sisters and brother from the previous birth.
The director forced the viewers to wait impatiently and find who is the Rooh [bhoot]and who all have got a rebirth. Madhulika/Mallika (Vidya Balan) and Anjulika Mandira (Madhuri Dixit), along with Rooh Baba, a con baba, played by Kartik Aaryan, are the protagonists of the film.
Meera, played by Tripti Dimri, will definitely attract audiences in her transparent clothes and cleavage revealing attire. She takes Rooh Baba to her home town and the reason behind it forms the crux of the story.
Actor’s performances:
Rooh Baba tries to understand the history of the princely family which ends up as a marginalized family, unable to have at least a morsel of food.
Mallika (Vidya Balan) and Mandira (Madhuri Dixit) make their entry, one after the other and the audience will have to watch the film to understand their role in the plot.
Tripti Dimri is just an eye candy character baring her figure in revealing clothes. Her monotonous performance needs to improve. Better luck next time.
Kartik Aaryan's action is also not impressive. Even his transformation as a gay fails to bring any emotions. In fact, Vidya and Madhuri lifted the film right from their entry, indeed.
Especially, putting an end to the sibling rivalry in the climax will melt the heart of the audiences. Sanjay Mishra, Rajpal Yadav and Ashwini Kaleskar have brilliant comic timings but even they could not make the scenes interesting due to the weak script.
Direction/Writing:
A psychological thriller needs to have impressive and thrilling script that can keep the audience on the edge of the seat, but this is missing, and the gags weren't striking at all. Anees Bazmee’s direction also fails to strike a chord with the audience. The lackluster script takes the entire blame for the poor show.
Editing /Screenplay- Slow editing and lose screenplay makes the narrative completely boring.
The climax brings loads of emotions and also the male dominance. However, it fails to invoke that emotional quotient in the audience.
Verdict: A one-time watch film.
