Cast: Nawazudin
Siddiqui, Anurag Kashyap, Raghuvir Yadav, Ila Arun
Director:
Pushpendra Nath Mishra
Rating: ***
Ghoomketu is Pushpendra Nath Mishra's funny yet weird
tribute to 'Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne' - the Indian television series directed
by Prakash Jha and written by Manohar Shyam Joshi featuring Raghubir Yadav.
The film begins with the struggle of the main character
Ghoomketu (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) who is an aspiring writer. Ghoomketu reaches
the office of 'Gudgudi', the local daily of his village hoping for some work
but clearly doesn't get a job offer, instead, he receives a book on how to be a
Bollywood writer in 30 days written by the Chief Editor of 'Gudgudi' Mr Joshi
(Brijendra Kala).
Ghoomketu is the story of a wannabe film writer from a small
village in Uttar Pradesh who wants to write scripts for Shah Rukh Khan and
Amitabh Bachchan one day. Aided by his Bua (Ila Arun) and unhappy with his
plus-size new bride, he runs away from home. Armed with just a book on writing
for cinema and a terrible hairstyle, he lands in the city of dreams where
begins an engaging yet fun journey our hero which takes us along and it is
simply lovable.
The director-writer Pushpendra Nath Mishra has portrayed
every character perfectly. The character transition of Ghoomketu is throughout
his journey is just beautiful from his village to Mumbai. The dialogues have
been written meticulously well while keeping the comedy quotient intact
throughout the film.
The screenplay of the film is aptly entertaining and each and
every character in Ghoomketu is written with heart and soul with a backstory of
each one of them that supports the story in their own unique way.
On the performance front, Nawazuddin is as natural as ever.
One cannot differentiate the actor from the character he is playing. As a
small-town writer, he makes us believe in his innocence and stories. As always
his screen presence and little punches are commendable. Siddiqui is excellent
at shifting gears from the comic to the manic.
Anurag Kashyap as the corrupt and greedy cop Badlani is
unbelievably good. However, he seems a little disinterested at some points
which is turn off and his performance also feels a bit over the top in some
scenes.
Raghubir Yadav's energy is unmatchable and outstanding here.
After TVF's web series 'Panchayat', he epitomises a middle-class father in
Ghoomketu too and you can do nothing but appreciate the man for his stellar
performance.
Ila Arun as Santo Bua is a surprise package. While she
tickles the funny bone with her over-the-top representation of a Bollywood bua,
she is like the glue that binds Dadda and Ghoomketu. Swanand Kirkire as Guddan
Chacha is also a delight to watch in the little screen time that he has.
Sneha Khanvilkar and Jasleen Royal's music adds the required
punch to the storyline and mixes well with the narrative making the ride a bit
more amusing.
Overall, Ghoomketu is the dose of laughter each one of us
deserves in these testing times. With such brilliant performances by Nawazuddin
Siddiqui and Raghubir Yadav, this one makes up for good one time watch.
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