Barfi Movie Review

Barfi! Promo suggested movie to be from Rom-Com genre. But after watching movie it is not from any genre its from every genre without being a masala film. Yes, the movie fulfills the expectation everyone was having from it, be it a critics or audience. Barfi has the capability to win everyone’s heart.

Barfi starts in present time from where the narrator Mrs. Sengupta(Ileana D'Cruz) takes us to somewhere in 70’s and tell us about a guy named Murphy but everyone calls him Barfi (Ranbir Kapoor). Barfi is deaf and dumb but believes to live every moment of life and test his friends with his special friendship test. Shruti(Mrs. Sengupta) comes to Darjeeling with her family. Like any other bollywood film they both fall in love. Shruti’s mother(Rupa Ganguly) tells her that after the marriage you won’t be able to live in a silence and Shruti leaves Barfi behind choose Ranjit(Jishu Sengupta), a well settled man. But after the marriage there was silence in her life as they can’t feel each other.

Here in Darjeeling Barfi met her childhood friend(Jhilmil). After 6  years Barfi met Shruti in Kolkata with Jhilmil. One day Jhilmil lost away and when Mrs. Sengupta a.k.a. Shruti files a police case she came to know that Barfi is charged of bank robbery and kidnapping. How, Why, When all these question are answered by Anurag Basu, the director, in the film.

Film starts seriously moves to rom-com than to family drama than to romantic and lastly a suspence thriller. Characters are very well written by the writer and executed by actors. Comic scenes are wonderful. Love story of Ranbir-Priyanka is superb and divine, yes divine. Last scene where Jhilmil is calling Barfi but he can’t listen but Mrs. Sengupta can. Now she has to make a choice whether she shols tell Barfi or not is so well showed that audience can feel what’s going in the mind of her and that makes Anurag a winner.

From the first scene you feel connected Barfi and till the last you become too attached to Barfi that you don’t want to leave the hall but you have to.

First of all talks about the story, Anurag Basu’s story is interesting, new and a way better than present films. Director Anurag Basu tells his own written story in his own way and one word for that fantastic. Backdrop of the film, Darjeeling, gave cinematographer the chance to show his full talent and Ravi Varman gets full marks for that.

Only low thing about movie is that sometime it looks to go down because of long sequences. Editing isn’t that sharp as it has to be.

 Ranbir Kapoor lives the character of Barfi and nothing else to tell about him. He is impressing everyone with his choice of films. Priyanka plays an autistic suffering girls and she did a fantabulous job here. Ileana in her maiden bollywood film is brilliant. Saurabh Shukla as police inspector is superb. All supporting characters are full rated.

Music is marvelous, sweet and fit to story. Pritam did an outstanding job here for which he is well-known. From the ‘Barfi!’ to ‘Sawali Raat’, 'Phir Le Aya Dil' or ‘Aashiyan’ every song is the heart of the movie.  

Last Word, whichever genre you love Barfi! is for you. This Barfi! isn’t only sweet it is sour and soupy too.

 My Ratings: 4.5/5