Badhaai Ho (2018)
10/10
Another brilliant satire on the Indian society
19 October 2018
Name anything - Story, Acting, Funny Dialogues or Direction, this film has all of it with the word "Amazing" added to all the aforementioned words. For those people who think the Khans are ones who can make movies hits, they should watch out for Ayushmann Khurrana. The guy is very natural in his performance. But despite him being the protagonist of this movie, I feel the story is mainly about Neena Gupta's character. It is her character that faces a tough situation in life and decides to go through it anyway. Ayushmann Khurrana and the other characters are people who react on that situation. Hence I feel they are more like supporting characters.

The film shows how the society reacts to yet another taboo situation that is very unusual: parents having a baby again. The characters of Ayushmann Khurrana and Gajraj Rao are symbolic of the typical Middle Class people who are against it. The character of Sheeba Chadda (Renee's mother) is symbolic of the society itself that judges any person it wants to.

On the Writing & Direction part, I can't believe these are the same people who made Tevar. Tevar was a movie copied from the South while this feels more like an Original Story. Guess they have realised that proper observation and imagination can give really good stories.

On an ending note, I'm beginning to really like each and every movie that Ayushmann Khurrana is coming up with. All of his movies are getting a rating of more than 7 or 8 in this website and I hope this continues.
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