Bareilly Ki Barfi movie review

Bareilly Ki Barfi movie review: Ayushmann, Kriti, Rajkummar starrer

 

Ayushmann Khurrana, Kriti Sanon’s Bareilly Ki Barfi succeeds to capture the flavour of small-town India, with Rajkummar Rao bringing in the cheek. Here’s my movie review.

Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Kriti Sanon, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Seema Pahwa

Direction: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes

CRITIC'S RATING: 4.0/5

AVG READERS' RATING: 4.1/5

BITE INTO THIS BARFI FOR SURE; IT IS BOUND TO LIFT YOUR SPIRITS.

Bareilly Ki Barfi Story: 

Bitti Mishra (Kriti) is a sharp tongued, mostly agitated Bareilly girl whose break dance is some sort of an event at local weddings. Fed up with the society and her nagging mother after a few rejections in the marriage market, she runs away from home only to find a novel that has a central character similar to her. In the pursuit to meet the writer of the novel, Bitti meets two guys who start wooing her.She falls deeply in love with Pritam Vidrohi(Rajkummar) an author because she admires his progressive way of thinking. Finding him though proves to be as hard as looking for a needle in the haystack. So Bitti seeks the help of the local printing press-owner, Chirag Dubey (Ayushmann) on her journey of love.

This love triangle soon includes more dimensions like her family, friends and families of guys and above everything, a desire to show the small town milieu in a loving way.

As far as performances Rajkummar Rao is the scene-stealer. Whether he's the stammering sari salesman or the gali ka gunda, he is magnetic.

Kriti makes for a adorable Bitti, while Ayushmann goes from white to grey so fluently you stay invested in him. Pankaj Tripathi and Seema Pahwa are also in fine fettle and you're actually tempted to ask them for an encore.

Bitti is the only daughter of a sweetmeat shop owner (Pankaj) and his conservative wife (Seema). Her dad raises her like a son, even allowing her the occasional puff and swig. In sharp contrast, her regular small-town Ma, who only wants to see her daughter hitched.

On a train journey, Bitti accidentally ends up devouring a novel titled Bareilly Ki Barfi and here comes a twist in the tale. Not only does she identify with the lead character of the book, she also desperately seeks the author. She starts spending a lot of time with Chirag, they become besties, too, and he promises to help find her Pritam-pyaare.

Even with this, Bareilly Ki Barfi is sweet and delightful. Its hilarious one-liners like, “Ye toh aastin ka anaconda nikla” and “Ye Bitti raat bhar kahan ghumti rehti hai, ladki hai koi chudail thode na hai,” totally work.

Javed Akhtar’s voice-over introducing the characters and situations is breezy, once again thanks to the funny punches. Quite like the money-spinner Tanu Weds Manu and its sequel, this film too keeps you invested in its rain and shine moments. As a bonus you get the peppy Sweety Tera Drama and Twist Kamariya tracks, both of which will get you grooving. This light-hearted comedy refrains from being slapstick and slowly weaves its charm. Worth a watch.