Kriti Sanon is the leggy model who by some quirk of fate or by the
malfunctioning magic wand of the casting director got deposited as a
utility clerk, Bitti Mishra, in a musty sarkari (government) office in
Bareilly, UP. Ayushmann Khurana is a writer so
reclusive or ashamed of his writing skills or both that he does not
even want to be known as the author of his own novel. These are our two
leads of Bareilly ki Barfi.
In real life, considering the rebellious, tomboyish nature of Bitti I
would have expected her to have done a Kangana Ranaut and left her
small town roots in the dust long ago and to reign over modeling world or
Bollywood by now. Ayushmann Khurana as a writer
is probably better than casting Varun Dhawan as one - that's surely a
solid excuse for having Ayushmann as Chirag Dubey - printing press owner
by the day and moonlighting novelist by night.
The perfect casting is Rajkummar Rao as Pritam Vidrohi - every bully's favorite person to pick on, the neighborhood punching bag - played to perfection by the national award winning actor.
Bareilly ki Barfi rides on the power of its script, direction and convincing portrayal of their roles by all the actors, not just the leads. It also plays safe by stringing together two of Bollywood's favorite subjects -1) love story ending in 2)wedding prep. It stays clear of moralizing and there are no villains in the story except for the hero. A bubbly movie for a light-hearted hour or two.
In real life, considering the rebellious, tomboyish nature of Bitti I
would have expected her to have done a Kangana Ranaut and left her
small town roots in the dust long ago and to reign over modeling world or
Bollywood by now. Ayushmann Khurana as a writer
is probably better than casting Varun Dhawan as one - that's surely a
solid excuse for having Ayushmann as Chirag Dubey - printing press owner
by the day and moonlighting novelist by night.
The perfect casting is Rajkummar Rao as Pritam Vidrohi - every bully's favorite person to pick on, the neighborhood punching bag - played to perfection by the national award winning actor.
Bareilly ki Barfi rides on the power of its script, direction and convincing portrayal of their roles by all the actors, not just the leads. It also plays safe by stringing together two of Bollywood's favorite subjects -1) love story ending in 2)wedding prep. It stays clear of moralizing and there are no villains in the story except for the hero. A bubbly movie for a light-hearted hour or two.
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