Neena Gupta, the actress who plays one of the main characters in Badhaai Ho has a lot in common with Gloria Steinem, whose book I just read and posted a review about, than meets the eye. In their personal lives, both ladies stood their ground and redefined societal norms in a place and time when not many women had attempted or succeeded in doing so.
Neena Gupta became a single mother to an illegitimate child in the conservative India of the eighties and raised her alone to become a successful adult. Like Gloria Steinem, Neena Gupta has aged beautifully - natural and elegant. In Badhaai Ho, she plays the mother of two grown-up boys. who accidentally becomes pregnant again in her fifties.
There is not much of a story in Badhaai Ho. Once you see the poster the main theme is self evident. From the beginning we are aware that the success of this film depends on the presentation and the development of the subject, or in short it is the script that could make or break this movie.
It could lose its way in cliches or it could soar like a Vicky Donor. And soar it does, in a Delhi winter floated up by its well rounded characters. Akshat Gildhial - a first time script writer, who wrote the story as well as the dialogs for Badhaai Ho has hit a home run with his debut. Juhi Chaturvedi, here comes your competition!
All the actors have given amazing performances - Ayushmann Khurana, Gajraj Rao, Neena Gupta, Surekha Sikri and Sanya Malhotra, under the expert direction of Amit Sharma.
Ayushmann Khurana's selection of films is commendable. He is filling in the Amol Palekar niche in Bollywood or it could be that he is creating his own with the help of terrific writers like Juhi Chaturvedi and Akshat Gildhial.
Badhaai Ho is also an accidental feminist film with three strong women characters - the pregnant Mom, her older mother-in-law and her son's girl friend. Gajraj Rao and Ayushmann brings up the male front with their immensely likeable father-son duo with their perfect comic timing. All in all, a light-hearted wholesome movie.
Neena Gupta became a single mother to an illegitimate child in the conservative India of the eighties and raised her alone to become a successful adult. Like Gloria Steinem, Neena Gupta has aged beautifully - natural and elegant. In Badhaai Ho, she plays the mother of two grown-up boys. who accidentally becomes pregnant again in her fifties.
There is not much of a story in Badhaai Ho. Once you see the poster the main theme is self evident. From the beginning we are aware that the success of this film depends on the presentation and the development of the subject, or in short it is the script that could make or break this movie.It could lose its way in cliches or it could soar like a Vicky Donor. And soar it does, in a Delhi winter floated up by its well rounded characters. Akshat Gildhial - a first time script writer, who wrote the story as well as the dialogs for Badhaai Ho has hit a home run with his debut. Juhi Chaturvedi, here comes your competition!
All the actors have given amazing performances - Ayushmann Khurana, Gajraj Rao, Neena Gupta, Surekha Sikri and Sanya Malhotra, under the expert direction of Amit Sharma.
Ayushmann Khurana's selection of films is commendable. He is filling in the Amol Palekar niche in Bollywood or it could be that he is creating his own with the help of terrific writers like Juhi Chaturvedi and Akshat Gildhial.
Badhaai Ho is also an accidental feminist film with three strong women characters - the pregnant Mom, her older mother-in-law and her son's girl friend. Gajraj Rao and Ayushmann brings up the male front with their immensely likeable father-son duo with their perfect comic timing. All in all, a light-hearted wholesome movie.
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