Vicky Donor (2012)

Vicky Donor- 2012 Director: Shoojit SircarVicky Donor is a special mixture of Youth, Romance, Sperm Donation type offbeat concept and Comedy. Lovely acting by Ayushmann Khurrana, it was his first movie and he acted so well that swiped away most of the awards for that year. Juhi Chaturvedi is one of the finest writers and has the grip to write about things such as sperm, and some more. The story, screenplay and script was so awesome that every bit of the film was so interesting to watch. No matter how many years pass by this film will remain in the minds of the viewers.Vicky Donor is award grade cinema that is fertile at the Box Office.

Well may be not many Indian don't know that is the reason they are Compelled to give high rating for this movie. Though the movie itself is good if only it's not the rip off the movie "Starbuck". Well it happens in India that they don't have copy right constraint on anything. That is the reason Indian producers, directors, Music directors and everyone keep lifting the movies, music and pretty much everything and present like it's their original idea. Sad part is Hollywood or other countries don't even know that a violation of copyright happened in India every other day.The new comer actor did a good job, still it's a rip off and they don't even mention or give credit to original movie they never does anyway.

When I saw the poster of the film I was shocked and thought that this will be a total farce and then I saw the theatrical trailer and thought it will be a good fun and yes it is a completely hatke film with a concept very novel to Indian audiences.The film not only has a novel concept but the treatment is entirely brilliant, this doesn't fall into the genre of the dumb romcoms we are used to seeing, The first half is superb, the entire Punjabi family is a treat, Ayushman's characterization is very superb and non filmy, The twist in the tale is well handled and there are several hilarious scenes. The interval point is a nice shocker and then the Punjabi meets Bengali conversations are superb too The film does get predictable but it's superbly handled and few flaws are forgiven. The climax is unique and superb tooDirection by Shoojit Sircar is superb Music is a big hit already, RUM WHISKY is superb while Pani Da(composed by Ayushman and sung by him too) is superb too Dialogues bring the house downAyushman Khurana earlier seen as MTV VEEJAY and also acted in the spoof of CDI on MTV, and hosted several shows does a great job as Vicky His natural Punjabi slang is a treat and he is flawless for his first film, A huge surprise Yami Gautam often seen in fair and lovely ads on small screen does a great job and looks beautiful Annu Kapoor is matchless in his role, the talented actor makes you laugh till it hurts. Dolly Ahluwalia is a treat, Kamlesh Gill as Vicky's biji is supremely talented Jayant Das as Ashima's father is superb too rest are goodBefore I end the review, One must acknowledge the contribution of John Abraham who decided to produce such an offbeat low cast film

As I am writing this, about 5000 people have rated this film; 25% of them have rated it a 10. 50% of them have rated it a 9 or 8 and the remaining 25% have rated it a 7 or less. I am not going to even bother with the bottom 25% - they exist to make life interesting and adventurous. The top 25%: glad you got it. The remaining 50% who rated it 8 or 9 - I ask you this humbly and earnestly: Why? Lets look at the film as objectively as in my opinion, I can. The script of the film is excellent; no major glitches, hardly any minor ones, respect for the audience's intelligence, very authentic (if you happen to be familiar with the Delhi milieu, you will surely agree), multi-dimensional characters, 3 complete acts, extremely good dialogues. Technically, as in cinematography, production design, art direction, sound, sfx, it has limited scope due to the script, but within that limited scope, very competent. The editing could perhaps have chopped off about 1-2 minutes in the pre-climax when there is a conflict in the protagonists' lives. The music is very apt for the tone and flow of the film, Paani Da Rang being my personal favourite. Very ably directed by Soojit Sircar. He had a fantastic script to work with and his genius was in adhering to it. He has also done a brilliant job in his choice of actors. Ayushman Khurana, Anu Kapoor, Yami Gautam and Dolly Ahluwalia are the principal characters who have all done a fabulous job. But the diligence of Sircar lies in his choice of his supporting cast. There are at least another 20 speaking characters in the film and their competent characterization in writing and performing lends tremendous credibility to the film. From a financial standpoint, the film was made on a very reasonable budget (Rs. 5 crore as per wikipedia) and marketed appropriately earning over 9 times the cost (again as per wikipedia). So the producers have done justice to their investors as well as distributors. Great balance of art and commerce.Now, moving on to the heart from the brain, this film in my opinion is phenomenal. It is a great comedy not just for its laugh-off-your-chair moments, but for its numerous bring-a-smile-to-your-face moments and touch-your-heart moments. In the world of films, most of us love categorization as per genres and this would fall into the feel-good comedies section at your DVD store or your online streaming website. And we are unfortunately programmed to think that feel-good is not worthy of a 10. There should be some larger-than-life greatness or a very grand idea about how to make the world a better place for a movie to be rated a 10. I will just say this: (aside from the fact that as a healthy father married to the healthy mother of our healthy 8 month old grace from God baby girl, I balled my eyes out at the end of this 2 hour joyful bliss) Hrishikesh Mukherjee would have been very proud of Shoojit Sircar. Definitely the best of 2012 thus far.