Disclaimer(s):
* This piece of writing should not be read by or read out to babies, kids, children and unfortunately a few adults who have not grown up though they too are by products of a sperm and an egg.
* Connoisseurs of classical English pardon me for my literary innovation in the form of a word used in the subject of this review.
The way movies like ‘Khosla ka Ghosla’,’Oye lucky lucky Oye’,’Delhi Belly’ came from nowhere without much of a pre-release hype and bowled over its audiences with quality humor, Shoojit Sircar’s ‘Vicky Donor’ too would do the same. What a different premise it carries with a genuine intention to make the audience laugh and also ponder on the subject. After being subjected to tortures by Akshay Kumar, Priyadarshan & Co with their crass slapstick comedies one after another, Vicky Donor is thoroughly refreshing experience!
Set in our country’s capital city New Delhi among the Punjabi residents of Lajpat nagar, this story revolves around the adorable central character Mr. Vicky Arora enacted by Ayushman Khuranna with a charm of his own. All that he has to do is to jerk off for a good living (more than what he anticipated). Thanks to Dr Chadda an infertility specialist who has got him this job in the pretext of good money and helping infertile parents. Guess who has essayed this role ? It’s Anu Kapoor returning back to the big screen and a long long time. I should say I was reminded of the Antakshari program which he compered in Zee TV. And yes he was fantastic with his impeccable dialogue delivery and body language. His timing when he refers to Vicky as a complicated sperm or confused sperm or angry sperm needs a special mention.
While all of this is going fine, what happens when our Punjabi hero falls in love with a Bengali Ashima Roy and decides to marry her telling her that he is doing a trading business forms the crux of this delightful comedy. Yammi Gautam who plays the female protagonist is elegantly beautiful (reminded me of Gayatri Joshi in Swades) and equally talented delivering a good performance required for a subject such as this. A couple of other characters who will be with you even after the curtains roll are that of Vicky’s mother and grandmother. I wouldn’t say much just watch it for a scream.
Kudos to Shoojit Sircar for having come up with such an different script with well defined characters to the merry of the audience. Do you always need to take a stance on something or just beautifully present the reality leaving it to the intelligence of the viewers. Our director has succeeded big time in the doing the latter.
Verdict: Bilkul Mast Movie Hai – Miss Nahi karne ka!!!
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