Baarish Aur Chowmein

This is an excellent example of an old literary work adapted to a contemporary film. The film is based on the 1943 Malayalam novelette 'Premalekhanam' by Vaikom Muhammed Basheer. The premise is shifted to Mumbai, and the castes of the protagonists have been changed from Hindu and Christian to Muslim and Hindu, which seem quite relevant at this era of 'Love Jihad' and 'Love Kurukhsetra' allegations. The film stays true to the original, and at the same time doesn't lose its freshness. As a person who has read the original work and the 1985 Malayalam film (a lousy attempt) based on the book, I still found it to be earnest and well made. The performances from the lead pair are pretty neat, and the technical side is all right. Another point to add is, thankfully we got platforms like Netflix, Zee5 and other such streming services where a film can be launched irrespective of its length. For instance this film is only 48 minutes, and in the absence of such platforms the director would have been forced to stretch the film to at least 90 minutes, to make it a feature film for a theatrical release. This happened with the 1985 Malayalam version, which had unnecessary sub plots and killed the charm of the original story. Overall it is an earnest remake, relevant to the current times. It would've been more appreciable if the director and his team acknowledged the original work at least during the end credits.

The message of movie is Even if your muslim friend cheat u every Hindu girl should love them

Based on a short story, the film itself feels like a short story. A short story gives you a feeling of incompleteness in it's completeness. You'll feel something is left to be said, something is undone. Yet you don't feel discontent. This film gives you that feeling. The feeling of reading a good short story.

In it's short span of 48 minutes it created some wonderful moments which couldn't be achieved by so many two to three hour long movies. It criticised society's view on minority muslims in a single sequence bravely and subtly. It adressed the problem of patriarchy and the resistance against it from Neelu in a single conversation. The film is not loud, subtle yet strong, romantic and beautiful just like it's name.

Taapsee acted beautifully. Amit acted well too. The music is corresponding which is needed from the music department. It doesn't have to be extraordinary or excellent. It has to be corresponding. Direction, script, casting, acting, music, cinematography, editing, lighting, color correction everything the whole film was right in It's place, not scattered, not monotonous, not ambitious, not trying to be something it's not.

An honest film, 'Honesty' which I consider the most essential condition for any art. A well made film like a beautifully written short story.

Movie makes no sense at all. Even if someone cheats and deceives you, you still feel the same way because of political correctness. Waste of time and money.

I'm not familiar with the source material, but this film is nicely done. The story is a standard boy-meet-girl but with a message about cultural and religious differences. The plot and concept is typical but the handling here is superb. I mostly enjoyed the two romantic leads and their interactions with the parents in the movie. The performances are good, Taapsee Pannu and Amit Sadh do a solid job in their respective roles. The dialogue is decent and a bit humorous. The Cinematography is ok as is the score.