Barfi!

Genre: Comedy | Drama | Mystery

Director: Anurag Basu

Plot

Barfi! is about Barfi who falls in love with an already engaged woman and how life changes after their first encounter and they learn that love can neither be defined nor contained by society's norms of normal and abnormal

Review

The movie barfi had a big hype among the people that included me too. I personally am not a big fan of Anurag Basu movies as he has delivered some blunders as well. But I am a big fan of Ranbir films and to add to it, it was a Priyanka and Ranbir movie. One more reason was that the barfi songs are already so popular due to the melodious music that reminds you of the old times.

The beginning of the movie might make your jaw drop and you will understand that the movie is not just a comedy flick. Don’t worry I am not spreading barfi movie spoilers here. That is just what the foremost thing is. Then from the beginning itself, the movie will make you feel so light hearted and will create a pleasant environment which is so nice that you will immediately fall in love with the movie. I am not going to jump directly to the technical things coz furthermore before that I just want to tell that this is so much of a different things which audience might have craved to look for in a Bollywood movie. Barfi is exactly what the viewers needed from long. It is beautiful and lovely completely.

Now talking about the acts, Ranbir is superb as usual. It’s something in his blood that makes him enact so authentically. He fits in so well with the character of Barfi that you will feel that no one can do it better than him. Then Priyanka Chopra is simply phenomenal too and the same though will arise for her character Jhilmil as well. Surprisingly for me (as I haven’t seen Ileana anytime earlier) Ileana D’Cruz looks so beautiful. Her role was important as well and she has played it absolutely with justice. The direction of the movie is very good and Anurag Basu has written it in a lovely manner. In each of the technical things, the movie is very good if not exceptional. The cinematography is eye pleasing. The background score is absolutely great. The songs as already said are great and so much refreshing than the usual Bollywood beats. 

There are various instances which are copied from some of the very famous movies like ‘Notebook’, Charlie Chaplin and even from Mr. Bean T.V. series. Certain BGM sounded inspired from “Atonement’. But frankly they were not annoying as the story of the movie was refreshing. The movie is really not what you might expect. It’s a light hearted comedy drama which goes deeper adding the elements of mystery as well. There are so many sweet things added in between the movie which does awe the viewers completely as if bounded by a magical spell.

Overall, it is something what the Bollywood needed from a long time. I would not say that it is perfect. But it is a complete entertainer and completely refreshing. Hats off for the whole crew for delivering such a treat to the viewers.

Just go and fall in love with the movie

8 on 10