Review - Vicky Donor

#Vicky Donor: One of the biggest advantages of a 21^st century film maker is the presence of a sensible and mature audience, which is open to explore new territories as long as the story is represented in its true spirit. This gives enough elbow room to creative directors like Shoojit Sircar  who takes a spermy  opps  stormy issue out of the closet , adds a generous dose  of humor and presents it sensibly to the audience. What the movie deals with is the acceptability of a practice which may soon become a necessity for the survival of human race (!!) in near future, thanks to an unhealthy and stressed lifestyle. Ayushman Khurana’s spontaneity, as a typical brash and loud Punjabi lad with a golden heart is a treat to watch. I have always believed Annu Kapoor as one of the most under rated artists in Hindi Cinema and as an eccentric Dr. Chaddha he proves what a brilliant actor he is. A special mention about the love – hate relationship between Vicky’s mom and her gizmo –savvy smart mother in law. And Juhi Chaturvedi must be given credit for sketching the characters so different from the clichéd Saas-Bahu relation. Their drunken conversations are a treat to watch and tickle the funny bones. The movie scores well because it never tries to preach you, it simply presents the subject and let’s you decide is it necessary to make a fuss about everything or enjoy the beauty of life. Where the movie could have done better is the editing of the second half, especially the climax which seems too stretched. Also somewhere the success of Kahaani is perhaps making all Bengali directors capture few frames from Kolkata , the maidan, the Victoria memorial. This I believe could have been done without or kept a bare minimum. However I m going out with three out of five for Shoojit Sircar’s refreshing  take on a socially relevant topic.