Directed by : Amar Kaushik
Imdb link -> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9420648/
Badalna kyun hai, kyun badle ..
Spoilers ahead..
Balmukund Bala Shukla (Ayushmann Khurrana) is balding prematurely and takes on every possible remedy on earth to solve the problem and lead a 'hero' kind life he used to had during school days that included mimicking actors, having girlfriends and roaming on streets with style.
Such a good concept and Ayushmann who's been on fire in last 2-3 years, with director who's last film Stree was very entertaining, and a brilliant trailer, all had me in high hopes which Bala couldn't fulfill at all.
Where did it go wrong? Hate to say it but for once Ayushmann performance didn't work for me, it just felt like a long chain of sameness coming out in the character, and the fact that after a while there's a sense of overdose of 'how to solve this hair loss problem' that it gets tiring and boring to watch.
If there's something to love in the film then its Pari Mishra (Yami Gautam) who in the best scene of the film tells why she loves the fact that her usp is her looks and she won't shy away from admitting that her looks gets her comments on social media and she dreams of marrying a good looking guy. That monologue you could totally buy it, and also it was fun watching her tik-tok sequences with Bala where they do plenty of 90's hit songs, mine favorite being Ram Lakhan's 'Tera naam liya, tujhe yaad kiya'. Oh I wish the movie's main character was Pari and we were told the story from her point of view.
On the other hand there was Latika (Bhumi Padnekar) a dark skinned girl who hates society's take on 'good looks only matters' and has constant fights with Bala who during childhood calls her 'kaali'. Now my problem isn't with what she thinks, because she is right but the fact that Bhumi was casted to play this role where in many scenes the overdose of paint made her dark skin hard to look it plus the irony that they couldn't cast a dark skinned lady for the role.. Already her character wasn't strong enough and this just made you want her scenes just end quickly. Also, I ain't much of a Bhumi admirer minus her debut film.
There are few fun moments involving the supporting cast of Saurabh Shukla, Seema Bhargava, Javed Jaffery, and actors playing Bala's brother and Bala's grandfather.
'Bala' to me is the most forgettable Ayushmann movie since 'Hawaizaada' which was a long time ago so thats a positive if any I can take away from this film apart from Yami's performance. It tries hard to give the message of 'why should we change ourselves for others, and not just love ourselves for the way we are' but sadly the route taken to this message doesn't work at all.
My Rating : 4/10
Imdb link -> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9420648/
Badalna kyun hai, kyun badle ..
Spoilers ahead..
Balmukund Bala Shukla (Ayushmann Khurrana) is balding prematurely and takes on every possible remedy on earth to solve the problem and lead a 'hero' kind life he used to had during school days that included mimicking actors, having girlfriends and roaming on streets with style.
Such a good concept and Ayushmann who's been on fire in last 2-3 years, with director who's last film Stree was very entertaining, and a brilliant trailer, all had me in high hopes which Bala couldn't fulfill at all.
Where did it go wrong? Hate to say it but for once Ayushmann performance didn't work for me, it just felt like a long chain of sameness coming out in the character, and the fact that after a while there's a sense of overdose of 'how to solve this hair loss problem' that it gets tiring and boring to watch.
If there's something to love in the film then its Pari Mishra (Yami Gautam) who in the best scene of the film tells why she loves the fact that her usp is her looks and she won't shy away from admitting that her looks gets her comments on social media and she dreams of marrying a good looking guy. That monologue you could totally buy it, and also it was fun watching her tik-tok sequences with Bala where they do plenty of 90's hit songs, mine favorite being Ram Lakhan's 'Tera naam liya, tujhe yaad kiya'. Oh I wish the movie's main character was Pari and we were told the story from her point of view.
On the other hand there was Latika (Bhumi Padnekar) a dark skinned girl who hates society's take on 'good looks only matters' and has constant fights with Bala who during childhood calls her 'kaali'. Now my problem isn't with what she thinks, because she is right but the fact that Bhumi was casted to play this role where in many scenes the overdose of paint made her dark skin hard to look it plus the irony that they couldn't cast a dark skinned lady for the role.. Already her character wasn't strong enough and this just made you want her scenes just end quickly. Also, I ain't much of a Bhumi admirer minus her debut film.
There are few fun moments involving the supporting cast of Saurabh Shukla, Seema Bhargava, Javed Jaffery, and actors playing Bala's brother and Bala's grandfather.
'Bala' to me is the most forgettable Ayushmann movie since 'Hawaizaada' which was a long time ago so thats a positive if any I can take away from this film apart from Yami's performance. It tries hard to give the message of 'why should we change ourselves for others, and not just love ourselves for the way we are' but sadly the route taken to this message doesn't work at all.
My Rating : 4/10
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