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Bollywood Film Review Johnson Thomas Stellar performances fail to raise the pitch here Film: Angrezi Medium Cast: Irrfan Khan, Radhika Madan, Kareena Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Manu Rishi Chaddha, Deepak Dobriyal, Pankaj Tripathi, Ranvir Shorey, Kiku Sharda Director: Homi Adajania Rating: * * ½ Runtime: 150 mins Dinesh Vijan and team Maddock Films attempt to reclaim the success of ‘Hindi Medium’ by presenting this sequel ‘Angrezi Medium’ directed by Homi Adajania instead of Saket Gokhale. The film has some wonderful performances and a riveting father-daughter-bonding track but the unwieldy length and the sloppily sub-plotted shenanigans drag it down to tedium. The film has a dream cast and Adajania has corralled their craft with superb control - every performer gives off their best, yet the scripting is so lazy, largely devoid of humor that the narrative is unable to make much of that benefit. The writing and situations are hackneyed – eve...