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Finding Fanny

                                                               Finding Fanny

If I was ever confused about whether or not I liked a movie, then this one certainly is it! I have come out of the theatres recollecting some rather witty moments and really loving some performances, but at the same time wondering if this was all.
Once in a way this does happen and then later when the movie is running on some channel I find clarity in whether or not I liked it. So for me the jury is out on this one. But I shall share what I did feel.
If you are a book lover or even a lover of movies and you have liked P G Wodehouse, then this one is certainly for you. It has a Wodehousey quality to it and that saves it some blushes. There is nothing that you won’t be able to guess here about the plot. I was hoping for a cross between Homi Adajania’s first – Being Cyrus and Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron and let me tell you it had shades of neither. But it certainly is a movie in which the Goan village and the car that the journey is being made in are protagonists too. The Goan village is a rather quaint one and shows us that Goa is more than just beaches and swanky hotels. I loved the silence of the cinematography and how the backdrop is reflective of just how the story is playing out. The car provides the necessary twists and turns by its eccentricity. It kind of reminded me of The Lunchbox where the city participated in full in the story.
Ferdie ( Naseeruddin) sets off to find his beloved after he realises that she never got his letter. Enabling him to do so are the Mother in Law- Daughter in Law duo who get along famously. Their designated driver is Savio ( Arjun Kapoor) and Pedro (Pankaj Kapur) the owner of the car. Pedro has a huge crush on Rosy (the MIL) and wants to paint her, Savio is nurturing a broken heart give him by Angie (The DIL) and Ferdie is the one for whom they all set forth on this journey. The destination becomes unimportant as the characters flail about in a mire of mishaps. For me Dimple’s was the take home performance. The brutal way in which Pedro shoots her down and how she reacts is very powerful cinema. Arjun Kapoor made no impression on me whatsoever. And frankly I have seen N.Shah do better stuff. Pankaj Kapoor as the lascivious Pedro is very amusing.  Deepika as usual is competent, but this isn’t one of her passionate performances.

I would have loved to go gaga over this one, but somehow can’t. Maybe it is that cinema somehow makes us think of ourselves, as do good books and this one didn’t. That is probably the reason that Queen and The Lunchbox succeeded, they touched a chord in all of us and we all related to the ladies in that one. In this one somehow it is tough to do so. 

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