Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola
Cast: Pankaj Kapur, Imran Khan, Anushka Sharma, Shabana Azmi, Arya Babbar Direction: Vishal Bhardwaj Genre: Comedy Producer: Ajay Devgan,
Cast: Pankaj Kapur, Imran Khan, Anushka Sharma, Shabana Azmi, Arya Babbar
Direction: Vishal Bhardwaj
Genre: Comedy
Producer: Ajay Devgan, Kumar Mangat
Lyricst: Gulzar
Release Date : 11th Jan 2013
After delevring with dark human emotions in movies like Maqbool, Omkara and Kaminey, filmmaker Vishal Bharadwaj is back with a crazy comic drama, Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, this movie has been in the news for it’s quirky title and hatke content. Bharadwaj brings back the rustic flavor of Indian villages, but this time, with a pinch of difference.
Story: Set against the rustic backdrop of a village in Haryana, MKBKM is a comedy-drama that revolves around three zany characters: Matru (Imran), Bijlee (Anushka) and Mandola (Pankaj). The story is about a serious land scam issue, but, with a touch of fun element in it. Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola portrays a rich industrialist Harry Mandola (Pankaj Kapur), his daughter Bijlee (Anushka Sharma) and the unusual bond they both share with Harry’s close associate, Matru (Imran Khan). Bijlee gets engaged to Baadal [Aarya Babbar], the son of a powerful politician Chaudhari Devi [Shabana Aami]. Things take turn from this point onwards and troubles gets added up to their lives, until Bijlee realises that Baadal just isn’t the perfect man for her. Performances: We feel Imran Khan is too ‘Americano’ to do complete justice to the role of a eccentric rustic. In one word, Imran isn’t just cut out for this role. The only saviour in his case would be his bushy beard and dhoti-kurta avatar.
Anushka Sharma is another crazy character in the film, who goes a step ahead and sulks about her out-of-the-blue Meena Kumari complex. She does a better job than Imran. Pankaj Kapoor is a spectacularly versatile, sensitive and thoughtful actor.
Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola is damn funny and entertaining in bits and pieces, but on the whole, one can’t term it as a spectacular flick.
Verdict: Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola is wild, wacky, wicked and would leave you with mixed feelings.
