If you have ever felt bad or insecure when your good friend is with his/her love, you will understand Barfi! Love, jealousy and compassion are three elements which make Barfi such an amazing watch. Anurag Basu who made Life In A... Metro is back with a bang. A bang which could have fizzled without the stardom Ranbeer brings in. Such movies are usually appreciated in film festivals and by lonely pairs in random shows running in multiplexes, mass prefer to watch star studded films.
Barfi (Murphy - Ranbeer) is a differently abled person who falls in love with a 'normal' girl Shruti (Illeana). But she cannot allow herself because of typical poor guy rich girl dilemma. Barfi's childhood friend is an autistic girl - Jhilmil (Priyanka). She is kidnapped. Story is about these three people, a couple of side-cast and the kidnapping. If one can forget about Ranbeer's and Priyanka's shortcomings, this sounds like a zillion times repeated story. References are there for sure but still the movie doesn't loses its originality.
Heavily influenced by world cinema in its treatment, Barfi has five main heroes - Ranbeer, Priyanka, Illeana, Cinematography and Background score. They bring in an experience that overshadows small loopholes in the story and unnecessary twists/subplots added to make it more suitable for Indian audiences. Romance between Ranbeer-Illeana, camaradie between Ranbeer-Priyanka and love hate relationship between Priyanka-Illeana overshadows small shortcomings. Small roles played by Saurabh Shukla, Rupa Ganguly and Akash Khurana add value to the content and presentation. Scenes between Ranbeer and Saurabh (cop-thief) and Ranbeer and Akash (father-son) will be remembered for some good time. And Chaplin... yes, he was there.
Priyanka is talented, no doubt. The way she plays her role just by her expressions; she has earned the respect even Fashion failed to gather. Ranbeer was named after his larger than life Actor-star Raj Kapoor. He must be smiling wherever he is. After a momentary lapse, he is showing his caliber and how well. Anurag Basu made a movie he will be proud of. Barfi could have been better but is still an amazing experience. Watch it, be Barfi!
Written By: Sujoy Ghosh
Barfi (Murphy - Ranbeer) is a differently abled person who falls in love with a 'normal' girl Shruti (Illeana). But she cannot allow herself because of typical poor guy rich girl dilemma. Barfi's childhood friend is an autistic girl - Jhilmil (Priyanka). She is kidnapped. Story is about these three people, a couple of side-cast and the kidnapping. If one can forget about Ranbeer's and Priyanka's shortcomings, this sounds like a zillion times repeated story. References are there for sure but still the movie doesn't loses its originality.Priyanka is talented, no doubt. The way she plays her role just by her expressions; she has earned the respect even Fashion failed to gather. Ranbeer was named after his larger than life Actor-star Raj Kapoor. He must be smiling wherever he is. After a momentary lapse, he is showing his caliber and how well. Anurag Basu made a movie he will be proud of. Barfi could have been better but is still an amazing experience. Watch it, be Barfi!
Written By: Sujoy Ghosh
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