Nautanki Saala!

this movie was really entertaining,and the comedy was quiet good. the characters are very lively and they connect well with the audience. it starts with ram parmar going to a doctor for his worsening mental condition, he tells the doctor that he has had three breakups in three months. the whole story is about his three breakups,which are linked together very beautifully in a story. the comedy in this film is very natural.the actors do not try to forcefully make you laugh but it is the situation which compels you to laugh. i will really recommend this film. it is comical,entertaining and very well written and executed,which is very rare in Bollywood.

Inspired from the French Film "Apres Vous", 'Nautanki Saala!' Directed by Rohan Sippy, is A Decent Comedy, that has its share of rib-tickling moments working for it. Even the performances are pretty good.

'Nautanki Saala!' Synopsis: An actor's life changes dramatically when he saves a stranger from suicide.

'Nautanki Saala!' is not a slapstick comedy, its a situational comedy. The first-hour progresses well, as most of the jokes & sequences work. The second-hour, on the other-hand, is stretched & slightly boring. The Adapted Screenplay has its share of pluses & minuses. Rohan Sippy is technically sound. He knows his job well. Cinematography is lavish. Editing is crisp. Music by various artists, is hummable.

Performance-Wise: Ayushmann Khurrana & Kunaal Roy Kapur share a fabulous on-screen chemistry. They both are wonderful in their respective parts. Pooja Salvi needs proper grooming. Gaelyn Mendonca is excellent. Abhishek Bachchan has a funny cameo.

On the whole, 'Nautanki Saala!' offers humor.

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

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.

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.