But, Varun Dhawan carries it off while drawin sympathy from the audience. It might be a cakewalk for a good actor to play a brooder/sulker. So used to his class act are we, that the one thing that I'll remember Badlapur by is Varun Dhawan's performance. The character and the actor compliment each other perfectly, as can be said about every character that the man plays. Nawazuddin Siddiqui makes you laugh in the darkest moments to go with the noir tone of the film. You are with the film after the 2+ hours in the theater. If you take what happens as a given you will find yourself mulling over it in circular thoughts. As a concept though the film stays with you and it is not only because of the intensity of the violence. As a film, a story, Badlapur makes you think of it as a convenient contrivance. Especially, a short scene just explains it off asking characters and audience to introspect. But unpredictable change towards something that was built up for over an hour of screen time doesn't convince you.įor me that and the one passage of time were deal-breakers. Sure, they are unpredictable and the unexpected is seldom unexciting. Badlapur did that to me with its character transformations. But very often, the story jerks in a way that you don't quite get. We make allowances for films that we begin to like while watching them or the ones we want to like. But, it involves a leap of faith from your side. Badlapur makes you reconsider what and how much your conscience will allow even if you are not in the judge's seat. We all know its going to go one way or the other – the wronged is going to either take revenge or not.
In that sense, Badlapur pushes the boundaries of a regular Hindi thriller film. The point is, Badlapur makes you think about where you've drawn the line. Your “justifiable” will different from mine. You might have your answers to all these questions, but the ambiguity will remain. Milliblog - "Short, but riveting soundtrack from Sachin Jigar! " I love it when films that you look forward to have something on the flip side too.Įither way, a thriller a week is always welcome. The gore and shock factor seem to have been taken care of though. It has been done to death and is very difficult to narrate in a way that we haven't seen before. The one thing that makes me a little skeptical is the revenge theme. We'll be seeing Vinay Pathak after a long time too. It is always a pleasure to watch Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Huma Qureshi on screen. Varun Dhawan is looking good in an intense and even borderline quirky avatar. Moreover, whenever newer talent gets a chance to break the mould and try different genres it makes the film even more intriguing. And there is always Ek Hasina Thi to keep the balance tipping on the right side. And Badlapur leans more toward the former than the latter, which is worth looking forward to in itself. For every Johnny Gaddar a director can be forgive at least a couple of Agent Vinods.