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Originally posted by: chocolover89
I'd be really shocked if I ever read a decent review by her, forget good. 😆
If I'm not wrong her Dedh Ishqiyan review was good. 😆
Badlapur Movie Review" title="Badlapur Movie Review">SPOILERS ALERT
Average Bollywood revenge dramas thrive on predictability. They rarely, if ever, tamper with the bad guy-good guy construct. Badlapur is an exception.
Sriram Raghavan's neo-noir crime thriller is about vengeance and forgiveness all right, but one thing that the film isn't is conventional.
Not everything that Badlapur comes up with clicks into place without a problem. There are several elements in it hat stick out of the frame rather awkwardly. But overall the film packs quite a punch.
The screenplay (Arijit Biswas, Sriram Raghavan) does not resort to the standard practices of the genre, and the principal characters aren't black and white cardboards.
Badlapur toys with many shades of grey, significantly enhancing the effect of its pivotal dramatic conflict.
The plot hinges on an angry young man on the trail of a fugitive bank robber who he believes killed his wife a decade and a half ago.
The jagged framing and lighting by cinematographer Anil Mehta and the elliptical cutting by the editor, Pooja Ladha Surti, add to the unusual mood and tone that underlines Badlapur.
The film does have its share of flaws. Many contrived passages tend to slow down the pace of the narrative.
A couple of scenes in which the vengeful protagonist turns upon women with the intention of humiliating them border on the cheesy.
One question that must certainly be asked: why are the women in Badlapur treated with such contempt?
If one can ignore the overt misogyny on show all through the film, Badlapur throws up enough surprises to hold the viewer's interest right until the bitter end.
Badlapur has a tagline that exhorts the audience not to miss the beginning. But it is in its final five minutes that the film delivers the biggest twist of them all.
The stage is set by the startling opening sequence itself. A young mother (Yami Gautam) and her son lose their lives in a random, senseless act of crime - a bank heist - in Pune.
The woman's gutted husband, adman Raghu (Varun Dhawan), is reduced to a mental and emotional wreck.
One of the two criminals, Liak (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), is nabbed and interrogated.
The seemingly harmless Liak puts the blame for the murder on his accomplice but refuses to name him. He is sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Raghu, unable to come to terms with the tragedy, chucks up his job and shifts to a place called Badlapur.
There, he works as a factory foreman while he awaits the release of the only man who can reveal the identity of his wife's killer.
Revenge is of course the principal thematic leitmotif here, but along the way the film also incorporates other strands revolving around crime and punishment, the question of mercy and even terminal illness.
Violence is always one scene away in Badlapur , but it erupts only intermittently. Much of the drama unfolds in the minds of the characters and through the means of innocuous but fraught exchanges.
Apart from the slain wife, Badlapur has four principal female characters - Liak's mother (Pratima Kannan), sex worker Jhimli (Huma Qureshi), social activist Shobha (Divya Datta) and the wife of a restaurateur, Kanchan (Radhika Apte).
Both Liak and Raghu treat these women like useless chattel, with the latter, who is supposed to be the righteous hero, reveling in forcing them to disrobe and do his bidding.
It is his way of settling scores with the men that he wants to punish.
The criminal's mother, too, is at the receiving end of constant apathy from a son who could not care less about her feelings.
But for all its failings, Badlapur allows most of its actors, even those that play inadequately developed roles, an opportunity to make a mark.
Varun Dhawan sheds his lover boy garb and sports a perpetual scowl to express inner turmoil. He pulls it off for the most part.
The trouble is that he is up against an actor of the natural calibre of Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who stamps his class even on the most unremarkable moments.
Badlapur has a strong supporting cast, with Huma Qureshi and Radhika Apte getting enough footage to make the best of a bad deal.
In conclusion, Badlapur might not be in the Ek Hasina Thi and Johnny Gaddar league, but it is a happy sign that Sriram Raghavan has left Agent Vinod behind.
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'Badlapur' review: This Varun Dhawan and Nawauddin Siddiqui starrer is so riveting you don't even want to blink. How cold does it have to be for revenge to be served sizzling hot? Badlapur', Sriram Raghavan's latest, is a mixed bag of a movie: it has a cracking set-up, a middle with the occasional unsettling prod, and an end which fizzles.
A bank heist goes horrifyingly wrong, resulting in the death of innocents. One robber gets away, the other (Nawazudin Siddiqui) is caught and incarcerated. And the young man (Varun Dhawan) whose cosy, comfortable life is overturned by the incident, vows badla'.
In the way it opens, Badlapur' is so riveting you don't even want to blink. You watch, heart in mouth, willing the critically injured to keep breathing. You are hooked, by a beginning which is such a brutal shocker that you cannot wait to see how this tale of darkness and promised destruction will pan out.
The rest of the tale is choppy, sometimes leaping off the screen with the right degree of unpredictability, bringing us back to the edge of our seats again, and then letting us off. The look is all lush noir-thriller and transfers instantly, but getting the feel across feels like a stretch.
Varun Dhawan playing Raghu, the clean-cut professional who is forced to wait for years to get his badla', brings an initially believable youthful vulnerability to his part. It's the man that he becomes, dumping the trappings of his upwardly mobile life till then, turning into a vengeful, calculating character that I had difficulty swallowing: the young fellow-madly-in-love-with-his-wife-and-child we have seen till then suggests sessions-in-therapy to get over tragedy rather than violent vigilantism. Even so, Varun Dhawan does get a few things right, and when he does, you can see his potential especially when he expresses a killing rage, and a crafty stare; but there are other places where he flattens. So does the movie.
Plot contrivances in this kind of a tale are a requirement. You are meant to be surprised by the twists, by the anything-can- happen-anytime edge. But Badlapur' comes off too contrived in many places, and leaves us hanging in others.
What keeps us watching is Sriram Raghavan's rare skills in infusing empathy into not particularly likeable people, murderers even. And a bunch of actors having a blast, Nawazudin in particular. We know he is vamping, we know is acting out, but the slate-eyed swagger that he gets to a T, makes his highly-dramatised criminal a treat. Radhika Apte, who shows up in the second half, all big eyes and understated smoulder, is a stand-out too.
Badlapur' takes a stab at an underlying theme which runs parallel to the revenge motif: can forgiveness, even for the most heinous of crimes, come with time; and, as a corollary, what, after all, is revenge? But the film doesn't explore these fundamental questions with the kind of depth it could have. What is left is a bunch of jugular-grabbing explosive scenes, which make you sigh for the film this could have been. It should have left us scorched; it doesn't. For me, Johnny Gaddar' is still the film Raghavan has to scale.'Badlapur'
A; Crime/Drama/Thriller
Director: Sriram Raghavan
Cast: Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Yami Gautam, Huma Qureshi, Radhika Apte, Divya Dutta
Rating:
'Badlapur' is definitely not the stuff for those with a weak appetite or those who like things black or white. Director Sriram Raghavan consistently treads that thin line between the right and wrong in this complex revenge drama, which keeps us riveted but also mighty unsettled.
Varun Dhawan in 'Badlapur'. Pic/Santa Banta
Young advertising professional, Raghu, (Varun Dhawan) loses his wife (Yami Gautam) and his son when they are murdered in a freak incident. The enormity of the grief makes Raghu also lose his will to live and he merely exists for years in a nondescript world even as one of the accused, Layak, (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) is languishing in jail. Layak's other partner (Vinay Pathak) manages to escape. The wound refuses to get healed and is festering in Raghu's heart till he finds an outlet 15 years later when Layak is about to be released. And then begins a violent and mindless revenge spree.
The story, peppered with black humour to tickle us once in a while, reveals many more levels as we go along in this emotional roller coaster ride. The impressive ensemble cast contributes in a large way. Nawazuddin gives a stellar performance as he plays the full-fleshed character of Layak, a convoluted criminal mastermind at the outset, but who cautiously lets his humane, vulnerable side peek out once in a while. Pitting against someone like Nawazuddin must be a mighty task, but one must applaud Varun Dhawan for not only being wise enough to pick up this role, but also putting in a lot of effort. He comes up with a performance that far exceeds the expectations one would have from a greenhorn.
The four heroines capably add spice to this furiously boiling broth, but it is Radhika Apte's Koko who stays with you.
While the first half keeps you firmly in its grip, the second half starts meandering a little till it captures you back with an absolutely unforeseeable climax.
What you mainly take away from this movie is its core; a story (written by Sriram Raghavan) that tells us that most often the situation is the villain. And, perhaps, each of us is capable of turning a criminal when faced with an extreme situation.
- See more at: http://www.mid-day.com/articles/badlapur---movie-review/16005163#sthash.wM7A51Im.dpuMovie: Badlapur
Cast: Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi, Yami Gautam, Divya Dutta, Vinay Pathak, Radhika Apte
Director: Sriram Raghvan
Rating:
Sriram Raghvan's debut film Ek Haseena Thi (2004) was a stupendous thriller and it worked well for Saif Ali Khan who played the lead role. Raghvan handles the genre well and he gets the best out of his actors.
He is back with an action thriller and that's what he does best! Varun Dhawan plays the lead in Badlapur and one of the most talented actors of our times Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays the bad guy.
Raghav's (Varun Dhawan) wife and child are killed all of a sudden under unfortunate circumstances, they just happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time and that's where the revenge drama begins. You may think it's not rocket science to predict what all Raghav is going to do after that but the director makes sure he doesn't stick to the stereotype formula.
The film follows Raghav's life for the next 15 years. The bank robber / killer Liak (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) ages behind bars and lives with hope that after 20 years he will go out and have a good life with the money he robbed with the help of his partner Harman (Vinay Pathak). But Raghav has other plans for them.
This is Varun Dhawan's best performance till date. It's hard to believe that this is just his fourth film and he delivers one of the most impactful performances by a male lead in 2015 so far. Highlight of the film is yet another brilliant performance by Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Though we know he is a brilliant actor he continues to surprise us. There are quite a few female actors in small but important roles. Huma Qureshi plays Jhumli a prostitute who Liak is in love with. Divya Dutta is a social worker who works for the welfare of convicts. Full marks to the casting department they nailed it with the pairing of Varun Dhawan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
This film has some amazing moments and a lot of credit goes to the director and his actors. Raghvan gives them an open field to perform and show their best skills, the magic is obviously in the writing. The film also has its fair share of unnecessary scenes like the sex scene between Raghav and Jhimli, it was not just unnecessary but also unconvincing.
Music by Sachin - Jigar works very well specially the song Jee Karda.
If you enjoy thrillers then you shouldn't miss Badlapur, you get the watch the best of Varun and Nawaz.
she gave 2.5/5 ratings. same as Baby where as for PK it was 2/5.Badlapur' review: Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin film is so riveting you don't even want to blink
How cold does it have to be for revenge to be served sizzling hot? Badlapur', Sriram Raghavan's latest, is a mixed bag of a movie: it has a cracking set-up, a middle with the occasional unsettling prod, and an end which fizzles.
A bank heist goes horrifyingly wrong, resulting in the death of innocents. One robber gets away, the other (Nawazudin Siddiqui) is caught and incarcerated. And the young man (Varun Dhawan) whose cosy, comfortable life is overturned by the incident, vows badla'.
In the way it opens, Badlapur' is so riveting you don't even want to blink. You watch, heart in mouth, willing the critically injured to keep breathing. You are hooked, by a beginning which is such a brutal shocker that you cannot wait to see how this tale of darkness and promised destruction will pan out.
The rest of the tale is choppy, sometimes leaping off the screen with the right degree of unpredictability, bringing us back to the edge of our seats again, and then letting us off. The look is all lush noir-thriller and transfers instantly, but getting the feel across feels like a stretch.
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Varun Dhawan playing Raghu, the clean-cut professional who is forced to wait for years to get his badla', brings an initially believable youthful vulnerability to his part. It's the man that he becomes, dumping the trappings of his upwardly mobile life till then, turning into a vengeful, calculating character that I had difficulty swallowing: the young fellow-madly-in-love-with-his-wife-and-child we have seen till then suggests sessions-in-therapy to get over tragedy rather than violent vigilantism. Even so, Varun Dhawan does get a few things right, and when he does, you can see his potential especially when he expresses a killing rage, and a crafty stare; but there are other places where he flattens. So does the movie.
Plot contrivances in this kind of a tale are a requirement. You are meant to be surprised by the twists, by the anything-can- happen-anytime edge. But Badlapur' comes off too contrived in many places, and leaves us hanging in others.
What keeps us watching is Sriram Raghavan's rare skills in infusing empathy into not particularly likeable people, murderers even. And a bunch of actors having a blast, Nawazudin in particular. We know he is vamping, we know is acting out, but the slate-eyed swagger that he gets to a T, makes his highly-dramatised criminal a treat. Radhika Apte, who shows up in the second half, all big eyes and understated smoulder, is a stand-out too.
Badlapur' takes a stab at an underlying theme which runs parallel to the revenge motif: can forgiveness, even for the most heinous of crimes, come with time; and, as a corollary, what, after all, is revenge? But the film doesn't explore these fundamental questions with the kind of depth it could have. What is left is a bunch of jugular-grabbing explosive scenes, which make you sigh for the film this could have been. It should have left us scorched; it doesn't. For me, Johnny Gaddar' is still the film Raghavan has to scale.
http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/badlapur-movie-review/2/
Badlapur had a decent opening 25-30% at multiplexes. The opening is weaker than last week's Roy but better than most of the other releases this year in terms of occupancies. The multiplexes in Mumbai city and Pune were pretty good.
The single screens are dull with UP and Gujrat especially having low figures but the film has a pretty low budget so can do well from business at multiplexes. The film also can take advantage of a dull period of releases over the coming weeks if it finds appreciation and can sustain.
It is likely that Mumbai circuit will lead on the strength of Mumbai and Pune though Gujrat will hold the circuit back from a very good number.
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