- Film : Bobby Jasoos
- Producer : Dia Mirza, Sahil Sangha, Reliance Entertainment
- Director : Samar Shaikh
- Star Cast : Vidya Balan, Ali Fazal...
- Music Director : Shantanu Moitra
3.5
Bobby Jasoos starring Vidya Balan, happens to be a romantic comedy-drama about a female private detective known as "Bobby". The character who wants to become the number one detective in the city of Hyderabad.
Bobby Jasoos known to be the second project of Born Free Entertainment, the joint production house by Dia Mirza and Sahil Sangha, after Love Breakups Zindagi. Regarding this project, Dia Mirza said in an interview, "The script of Bobby Jasoos bears testimony to the fact that being patient and investing in good stories usually reaps good dividends."
Now, coming to the Soundtrack, Shantanu Moitra roped in to compose the film score for Bobby Jasoos, while lyrics are penned by Swanand Kirkire. Singers Shreya Ghoshal and Papon were also reported to record a song for the film, which is also their first duet.Singer Aishwarya Nigam, fame of Munni Badnam hui, has also recorded a song. Singer Bonnie Chakraborty said in an interview that he has recorded a duet for the film with Shreya Ghoshal. Other popular singer who contributed to the film songs are Monali Thakur, Neeraj Shridhar.
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Story
Bobby happens to be 30 year old, who qualifies as pretty much a burden on her family simply due to fact that she has chosen for herself an exceptional career. Bobby is a private detective who is neither qualified nor trained to be one.
Subsequent to being avoided deliberately by all, she takes a decision on opening her own firm. She is pretty much a flop at it till one day a rich man gives her big bucks to solve a case. It seems that Bobby gets tempted by money into a path of wicked action. Now, the point is whether Bobby would be able to clear her consciousness off it and justify it all in the right manner. This is what makes the movie mysterious!
Analysis :
The idea itself seemed straight out of McCall Smith’s detective series but wasn’t even remotely close to it in terms of flavor. To give Sanyukta Shaikh full credit, she keeps her story bubbly and original. Throughout the first half, it was completely involving narrative. It was a smartly trimmed tapestry of fun and mystery in equal measures. The pace was just about right and till interval the film seeps you in with terrific energy. But with the second half wrapping up into a complicated climax, the energetic look begins to fade away with the nimbleness of the story wearing out.
Having it as a reconsideration, it was getting sure the blame of it goes to the film’s cracked storyline. The statement won’t be incorrect if we say that the movie tries too much at one shot. If the focus remained on keeping intact the thrill, adding dashes of a refreshing romance, the film could have been far better.
The nuances of the script though which renders to its lead actress a great deal of power was lovable. The film opens with a couple making out and a maulvi clicking them while they are at it. The misrepresentations are perfectly toned and gives the story the rightful pitch that was expected of it. For a film of this vigor, the climax doesn’t do it any justice. It wasn’t unanticipated or out of the blue. Even though the lit up face of Vidya after finally establishing her bravery as a Jasoos makes it seem a little better, the problem lies alone with the way the mystery of the movie is wound up. It is done too easily, it is not unexpected and it is tad bit melodramatic for my taste. The reason of blaming it could be just my expectation.
Yet it would be going too far with it, to be more precise the film completely falls below my expectations. At one department, it was absolutely astonishing. The romantic track was quite par excellence. From that one scene in a dingy alley outside Tassavur’s house to the scene where Tassavur describes Bobby’s qualities to his father only to realize how similar Bobby is to the imagination he has of a perfect girl in his mind, are all perfect ones. As well as the non conclusive ending is a winner for me always. More than the disguises or Vidya, quite weird the love and warmth of Bobby’s chemistry with Tassavur worked!
Performance :
Vidya Balan is brilliant in her spirited performance. She revels in her role brilliantly and though some might presume that this is Kahaani Part 2, the contents of this is not even on the same plane as the Sujoy Ghosh marvel. Fiesty, fiery, fearsome and firm, she brings alive the character brilliantly on screen probably even elucidating it beyond its sketched contours. She is at her unquestionably charming best but the story doesn’t live up to her caliber.
Ali Fazal is another revelation. I guess he has hardly ever grabbed for himself an eye grabbing part but in this film despite a very overshadowing presence of Balan, the guy shines. He could have been used more but in an out and out woman centric film, his role gets ample bandwidth and Fazal uses it well.
Rajendra Gupta plays the stereotype without improvising his charcater at all. Surpriya Pathak isn’t anything like her Ramleela pinnacle. She has again settled for ordinary role and seems content with them. Tanvi Azmi gone meaningless in the film and so is Zarina Wahab.
Kiran Kumar is not sensational either. He doesn’t achieve something extraordinary with his role but is just passably good at what he does.
Arjan Bajwa is noticeable but his character lacks the required steady stay throughout the film. The association with the climax was pretty predictable and the needful mystery element doesn’t quite fit the bill.
Final Word: Bobby Jasoos could have been a crisp, lucid and marvelous film but the extremely exciting emotional factor got the better out of the story. Plagued by an underwhelming second hour, sloppy editing and a conveniently done hurried climax, the film counts well only for Vidya’s ability to carry a film solely on her shoulders. Vidya's fancied cute chemistry wit Ali scores too. I would like to go with a 3.5 star for Bobby Jasoos.
(AW-SB)
