Bazaar - Movie review

Bazaar – movie review

Directed by Gaurav Chawla, this one takes you into the realms of the dangerous world of sensex, volatile markets and abusive power of money, money and more money!

For the first time, a crescendo building “Micchami Dukhdam" (religious apoligies) becomes an opening as well as the climax background score. I would never have imagined that something so peaceful & serene and yet so humbling words could be a powerful and emotive vocabulary that could create the necessary aura.

Rohan Mehra (son of Vinod Mehra) makes a commendable debut. His dimples on either side of his cheeks make him look likeable, loveable and a friend whose story you live. Radhika Apte is a must in every film as it looks like. Put in a raunchy scene and well, few more tickets get sold at Satyam (Andheri ... or all those theatres ... you know whati mean) . Her complete lack of screen presence is put perfectly in place when she has to do a dance with Chitragandha Singh 😍😍😍😍😍.
The elegant beauty and the raw raunchiness could not have been displayed on the same screen any better.
The real show stealer is Saif Ali Khan as Shakun Kothari. He is as flamboyant in a 3 piece suit as he is in his kurta for casual family dinner or just a dhoti for a religious ceremony. This man stands tall and delivers on all fronts.

Interestingly, this role was first offered to Hrithik but he chose Kabil over this and one other lady was Fatima Sana who chose Thugs (God save her).

The movie is a bit slow to start with but catches pace nicely towards the 2nd half. The leading ladies are just for the titles and a song pushed in here and there though I was left contemplating why Chitragandha does not get a few more movies. 😍😍😍😍

Rizwan Ahmed (Rohan) and Shakun Kothari (Saif) make up for the shallow melodrama with some finesse in their acting and live in their character. Both are depicted as small town boys from Surat and Allahabad respectively, who end up in Mumbai to chase their dreams. Small town boys whose dreams soar higher than the skyscrapers dotting the evening skyline of Mumbai. IIM veteran v/s on the ground “seen that, been through it" is a good moment to smile on.

The good part about this film is that it's very slickly made. For a moment, it tried to follow “ Wall Street". Later i thought that it might even dive into “wolf of wall street". Fortunately, it steers clear of both though admittedly it leans on that for a good base.
Wall Street to Dalal Street, there is no stopping Shakun Kothari as he hoodwinks his way from school to the very top even as he abandons his relationships. All the characters around him are in various shades of grey which Shakun amply justifies in his retaliation. All of them come with a moral compass and it's your discretion what's right or not. Insider trading and financial manipulation... a few buzz words but relevant today. Neatly captured.

I loved Saif ka flair and his Gujarati diction and dialogues. It gives another credence to the movie. "Ghanto 🔔"

he says with precision but
"Dhandho no gandho chakro" ...
just takes the cake !!

Yogi says : must watch
4star

Comments

  1. Lavi25 March 2019 at 16:33

    Very good acting from Saif, he get's better with every movie. Good insight on how the stock market is manipulated. Thanks for the review. I forgot about "Ghanto", like that word. Thanks!!! Lavi

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