Ayushmann Khurrana’s role-reversal and transforming into a woman is thing less than terrific. man along with Annu Kapoor delivered punch worthy dialogue with such brilliant comic timing, that it will be hard for you t to laugh. With a predictable mess at end of film, this rib-tickling movie is destined to be a solid hit — and credit goes to Raaj Shaandilyaa and Nirmaan D Singh for script and dialogues.

Director: Raaj Shaandilyaa
Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Nushrat Barucha, Annu Kapoor, Manjot Singh, Vijay Raaz, Nidhi Bisht, Rajesh Sharma
Genre: Romantic-Comedy
Date released: September 13, 2019
IBFC rating: U/A
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes

Reviewer rating: 4/5

Setting scene

movie begins with a kid trying to save his friend from bashing by pretending to be his mor because he has failed in his exams. Cut to, enters Ayushmann Khurrana who is forced to play Sita’s role in a local street play since he was a kid because man can talk in a woman's voice. Story shifts when re is a loan to repay and Khurrana n starts looking for a job. And after many failed attempts he ends up at a ‘friendship call center’ where he is w ‘Pooja’.

Plot

‘Duniya mein har koi galat hota hai, lekin sahi wo hi hai jo kam galat hai’: A thought that builds entire film in a beautiful way. Director Raaj Shaandilyaa till longest time in films doesn’t reveal Ayushmann’s character name and he is ‘Pooja’ throughout. What does Pooja do? She (he) works in a call center where her job is to talk to people and listen to m. Problem in film occurs when 5 different clients of Pooja fall in love with her and basically professional and personal life intertwine with each or.

Shayari driven cop Rajpal Kirar ( played by Vijay Raaz) who is in an unhappy marri, a simple Brahmachari Mahendra (played by Abhishek Banerjee), ‘Gokul’s Justin Bieber’, as Ayushmann rightly says,  (played by Raj Bhansal), magazine editor Roma (played by Nidhi Bisht) who has lost faith in men after three break-ups and finally, Annu Kapoor (who plays Ayushmann’s far) – y all fall in love with ‘Pooja’ or lets say ‘Karam’ – Ayushmann Khurrana’s character.

In a world where people are fixated on social media and want to project ir perfect life, in reality, doesn’t really have friends or people y can confide and talk to. Where loneliness is growing by day, a ‘Pooja’ is born. Ayushmann rightly concludes film by saying that ‘Pooja’ has and it can be literally anyone with whom you can share your heart to.

Verdict

An almost-perfect romantic-comedy Bollywood has produced in recent times.  A quirky comedy that is sure to win your heart in more ways than one. Just as on-point and perfect first half was, second half was flawed. With Nushrat Barucha and Ayushmann's half-baked love story with chemistry, movie showed an uneven screenplay with so many characters put in one frame. An entertainer t to be missed!

What works: dialogues are hilarious and will leave you teary-eyed because you are going to laugh so hard! Annu Kapoor and Ayushmann Khurrana’s pairing is precious. Looks like Khurrana is on a roll and can literally pull off any character in simplest ways – and let’s t forget, his 10,000 expressions as a man or a woman, are to die for!

What doesn’t work: Ayushmann and Mahi (played by Nushrat Barucha)’s love story – unusual and totally wrapped in one song isn't convincing. chemistry was bland and didn’t come across as real. Secondly, a few scenes felt stretched and gave quite a Priyadarshan-film vibe, which was unnecessarily forced. And thirdly, climax which was quite predictable right from beginning.

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