ISHQIYA

A typical Vishal Bharadwaj movie, albeit directed by newbie Abhishek Chaubey. Bad start to a review by starting with a comparison. Although Vishal Bharadwaj has not directed the movie, his touch cannot go unnoticed in the movie. The man seems to have mastered the art of taking a totally unrealistic story/script and converting it into a realistic mind blowing piece of movie making.

It would have been a better experience if it weren't for a bunch of really irritating people (credit to stall seats in New Empire) who were sitting behind us and passing mindless comments ( every time there was a twist in the movie.. the guy behind me used to get overexcited and say .." ye bada game hone waala hain abhi... bohot bada jhol hain yaar" then he would ask his bajuwaala .." tujhe game samajh mein aa raha hain ki nahi??(poor guy was as confused as the person who asked him)" Ofcourse they also used the word 'game' along with non-stop commentary during the liplock scene between lovable Arshad Warsi and amazing Naseeruddin Shah... hahaha ... gotcha ...Section 377 is not that explicitly accepted in our country... ofcourse it was with the earthy beauty Vidya Balan.

Nonetheless, the 'game' was really interesting. The mama-bhanja duo was superb right from their rib-tickling opening act. The entire scenario surrounding Gorakhpur about its people and the people in power over there, the communist scenario(the shia sunni dialogue of arshad warsi ..lol) is also captured in a very 'ya.. it is so out here, can u believe that' manner and it suits the plot of the film completely. The humour of the VB movies is a class apart, you never come to know when there will be an out and out funny dialogue with the best comic timing ever and you will be found ROTF LYourAO..

The ISHQ part of ishqiya has also been very sensitively approached and pretty much in cognizance with human emotions. Yeah, it does project the lady as a figure who can mesmerize anybody's senses the way she wants to.. and boy .. Vidya Balan has lived upto the tough ask of the role.. The innocence of 'Dil to Baccha Hain Ji' fits really well in the movie.  The way Naseeruddin Shah has portrayed the character of a man who goes in the seventh heaven at the very sight or thought of his lady love is very heartening. Arshad Warsi has been shown as a really cocky character and he suits the bill.

Apart from a drop of momentum here and there and the loose ending of the movie(they trio walks out on the bridge without anybody doing anything to them??The Bollywood Police is definitely the most inefficient force I have ever seen. Well, happy endings are a part of bollywood culture, but not all movies can end like Omkara) the movie was a complete treat. In short mindless, comic, dramatic and a combination of many good performances. A 3 - Star Rating would be apt. The 'game' is worth it.