Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Navjot Singh, Ali Fazal,
Varun Sharma, Richa Chadda, Priya Anand, Vishakha Singh, Pankaj Tripathy
Director: Mrigdeep Singh Lamba
‘Fukrey’ is Delhi slang for people with
boastful mouth but falling short in action when required. It can also mean idle
and/or street smart people who waste time doing nothing. ‘Vella’ and ‘Lukha’
are another nearby slangs used for such people (courtesy: Mumbaikars).
The movie is a well made comedy with apt name
and casting and is pleasant to watch. Direction and acting are also good. It
deals with the money requirement of idle duds (read ultra weak students) to
gain shortcut into college by buying question paper(s). Their sole motivation
for college admission is proximity to girl(s)). To facilitate this, they go to
the extreme length of borrowing money from a local mistress of vices and in the
process suffer heavily.
In the movie, the kind of euphoria the
protagonists attach to the simple act of getting admission or entry into
college is something new and worth watching. As mentioned earlier, all
characters fit the bill and have performed well. But the icing on the cake is the
debutant Varun Sharma who has played the
role of gawky, child like and puberty-excited ‘Chucha’ to the T. His acting is
fresh, original and consistent. With him on the screen, you are well assured of
some laughter. This is a great achievement for a debutant. Pulkit seems to be
acting ‘the hero’ of the movie, wherein in reality no such character exists.
Only if that misconception was erased from his performance, the bar of the
movie would have raised a few notches higher. Nevertheless his performance is
very controlled as compared to his first and preceding movie ‘Bittoo Boss’. Ali
has done justice to his melancholic and introvert character and has refrained
from using unnecessary nuances in his acting. Richa’s ease of use of expletives
is something new on Indian screen. Hats off to her to mumble such dialogues
with such natural ease. But unlike other characters, somewhere her character is
not well defined. It ranges from being a local (read street) mistress to that
of an anti social boss! Navjot is good in poker faced comedy.
It is surprising to witness such well woven
comedy from Mrigdeep whose last directorial venture was ‘Teen Thay Bhai’ which
was a depressing comedy in spite of the presence of good actors (Om Puri,
Shreyas Talpade) in the movie!
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