Despite an unusual plot and capable actors, the film turns out to be a pretentious mess that tests your wit and patience.
Known to be a family take on this Diwali, director Abhishek Jain has crafted an unusual plot and capable actors, only to make a splash that tests your wit and patience.
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In this new edition of ‘Family Planning’, a hardworking orphan Dhruv (Rajkummar Rao) is keen to ‘adopt’ the parents so that he can get married to Anya (Kriti Sanon), a cute blogger. The candidates he chooses (Paresh Rawal and Ratna Pathak Shah) have an erotic past and the situation allows the spark to fly again. Not completely original, as we recently saw in a similar situation 14 rounds, It provides a fertile ground for a social commentary consisting of comic situations. Unfortunately, the writers fail to tie the two together, which leaves the narrative falling apart. Perhaps, a few more drafts would have helped weed out the crimps in the social drama.
There’s no compelling reason for a self-made man to seek out fake parents, and the author doesn’t care to share his journey from an orphan working in a dhaba to an adventurous start-up professional. Huh. In the name of the script, there is a series of mean skits, depending on the ability of the ensemble to deliver the goods.
Rawal and Shah, with their performances, add excitement to the lame proceedings. In fact, after a point, one would think that the story of this grim man—who develops cold feet when crunched—and the handsome widow, who has packed up his past, would have made a more convincing, believable film. . But producers keep going around in circles to justify a dumb idea.
It seems that while he is free from playing inspiring characters, Rajkummar Rao falls in love part-time as a salesman of half-hearted ideas that his acting skills need to salvage. He gives his best and his improvisations stir up the atmosphere, but they are not enough to keep this bloated boat afloat. With little meat in the character, it seems like Kriti Sanon’s brief was to bring Bitti Mishra and Rashmi Trivedi on the sets to make Anya Mishra. If on-screen presence were sufficient, ad films would have become the benchmark for acting.
Aparshakti Khurana reprises his friend-of-the-hero part, but here the color scheme of his turban is more vibrant than his character.
Overall, the film is a great example of how the right ingredients do not guarantee a wholesome meal.
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