Sunday, 16 September 2012

Movie Review Barfi - Siddharth B. Sethia

Ranbir and Priyanka's act leaves you speechless!

Barfi - Movie Poster
This is it, The Best Ever Role a Young actor could ever get...Anurag Basu's flick has just given Ranbir the best twist ever in his career yet. The central premise of the film is that true LOVE is what is Unplanned, unpremeditated, unblemished....

‘Barfi’ is just about that. ‘Barfi!’ narrates the story of the namesake character Barfi (originally named as Murphy by his parents) played by Ranbir Kapoor who has a speech and hearing impairment and lives every single day of his life to the hilt and how!  Shruti played by Illeana D’Cruz narrates the magical tale of Barfi. Murphy (Barfi) who happens to be a happy-go-lucky character that lives with his ageing father in Darjeeling of 1970s. Barfi chances upon Shruti on her visit to Darjeeling and she finds herself losing her heart to him despite the fact that she is engaged to a wealthy man back in Kolkata. After a brief romance, Shruti chooses material comforts over true love and leaves Barfi heartbroken to marry the moneyed man.

Movie Still - Barfi.
And here unfolds a mysterious character, autistic Jhilmil Chatterjee played by Priyanka Chopra, who belongs to an affluent family in Darjeeling but her family barely cares for her sensitive needs. Barfi finds his father battling kidney failure and penniless Barfi looks for all ways to get the money for his treatment but in vain. When left with no other way, Barfi plans with his best friend to kidnap Jhilmil and blackmail her parents for the money.

And then, the story unfolds, Barfi and Jhilmil realise that they are perfect couple and they can share their life with each other, keeping their physical imperfections aside. On the other hand, even after 6 years of marriage, Shruti comes to know that she still has strong feelings for Barfi.
The story moves back and forth from 1978, 1972 and 2012 in an easy-to-follow fashion and the film’s songs are simply soulful.

While Ranbir and Priyanka effortlessly prove themselves the best actors of their generation, Ileana D'Crus makes a confident engaging debut into Hindi Cinema. A must watch....
Overall I would rate the movie as 4 out of 5.

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