![]() ![]() When his father asks for dowry, Badri would rather help the bride’s father get the money than question the practice itself. When his elder brother inquires if he has asked Vaidehi for her opinion, he replies: "Why should I ask her?"īadri’s worldview on women is obviously influenced by his father (Rituraj Singh), who thinks they should stay at home and submit to men. When Badri visits Kota from Jhansi and sees the girl, he immediately falls for her and is convinced that she's the one he wants to marry. Unlike other girls in her neighbourhood, Vaidehi ( Alia Bhatt) would rather have a career than marry despite constant pressure from her family. ![]() His heroine, on the other hand, is made of sugar and spice and everything nice. Badrinath Bansal ( Varun Dhawan) is a rich, spoilt brat who discovers he has a spine in the last five minutes of the film and stands up to his dictatorial father only under the influence of alcohol. I’m happy to cheer any film which tacks on the word ‘respect’ with ‘love’, and does a climactic take-down of patriarchy, even if its all broad brush-strokey and dialogue heavy.REUTERS - The protagonist in Shashank Khaitan's " Badrinath ki Dulhaniya" is an unlikely hero and hard to like. But overall, the film works as a flavoursome romance with a pair which grows into each other, and with each other. A couple of times, the film’s let’s hear-it-for-the-ladies comes off as a simplistic flourish. And there are some portions which are bunged in as set-pieces, instead of moving organic parts. The post-interval proceedings are marred by a huge contrivance, and turn into a bit of a meander. Boys do cry.Īlso read | Badrinath ki Dulhania is love story of feminist Alia Bhatt, chauvinist Varun Dhawan: Shashank Khaitan He is unafraid to give his heart away, and admit to it, and shed tears when it is time. Dhawan is good too, as the entitled wealthy boy-who-may-never-turn-into-man, and then finding his feminist feet. Apart, of course from Bhatt, who manages to pull off a pitch-perfect performance as the ‘dulhaniya’ with a mind and will of her own. Of special note is a terrific act by Sahil Vaid as the Hero’s Best Friend, who bids fair to be the best part of the film. Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt are surrounded by a bunch of able actors, all of whom are given things to do. ![]() Watch | Badrinath ki Dulhania Audience Reactionīadrinath Ki Dulhania movie review: Alia Bhatt is stupendous as the ‘dulhaniya’ with a mind and will of her own. What’s also nice is that they are given flaws (nothing too serious, and nothing which cannot be addressed by the end of the film, but clearly there all the same), making them relatable. So is the lead pair, whom we’ve seen in the same boat in Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaiya: in this second instalment of what looks like a franchise, they are sharper, more vivid, and better attuned to each other. The creation of a credible, lived-in family - Badri’s formidable ‘pitaji’ Mr Bansal (here I have a quibble: Ritu Raj looks much too young to be the papa of two adult males), meek ma, supportive ‘bhaiyya’ and ‘bhabhi’, and Vaidehi’s parents (Swanand Kirkire as the put-upon, ‘dahej’-fearing father is excellent) and an older sister who finds an unlikely mate (Aaparshakti Khurana) - and friends, is also a strength. The challenge of any rom com is to get past its predictable beats. His ‘tenth class pass’, uncomfortable-with-Engliss-brashness rubbing up against her ‘padhi-likhi’ ambitions creates the outlines for their romance, and because it’s Jhansi, we know that she will be the Rani, and he will be her Raja. The moment you see Badri (Varun Dhawan) and Vaidehi (Alia Bhatt) meet-cute in a wedding, you know where they are headed. ![]()
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