Rating: 2.5/5 Stars (Two and half stars)

Star Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Kirti Sanon, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Seema Pahwa

Director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari

What’s Good: The simplicity of the Film and Rajkummar Rao’s outstanding performance

What’s Bad: Film starts lagging because of bad editing in a few places

Loo Break: During the first half and also during a couple of songs.

Watch or Not: If you are looking for a clean and entertaining film this weekend, you can watch Bareilly Ki Barfi, which qualifies for a one time watch.

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The film starts off with a voiceover introduction by the veteran Javed Akhtar, who takes us through the entire proceedings of the film. The film is all about a Bareilly based bubbly girl Bitti Mishra (Kriti Sanon) and her life. Despite being a girl, her parents raise her up as a son. That explains the reason as to why her parents are not surprised to know that her daughter smokes and even drinks. Even though Bitti Mishra meets many suitors for her marriage, she lands up getting rejected by everyone. That’s why her marriage becomes the prime concern of her parents (Seema Pahwa and Pankaj Tripathi). One day, a chance reading about the central character of a book titled ‘Bareilly Ki Barfi’ not only changes her plans of running away from her parental home, but also, makes her feel special about the book’s author, who, she thinks is the only person who has understood her completely.

When the book’s printer Chirag Dubey (Ayushmann Khurrana) gets to know about Bitti Mishra’s love for the book’s author, he fabricates a story involving Pritam Vidrohi (Rajkummar Rao), whose name and photograph features as the book’s author. What is the mystery behind the book’s author, does Kriti Sanon get to know the real author of the book in the end and what connection does Ayushmann Khurrana has with the book, is what forms the film.

Bareilly Ki Barfi Review: Script Analysis

Bareilly Ki Barfi is inspired from a French novel titled ‘Ingredients of Love’. The film’s writer very skilfully and convincingly adapts the said book into the film’s script and changed the premise of the story from France to Uttar Pradesh. Even though the film has been inspired by the book, the film’s director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari has ensured that the film enjoys an identity of its own, without falling under the shadows of the book. Thanks to the able direction by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, the film makes for a decent watch.

The flipside of the coin is that, the film’s length acts as a villain at handful most of the places. While the first half gets dragged at many places as it starts moving around in circles, it’s the second half which paces things up for the film. Chopping off a few unnecessary scenes (in the first half) could have done wonders for the film.

Bareilly Ki Barfi Review: Star Performance

Essentially, the film belongs to Kriti Sanon, who is fast becoming one of the front runners of the Gen-Next stars. Even though her last film Raabta failed to live upto the expectations, that hasn’t deterred her determination and confidence even a bit. Her performance in the film in the film is convincing. She looks true to her character.

On the other hand, there’s Ayushmann Khurrana, who was last seen in Meri Pyaari Bindu. After having played romantic heroes so far in his career, this is the first time Ayushmann Khurrana is playing such a character, although we won’t reveal the details of his character (you have to see it to believe it). Overall, Ayushmann Khurrana is good in this film.

Besides Ayushmann Khurrana and Kriti Sanon, the film belongs to Rajkummar Rao, whose last film was Behen Hogi Teri. He is a man who simply owns the film and how. There seems to be no stopping this man when it comes to experimenting with characters and mannerisms. Bareilly Ki Barfi only reaffirms the fact that why Rajkummar Rao is one of the most effortless actors in Bollywood today. His onscreen chemistry with both, Ayushmann Khurrana and Kriti Sanon is really awesome. With the kind of roles and films which he has in his kitty in the days to come, Rajkummar Rao is definitely a superstar in the waiting. The ease with which Rajkummar Rao changes not just his character sketch, but also his voice in the film, deserves a loud applause.

The veteran actors Seema Pahwa and Pankaj Tripathi make for an endearing watch. Both are simply adorable in their respective characters in the film. The way in which they have handled their screen spaces is definitely praise worthy.

Bareilly Ki Barfi Review: Direction, Music

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, the director of Bareilly Ki Barfi, made a splash in Bollywood with her debut film Nil Battey Sannata, a film which not only won awards galore, but also everyone’s hearts alike. Even though she tried to do the same with Bareilly Ki Barfi, the sad part is that, she succeeds only to a certain extent. The semi weak screenplay gives in the film at a handful of places. At the same time, her direction in the film is definitely something to watch out for. One has to give it to this lady for having extracted the best performances from her lead cast. Do not miss the scenes when Ayushmann Khurrana imparts training to Rajkummar Rao.

As far as the music of the film is concerned, there are a couple of songs which makes for good listening. These songs include ‘Sweety Tera Drama’, and the soothing ‘Nazm Nazm’. The other songs are just about average and do no good to either the film or its narrative.

Bareilly Ki Barfi Review: The Last Word

Despite the film being extremely simple in its content, the film will pick up only through word of mouth. Rajkummar Rao forms one of the major reasons for the cinegoers to go and see the film.

Two And A Half Stars!

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Bareilly Ki Barfi releases on 18th August, 2017.

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