In this fast paced era, we often tend to lose out on minor moments in the quest to chase behind our career to become successful in life. Yes, our career is important; however, something known as maintaining “balance” is necessary in our life is also crucial. And that’s what director Nitya Mehra’s Baar Baar Dekho tries to communicate to the audience.
Childhood friends and lovers decide to get married and live together forever. But what happens when any of the two (in this case the guy) isn’t ready for this kind of commitment as his heart lies solely on his career? A simple storyline wherein how the guy realises where is he going wrong is showcased in an interesting time travel journey. The whole movie revolves around “how the answer to the future lies in the past” and that we need to live in the moment.
Being the protagonist of the movie, Sidharth Malhotra had a lot riding on his shoulders as his performance could make or break the movie, and (surprisingly) he has managed to live up to the expectations. On the other hand, Katrina Kaif (maybe because of her sparse dialogues) dealt with the situations most of the times in a mature manner. Along with these two, the supporting actors Sarika, Ram Kapoor, Taaha Shah Badusha and Sayani Gupta executed their role quite well; Rohan Joshi, well we had more expectations from him.
Being a time travel film wherein we observe Jay Varma (Sidharth Malhotra) travelling back and forth in time to figure out his life, to bring the futuristic period to life, there was a need of visual effects. And for that, VFX supervisor Viral Thakkar of the newly launched Fluiidmask Studios and Sam Bhattacharjee from Do It Creative were roped in. As opposed to Fluiidmask’s first project – Rustom, the studio has managed to deliver seamless VFX. Minute details were kept in mind like the cell phone’s interface with the human, the transparent interactive screens and the various backgrounds observed post 2020. Apart from some minor slip-up observed in one or two shots, the VFX job overall was neatly carried out.
A Bollywood movie is incomplete without songs, and enhancing the movie is the music composed by Amaal Mallik, Arko, Badshah, Jasleen Royal and Bilal Saeed. Not a single track feels unnecessary and therefore blends in quite well with the storyline. As far as the screenplay is concerned, it could have been a bit tighter but apart from that, overall the unfolding of the story is well conceptualised and keeps the audience hooked on to their seats till the end.
Written by (dialogues) Anvitta Dutt, story by Sri Rao and produced by Karan Johar, Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Baar Baar Dekho has released today, 9 September, 2016.
Verdict: Marking her debut as a director in Hindi cinema, Nitya Mehra’s Baar Baar Dekho is a movie which can be watched on the big screens at least once; nevertheless if you are looking for a “timepass, leave your brain at home” flick, this won’t be the ideal choice.