Nautanki Saala!

Nautanki Saala! was a thoroughly enjoyable movie, from beginning to end. The first half is hilarious and the audience was laughing uncontrollably. The second half becomes a little more serious, but the story of the three main characters is artfully interwoven throughout. The dialog is witty and the acting was superb -- I was particularly impressed with the lead actor, Ayushmann Khurrana, whose range of expression and detail to the nuances of his character was on full display. Kunaal Roy Kapur was lovable and is comical with his goofy, aloof look. Finally, Pooja Salvi starts a little slow but grows into her role progressively and delivers a powerful flourish at the end.

In short: watch the movie, you will not be disappointed. You will identify with the characters, you will laugh at their banter, and you will appreciate the creativity and imagination of the storyline.

P.S. This is the kind of movie you would want to watch with your partner or your friends, since some of the "romantic" scenes are not conducive to parent-child watching.

This was Ayushmann Khurana's second film released way back in 2013.

There are some genuinely hilarious sequences in this film and most of them are from the 1st half which is breezy and fun. However, it's the 2nd half that completely ruins the film thanks to being boring and stretched .

The film available on hotstar has several censors and weird cuts making the experience poor.

Songs are the USP of this film. Back in 2013, i fell in love with the songs of this film especially the ones sung by the lead himself.

Ayushmann khurana had played a stage actor character in Dream Girl too and even in this film. The female leads of this film have absolutely nothing to do other than be the candies for male, especially Pooja Salvi . Kunal Roy Kapoor is the best of the lot he brings in the maximum laughs, along with that south Indian stage actor.

One time watch. Could have been more better executed and edited in the 2nd half.

With lots of newness comes a film that rarely moves out of the box. Derived from his father's epic action movie, Nautanki Saala! is a very poor entertainer by Rohan Sippy.

Ayushmann Khurrana is surprisingly parallel with his role as a lover-boy from Vicky Donor, only that here the situations are different. He works so hard to keep up with his antics, but the film's blueprint just rejects his help. Kunal Roy Kapur is annoying in the first half and towards the end, his ambiguous character touches puberty only to be "so mature & moved-on." Not just him, almost all the characters have equivocal stances related to them with newcomer Pooja Salvi still thinking she is acting in a TV commercial. Evelyn Sharma compensates for the lack of item-number here. But the song "Life Ki Toh Lat Lagi" is kinda cool.

There is no story, but the plot driven out of it is what makes me rate it 3.5/10. Music is cheerful & so is the screenplay with its own share of some nice dialogs (Marathi ones), punch lines & slapstick. That's all.

With the lead female characters used as love-toys, Pooja Salvi works in a flower shop which entertains only 2 customers, Ayushmann's character wanders here and there. The movie reminds us it is 2013 but fails, abruptly to make it look like it is. Very poor attempt & I hear it is a remake. God! Why?

BOTTOM LINE: The second half is the most ennui-ridden, but if you are fan of any of the factors of this movie, I would recommend you to go for it only for the first part. One ambiguous, uninteresting movie this! And I hear Commando (another release this week) is hopeless.

Can be watched with a typical Indian family? MAYBE

Language: Strong | Sex: No, Implied | Nudity: Mediocre | Mouth-Kiss: Strong | Foreplay: Mild | Violence: Mediocre | Gore: No | Traumatizing Factor: No

Very very surprised by the poor reviews. Just goes to show that subtlety is much too undervalued these days. Just LOVED this film. A comedy that doesn't depend on slapstick/ fart jokes and the likes.

Sure, the story is quite predictable, but its the smaller things that make the film stand out... the sign board on Mandar's gate, Mandar greeting King Janak in the drama with a 'HI'& Janak responding and realizing his folly and trying to correct, RP refusing to support Loli's claim that things happen between men & women, RP's justification by using the 'profile' test, and many many more.

Performances are all above average but its the use of music in this film that shines through. The songs don't feel forced and take the story forward.

The support cast including Sanjeev bhatt as Chandra and Sulabha Arya as Aaji were fantastic. All in all a complete entertainer that left me wanting for more.

I saw Nautanki Saala around 6 years back and I liked it then, so much so that I saw it again today when I personally believe I have a much better capability to appreciate a well made film.

The movie is far from perfect, but attains its targets by being a really different romantic comedy buffed up by amazing performances by all the actors involved. Apart from a bit irritating characters like the producer of the theater and the girlfriend of Ayushmann, the movie holds pretty good over the audience.

The sad part really is that such movies are often box office failures, despite being much more reality driven compared to some blockbuster flicks.