The story is about three friends who are like your every other Indian girl. There is the Feisty Minal Arora ( Taapsee Pannu), a Sensible Falak Ali (Kirti Kulhari) and a rather Timid Andrea (Andrea Tariang). These young working professionals share a flat in a middle-class society in South Delhi.
One eventful evening, the trio attend a rock concert and are later invited to dinner by a group of three friends - Rajveer (Angad Bedi) and his two pals. Against their better judgment the women accompany the men to a resort close to the concert venue and soon the drinks begin to flow. However, the carousing does not end well when Rajveer tries to molest Minal and he is left bleeding copiously and in danger of losing an eye. The girls manage to escape by the skin of their teeth but barely ..... Rajveer is from a family with strong political connections and soon the girls start receiving threatening phone calls, they are stalked and almost evicted from their rental. To make a point Minal is abducted and molested by Rajveer's friends and the girls decide to fight back. Their neighbor, famous retired lawyer - Deepak Sehgal (Amitabh Bachchan) who has been diagnosed bipolar, approaches the girls and offers to help fight their case. And like they say - The rest is history!
Amitabh Bachachan, the veteran star has delivered an intense performance, leaving his audience mesmerized with his larger-than life screen presence, his resonating voice and managing to bring home a poignant social message. I absolutely loved his "handbook for women". There was not a soul at the theater who did not clap or cheer during and after the film.
Kudos to director Aniruddha Roy Chowdury for successfully delivering a movie that just needed to be made.
I always stay back to read the credits knowing that the movie is not what it is were it not for all the names that appear in the finest print. Imagine my surprise when my patience was rewarded at the pièce de résistance, served at the very end.
Extremely powerful and moving!
Word for the day :-
querulous - complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner
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