Bewakoofiyaan, Hindi Bollywood film movie review, Johnson Thomas, Rating: * *
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Hindi Film reviews
Johnson Thomas
Film: Bewajoofiyaan: Turgid ‘Father of the Bride’
copycat rom-com
Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Ayushman Khurana, Sonam Kapoor
Director: Nupur Asthana
Rating: * *
A poor
copy of the ribtickling Hollywood rom-coms ‘Father of the Bride’ and ‘Meet the
Parents,’ this Nupur Asthana directed medium budget quickie is just not
entertaining in the least.
The
father - V.K Sehgal, IAS cadre( Rishi Kapoor), a soon to be retired Secretary
to the Indian Government, is a widower with a pretty achiever daughter
Mayera(Sonam Kapoor), whom he supposedly dotes on. So off he goes into
overprotective, over cautious mode when She gets home her beau Mohit Chadha(Ayushman
Khurana). Obviously he is not too pleased with the wannabe bridegroom’s
marketing job at an airline and is out to garner all the minutest of unsavories
about the upstart. Conveniently enough, Mohit becomes jobless and the couple
decide to cover-up the issue. Lies come into play and then misunderstandings
and finally a penniless Mohit has no alternative but to escape the marital
noose just when the father begins to accept the inevitable and gets the two a
set of solitaire enagagement rings costing $ lakh rupees and more.
The
storyline lacks strength mainly because after creating a few routine set-piece
laughs, it gets bogged down in unvyable inanities. Recession and an
over-protective Dad are the hindrances in this romance but the enjoyment gets
curbed vy much more than plot-twists. The fickle treatment is a major spoilsport
here. The screenplay lacks pathos, empathy, humor and bite. So by Half-time you
feel totally enervated by what transpires on screen.
Mayera
and Mohit are both poorly written characters. Their inter-personal hijinx are
played out quite artificially. At no time do we feel engaged or empathetic
towards the two and their plight. The father’s over-protectiveness also comes
across as poorly envisioned. Thereafter there’s little hope for enagement.
Mayera’s trip to Dubai, Mohit’s struggle to find a job and Sehgal’s glee at
their break-up juts leave you unmoved. You can well guess what happens in the
end- No need for me to get into that.
As a
viewer it’s just difficult for us to buy into the act put on by mohit to win
over hios future father-in-law and keep his fiance happy. Also the fact that he is an MBA topper and can’t
find a suitable job for a very longtime and then decides to eat humble pie as a
café manager, doesn’t make logical sense. There’s just a little too much
happening here that doesn’t convince. Sonam is also too plastic to improve the
situation. Only Ayushman does the sincere act well in this choatic tedium
earner!
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