The Bollywood
has often been criticized for making movies where logic is something which is
harder to discover than the ending. We had a great start to 2018 with movies
like ‘RACE 3’ and ‘VEEREY KI WEDDING’ performing awesome in providing enough of
the meme material for the rest of the year. Towards the
end of the year though, we saw a shift in the preferences of the audience
moving towards gripping storylines as such of ‘BADHAAI HO‘, ‘RAAZI’ and
‘ANDHADHUN’; two of which starred Ayushmann Khurrana and yes, there were other
good movies too but I chose these three particularly because my preference goes
first! Kidding! Andhadhun
specifically, came out as a surprise not only for a majority of public but also
to directors clinging on to the fan base of top actors of the industry and it
applies to all the movies who made big despite being made on a low budget. The
film according to me stood firmly on the three pillars I would say any movie
needs to strengthen in order to perform well.
1- PLOT
The biggest strength this film had was a strong and crisp story supporting small character
development in every part of the movie. The audience were left holding onto
their seat with the strong turning points of the movie. Unlike ‘THUGS OF
HINDOSTAN’ and ‘RACE 3’ the appreciation from the audience side must put
director Sriram Raghavan’s heart at ease. After all, who can forget the famous
dialogue from Daisy Shah?? Also, I think a thriller might have been a good
genre to introduce a new type of story among the audience during the time most
of the films were either a documentary or a remake from the south.
2- Acting
An unusual pair
usually doesn’t work in Bollywood but what do I know! Regardless,
the cast proved themselves with a tactful, playful with their characters and
made the best use of their talent. Honestly, anything more like ‘DHADAK’ and I
would have hanged myself to a corner of my room!!! Keeping the jokes aside,
Ayushmann imbibed a blind person perfectly, adding another plus point to the
movie on my side.
3- Ending
The film
succeeded in providing the kind of clever, mischievous and ambiguous ending the
audience needed in a thriller comedy for a long time. It was a gamble which
ended up leaving the audience in awe and hooked up enough to buy NETFLIX
account! Seriously, regardless of what anyone may feel, it must have been the
best feeling for both storywriter and director to watch the helpless audience
grinding their teeth after the show, still trying to hunt the clues to the
ending!
All in all,
watching Andhadhun showed the end to the era of normal, easy going, straight
and simple endings in a film and proved that the audience blindfolded by their
favourite actors will be expecting much more than the flying cars defying the
laws of the physics and have buckled up for brilliance in acting as well as
plot. No offence to Karan Johar and Rohit Shetty!!
