When was the last time you saw a movie that left a smile on your face?
Band Baaja baaraat is one such movie. The story revolves around a simple romance involving a boy and a girl (better to specify). Shruti has dreams of starting her own wedding planning firm - a girl with ideas and certain amount of experience to her credit. Along comes Bittu, a smart alec business savvy dude without realization of his goal or his latent. After trying in vain to impress the damsel, Bittu comes face to face to with reality when post college, he is expected to go back to his pastoral core and carry on with his family profession of farming. Unwilling to go back to the village, he starts off in a partnership with his new friend (Shruti) and strikes gold after some initial teething problems. The chemistry between Shruti (Anuska) and newcomer Ranveer (Bittu) is believable and refreshing. Relations head south when the friendship turns into physical intimacy and cupid rules supreme. The paradisiacal partnership breaks down and claims the thriving enterprise as its first victim. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Bittu and Shruti start up individual establishments and try to out do the other. A string of failures brings down both cartels to the mercy of debt collectors and failure looms large.
Fate intervenes in the form of a wealthy industrialist (aka prize catch) who insists on giving the gig of the marriage of his daughter to the erstwhile older crew. Shruti and Bittu temporarily bury the hatchet to concentrate on the gig which could potentially be the harbinger of good tidings. One thing leads to another and the movie ends up with a fairy tale ending. ( Go see the movie to know the details).
All in all a whiff of fresh air from the dank murky depths of cliched cinema which seem to be doing the rounds these days. The old adage of a good script thrown in with good music makes up for the lack of big stars and delivers a feel-good flick.
Anushka is decent and Ranveer comes up a surprise package and delivers.
Whether he goes on to be a household name or not, remains to be seen.
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