Director – Anurag Basu
Producer – Siddharth Roy Kapoor, Ronnie Screwvala
Banner – UTV Motion Pictures, Ishana Movies
Music – Pritam Chakraborty
Genre – Comedy
Rating : 4/5
Story:
Barfi is set in the beautiful locales of
Darjeeling and Kolkata, and is told in flashbacks. Barfi tells the
story of Murphy (Ranbir Kapoor) who is dumb and deaf. Murphy is lovingly
called ‘Barfi’. The story is narrated mainly by Shruti and others who
make up Murphy’s world.Barfi is an extremely optimistic and a jovial
person who loves to live life kingsize, no matter what the problem
surrounding him is. He gets attracted to Shruti (Ileana), who first
comes to Darjeeling with her parents. She is engaged to be married to
her college sweetheart.
Then there is the story of Barfi meeting
Jhilmil (Priyanka Chopra), who is suffering from autism. Jhilmil is
hidden away from society by her parents in a special home for a long
time until she is brought back to Darjeeling when her parents demand a
share of the grandfather’s heritage. Though Jhilmil’s parents fight it
difficult to tackle her, Barfi knows exactly how to handle her. The two
become very close and their affection slowly becomes very deep.
Star Performances:
Ranbir Kapoor get better with each film,
and his role as Murphy/Barfi is no exception. Without a single dialogue
(if you don’t count ‘Barfi!’ as a dialogue), Ranbir masterfully smiles
through his pain, gives cops a chase through town and frets over his
lovers. Priyanka Chopra is very good as Jhilmil. Ranbir and Priyanka
both deserve credit for not going over the top with their acting and
keeping it quite natural. Ileana D’Cruz does well as Shruti, though her
character could have been developed better. Saurabh Shukla is a gem as
the irate police officer who chases Barfi throughout his career. Bhola
Raj Sapkota and Akash Khurana are adorable as Barfi’s friend and father
respectively.
Direction, Editing & Music:
Anurag Basu is one master for taking
such a story and extracting such wonderful performances. The use of
light in the film has been done very well. Ravi Varma’s cinematography
with the light and colours and festivals is excellent. Pritam’s music is
very good but it reminds you of the soundtrack of In The Mood For Love
very often. Akiv Ali’s editing is very fine.
positive:
The spell-binding direction; the wonderful performances; the cinematography and the music.
Negative:
The movie stretches a bit; the plot gets convoluted in between.
Final word:
Watch Barfi!, feel it and soak it because it is pure cinematic joy. And above all its magical!
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