Band Bajaa Baraat *Review* by Danish Lakdawala

BAND BAAJA BAARAT
Director:-  Maneesh Sharma


‘Band Baaja Baraat’  is a fresh film spinning around the lavish Delhi weddings and how two characters chance into each others’ lives. Band Baaja Baraat is a story of Shruti(Anushka Sharma) who during her graduating days plans to get into wedding planner business. She's chirpy, fun loving, a no-nonsense girl with an ambitious, gritty attitude and full of life. Personally, this is one of the best movie of Anushka as she was perfect as Shruti.   Destiny conspires and she bumps into Bittoo (essayed by the debutant Ranveer Singh) who has virtually no ‘Lakshya’ in his life. The two become business partners and tread onto the paths of becoming wedding planners. The film, thereafter, shows the highs and lows of the opulent weddings and relationships. Set in the lavish Delhi, the film beautifully captures the heart of the city with decent music by Salim-Sulaiman. Lyrics are good with Amitabh Bhattacharya doing a credible job. ‘Ainvayi Ainvayi’ is a foot tapping number and has that Punjabi flavour which is so much replete in the film.
On the other hand Ranveer Singh has definitely given a good treat for the audience.It didn't appear his first film. A new actor is finally born who would 'bajao band' of the current actors. He's one of the promising newcomers with whom the audiences have a higher expectation.

Talking about the movie further, it is very well written and the screenplay which is done by Habib Faisal is commendable. The songs are well choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant. In the second half, the movie gets slightly predictable. The emotional scenes played by Anushka deserves an applause.

Anushka Sharma and debutant Ranveer Singh conjure up a scintillating chemistry which is hard to miss and impossible not to feel.

Light and frothy, the film doesn’t promise to be a watermark cinema. It is meant for a cosy weekend frolic and somewhat lives upto the expectations. Performances are good and overall the film is likely to do well at the box office.

On the whole, the movie keeps you entertaining till the end!!

I rate this movie as   3 stars out of 5

I'll sign off for now.. Enjoy the movie !!
Danish Lakdawala

Meter Down, Down, Down, Down!!

A particular day, while I was waiting for an auto-rickshaw, there was a lady who sat next to me (sharing basis). After sometime she started yelling the driver for high meter value. She started interacting with me, talking about how these drivers cheat customers by charging them high and she said that its her hard-earned money and she wouldn't spend even a rupee extra on such thing! She told me that they put a coin in the meter to make it faster, to which I was shocked!! Don't know whether that's the truth or just her thinking!
When we reached Santacruz station, she told me to give Rs.10 and she'll deal with him by giving just Rs.20 at the end. She yelled till the roof-tops and gave Rs.20 to him and went away. It was commendable to see a lady in late 40s fighting for consumer rights.
The same day, I went via auto from Santacruz (West) to my college at Bandra. I just said the driver unknowingly that his meter is working faster. I was confident about it, and looking at me, he stumbled asking, how much does it take to reach my college. I gave him a low fare amount, to which he said "Utna de dena, bas!"- Give me that much only.
I was amazed and further questioned him as to why are the meters fast? to which he shot back saying " If the auto's tyres are older, the meters would work faster." This was something I never came across.Interesting, Isn't it?
God bless the lady!