Movie Review: Vicky Donor
Its a nice movie. Well done John Abraham! And of course the scriptwriter and the actors and the director. A really well done job! Taking a social (and taboo) issue, not really talked about otherwise and presenting it so well, definitely deserves some applause.
The first half of the movie is funny. And with a good measure of Delhi and Delhiwallahs thrown in, with all their eccentricities, what else do you need to have a good laugh? A very modern Punjabi grandmother with witty one-liners and modernistic comments thrown in here and there. A hassled Punjabi mom with her usual melodrama. The casual banter between the fish-people and the butter chicken people. A real light comedy to see.
And the whole sequence of the Punjabi and Bengali wedding was just hilarious. Really laugh-out-loud funny! Dr. Chadda trying to woo the Punjabi boy, Vicky. What is there not to like in the movie? The issue of sperm donation has also been so sensitively and lightly handled, was really nice to see.
The second half of the movie though did get a little too overtly sensitive. But I guess, they were looking at somehow bringing this topic into the societal atmosphere. Was nice to see though, how the older generation (in the case of the Bengali father and Punjabi grandmother) understood such a controversial issue much earlier than their younger generation.
Anyways as I said, a nice well made movie. Always a pleasure to watch, would go with 4 stars for this.
The first half of the movie is funny. And with a good measure of Delhi and Delhiwallahs thrown in, with all their eccentricities, what else do you need to have a good laugh? A very modern Punjabi grandmother with witty one-liners and modernistic comments thrown in here and there. A hassled Punjabi mom with her usual melodrama. The casual banter between the fish-people and the butter chicken people. A real light comedy to see.
And the whole sequence of the Punjabi and Bengali wedding was just hilarious. Really laugh-out-loud funny! Dr. Chadda trying to woo the Punjabi boy, Vicky. What is there not to like in the movie? The issue of sperm donation has also been so sensitively and lightly handled, was really nice to see.
The second half of the movie though did get a little too overtly sensitive. But I guess, they were looking at somehow bringing this topic into the societal atmosphere. Was nice to see though, how the older generation (in the case of the Bengali father and Punjabi grandmother) understood such a controversial issue much earlier than their younger generation.
Anyways as I said, a nice well made movie. Always a pleasure to watch, would go with 4 stars for this.
actually surprised you liked the movies...would have imagined the un-conventional and not in line with accepted sensibilities theme of the movie would actually turn you off!
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