A Sweet "Sawaari"

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Vidhu Vinod Chopra didn’t provide us with too exciting trailers. One could figure that the purpose of the trailers was not to entertain but to set the plot of the film. And he succeeds. 

The films starts by introducing us the simpleton, sweeter than honey, Rustom Deboo (Sharman Joshi) and his quintessential son Kayoze Deboo (Ritvik Sahore). Rustom is a Gandhian even in this 'ghor' kalyug, thus is distinct from others.

Rustom’s father, Boman Irani, a grumpy, embittered grandfather with an unkept beard and an old man’s slouch is introduced. Kayoze, plays outstanding cricket and is believed to be destined for the Indian team. But he needs to pay exorbitantly high fees to get in a training camp conducted in lords stadium, london.

In a parallel plot, a wedding planner, working on the marriage of a political leader’s son, is in dire need of a Ferrari as that is the sole demand of the groom’s father. She believes that Rustom’s father, being a former cricketer, can have a talk with Sachin Tendulkar and convince him to lend his Ferrari to them. She hence is seen urging Rustom to get the Ferrari for her, in return she would pay up his sons training fees.

The movie makes you cry with the protagonist, smile at his achievements and hold your breath during his struggle. It, successfully, makes you relate to the character. Although the Gandhian nature of Rustom starts coming across as a bit exaggerated and surreal after a while.

The direction is impeccable, Sudhir Palasne’s cinematography is spectacular and every frame is a treat to the eye. The production design is perfect to the ‘T’, which has always been a trademark of the Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Raju Hirani brand. Sharman Joshi does an astonishingly brilliant job with priceless expressions. Boman Irani, as usual, delivers fantastically. He adopts every character perfectly and most of the times you don’t even realise he’s acting! If he’s playing a grumpy Parsi grandfather, he transforms into a grumpy parsi grandfather. His walking, speaking, expressions everything does. The extras too, are brilliant and give a spectacular performance. The boy, Ritvik, also does a commendable job. The songs, by Pritam, though not exactly fabulous and very famous, are catchy especially “malaa jau de” and the theme song, “chal ghoome”. Over all, Ferrari ki sawaari is a sweet journey which although is not an epoch making one like Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s earlier films but will leave you smiling in the end.

Rating: 3/5