Review - Bheja Fry
Imagine spending an evening with a man who is the verbal equivalent of Mr.Bean. That is essentially the one-liner of the film Bheja Fry. In the film, Vinay Pathak plays Bharat Bhushan, an Income Tax Officer with a passion for Hindi films and a penchant for blurting out the wrong thing at the wrong time. The hilarious events of a single night - when Music Producer Ranjit Thadani — Rajat Kapoor finds that an encounter with Bharat Bhooshan screws his life out of shape. A cameo by Ranvir Shourey, as Bharat Bhushan’s IT colleague Asif, is brilliant. If you are a technophile then this may not be the best film for you. Over 95% of the film is in a single location. And it works very well. Thankfully, neither the camera movements nor the lighting distracted attention from the incredibly funny dialogue script. Rajat Kapoor as the ‘intelligent’ music producer - who is a complete piece of shit — is very good. Understated but good. How this sophisticated urban SEC A1 gets his life put out of joint by the complete Desi IT officer - Vinay Phatak, as Bharat Bhushan - pat down to safari suit and hair with middle parting - is the crux of the story. I am told that it is a rip off, oops, tribute, to a French Film. If it is so, it is a good rip off. If not, then kudos to those whose idea it was. A short, tight film that keeps you laughing. Worth the price of entry. Go see it.
