Kangana Excels In This Mad-Cap Thriller
Holding an extreme view and carting the ball out of the park is what interests him most. He is a hard hitter at all times. Fasten your seatbelts and read.
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Holding an extreme view and carting the ball out of the park is what interests him most. He is a hard hitter at all times. Fasten your seatbelts and read.
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What do you get when you cross Jaane Bhi Do Yaaroo with the kind of thrillers Sriram Raghavan makes? The answer is Judgemental Hai Kya. The movie takes the kind of over-the-top humour in the former and blends it with the thrills provided by the latterâs movie and adds a twist by showing the main character suffering from mental problems to concoct a mashup that makes for a good dark comedy.
Kangana Ranautâs Bobby is entirely believable, confident about her work but unsure about other things. Her childhood trauma makes her suffer from acute psychosis and she sees cockroaches everywhere. In addition, she refuses to believe what she sees and forms theories about people in her mind. She uses her manager as an errand boy, lets him think he is her boyfriend but never lets him get too close. She keeps a knife at hand and is given to stab people who irritate her.
She works as a dubbing artist for films from the south that are dubbed for Bhojpuri audiences. When a production manager tries to molest her, she punches him in the nose and chooses to spend time in an asylum instead of paying Rs 20000 as fine. She makes origami from newspaper cuttings that report about rape, murder and domestic violence. She has a wall plastered with pictures of her in the costumes of characters she has dubbed for. Her manager tells people that 16/17 people reside in her brain at any time.
Her world changes when Keshav (Rajkummar Rao) and his wife move in as new tenants in her house. She thinks their immense love for each other is just for show and spies on them. She also fantasizes about Keshav. But when a murder happens, she tells the police that Keshav might have done it. He, in turn, accuses her. The scenes where they square off against each other are easily the best in the movie.
The film moves on to other settings thereafter and Bobbyâs obsession with Keshav continues. The story takes a new turn and they again match their wits. While the film belongs to Kangana who brings out the vulnerabilities of a character suffering from mental problems perfectly, Rajkummar Rao is also good as Keshav. The climax is a bit of a letdown but the overall experience is going to bowl over people who like dark comedies. Be warned that if you like slapstick or the usual Bollywood fare, this movie is not up your street. But you should watch it for Kanganaâs performance and the fact that for the first time, people with mental problems are not made fun of in a crude way in a mainstream Hindi film.
