THE BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front): A Comedy, Satire with miscellaneous paraphernalia about citizens’ responsibility in a democracy.
CAST: Sanjay Mishra, Ram Kapoor, Abhishek Chauhan. Raghav Juyal and Nidhi Singh.
DIRECTOR: Ashish Shukla
PRODUCER: Yoodle Films
STREAMING ON : HOTSTAR
RATING: 7/10 Deserves a Watch
THE POEF (Profanity Obscenity Expletives Factor): High
THE MEAT AND POTATOES:
Does a democracy impose duties and responsibilities upon its citizens? If it does, is it not the primary duty of those chosen to govern to be answerable to the masses.
Bony (Raghav Juyal) and Fundoo (Abhishek Chauhan), while studying to be engineers at an Engineering Institution in Varanasi, cannot pass their final exams, causing them to look for menial jobs to sustain themselves desperately.
Sanjay Mishra, as Baba Bakchod, tells them about a plan to earn millions by plotting to rob the Bank at their University, very sassily called the MCBC Bank. (For crying out loud!) However, two petty thieves get to loot the Bank before the trio. The thieves are caught by a befittingly casted bold, kickass police officer Bobby Tiwari (Nidhi Tiwari).
The bank loot has in its spoils the Kohinoor, which has many people interested in it. A slimy Ramdevish Guruji (Dibyendu Bhattacharya), a sycophantic Union Minister Ajay Singh (Punkaj Kalraa), and his merciless hitman Lovely Singh (Ram Kapoor).
And then starts a cat and mouse between the characters, to get to the Kohinoor.
IN THE ZONE
Sudhir Mishra is straight out badass as Baba Bakchod. He holds court. Abhishek Chauhan pulls off a persuasive act and fits into the role of as Fundoo with flawlessness.
Raghav Juyal, apart from imparting extreme kawaii, takes his role as Bony to a fitting space. Nidhi Singh, as Bobby Tiwari, is ferocious and pulls off a terrific performance.
The ultimate surprise of the movie is Ram Kapoor. As a cold, calculating, silent assassin, he excels in a schtum sbd avatar.
FWAR
You will probably question the apparent significant gaping loopholes in the narrative. Yet, despite that, the rehashed foot-tapping 80s tracks had us reaching out to download the Music as we watched the movie.
In some slick dialogues and some insane circumstances, the humor is well placed and elicited loud laughter.
The writers bring a sparkle to the conversation between the protagonists. We cannot take out of our mind the Apeksha, the bahu version of Alexa, though.
WHAT WE LOVED
The actors, especially Sanjay Mishra and Ram Kapoor
The oh so fantastic music
WHAT WE MISSED
Those convenient open-ended sub-plots.
