Babli Bouncer review :
Chalo, atlast!! Madhur Bhandarkar takes a break from his serious cinema to make a light frothy feel good fare on a Haryanvi lady bouncer who makes a name for herself in big bad Delhi. Thankfully, Babli Bouncer turns out to be significantly better than his last few movies specially Heroine (2012) and Calendar Girls (2015) which reeked of monotony. Ohh ya!!
So, let me introduce you to the desi girl Babli (Tamannah Bhatia) who burps in public, flunks her high school studies and dreams of settling down in marriage with two kids in tow. Woe! Falling instantly for the 'phoren' return dude Viraj (Abhishek Bajaj), Babli moves to Delhi in guise of a bouncer job just to be able to meet him. A drunken tiff at a birthday party awakens her conscience and she sets on a path to get her life together. "He showed me the mirror and I dont like the Babli I saw in it", she tells her childhood bud.
Bhandarkar's narrative is fast paced and the bar scenes are quite entertaining to watch. Like the one where Babli shows a haughty lady customer (Upasna Singh, after eons) her right place!! "Bill pay please"!! In another scene, she cools down a hotheaded MLA's son using her tact. It's competently executed!!
Expectedly, Tamannah Bhatia is endearing as Babli and I would rate this as one of her career best act. Bhandarkar has a knack of extracting the best from his leading ladies right from Tabu in Chandni Bar (2001) to Bipasha Basu in Corporate (2006). He gets it right this time as well! Saurabh Shukla is also impressive in a supporting role.
Overall, Babli Bouncer is a decent one time watch. Infact, this weekend seems to be a Tamannah fest on OTT as her Plan A Plan B also released on Netflix alongwith Babli on Hotstar. I watched both the movies but would recommend Babli Bouncer only. Stick to it. Dont switch to Plan B!!
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.
Chalo, atlast!! Madhur Bhandarkar takes a break from his serious cinema to make a light frothy feel good fare on a Haryanvi lady bouncer who makes a name for herself in big bad Delhi. Thankfully, Babli Bouncer turns out to be significantly better than his last few movies specially Heroine (2012) and Calendar Girls (2015) which reeked of monotony. Ohh ya!!
So, let me introduce you to the desi girl Babli (Tamannah Bhatia) who burps in public, flunks her high school studies and dreams of settling down in marriage with two kids in tow. Woe! Falling instantly for the 'phoren' return dude Viraj (Abhishek Bajaj), Babli moves to Delhi in guise of a bouncer job just to be able to meet him. A drunken tiff at a birthday party awakens her conscience and she sets on a path to get her life together. "He showed me the mirror and I dont like the Babli I saw in it", she tells her childhood bud.
Bhandarkar's narrative is fast paced and the bar scenes are quite entertaining to watch. Like the one where Babli shows a haughty lady customer (Upasna Singh, after eons) her right place!! "Bill pay please"!! In another scene, she cools down a hotheaded MLA's son using her tact. It's competently executed!!
Expectedly, Tamannah Bhatia is endearing as Babli and I would rate this as one of her career best act. Bhandarkar has a knack of extracting the best from his leading ladies right from Tabu in Chandni Bar (2001) to Bipasha Basu in Corporate (2006). He gets it right this time as well! Saurabh Shukla is also impressive in a supporting role.
Overall, Babli Bouncer is a decent one time watch. Infact, this weekend seems to be a Tamannah fest on OTT as her Plan A Plan B also released on Netflix alongwith Babli on Hotstar. I watched both the movies but would recommend Babli Bouncer only. Stick to it. Dont switch to Plan B!!
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.