Meri Pyaari Bindu: Not So Pyaari After All…

As the name suggests the movie is of the principle character Bindu (Parineeti Chopra) through the eyes of her childhood friend cum admirer cum lover Boobla (Ayushman Khurana).

The story primarily set in North Kolkata oscillates not only as far as location goes but also in overall graph of the story. So the movie is of the friendship cum love of Boobla a.k.a Abhimanyu Roy, a C grade cheap pulp novelist who re-visits his memories with her next door neighbour Bindu, an extremely vivacious, fickle minded and extremely bindass girl who brings the necessary thrill to the typical bong guy Boobla. Things change for them when they grow up and Boobla realizes his love for Bindu, and things get complicated, whether Boobla gets Bindu is what the story is all about.

Written by Supratim Sengupta, the story unfolds through the eyes of Boobla and how he perceives Bindu, his friend, confidant, love etc. The story evolves as a modern day love story of complicated youth, not knowing what they want and how life teaches them to be more mature. Well the premise seems too familiar; well that is where the flaw lies. The overall skeleton of the story does not offer anything new, but where it scores a bit are some moments of Bindu and Boobla that warms your heart and you identify it with your life. The whole story is interwoven with some Bollywood classic melodies which puts a smile on your face, especially if you have grown up in the 80’s and the 90’s when the cassettes and the two in one where the only ways to listen to music other then the radio. Supratim holds your interest all throughout the first half and during interval time you look forward what happens to both Boobla and Bindu, but what unfolds in the second half just does not match the build up of the first half, it becomes a drag and the story just does not move and is stuck in a time wrap. The over stretched climax tests your patience and you wonder what the heck is happening. One of the biggest flaw in the writing has been that it is through the eyes of the Male protagonist Boobla, you are never get to know the real Bindu , as to why is she behaving the way she is, what actually happens to Bindu, the back story of Bindu is completely missing which makes you feel that the writing is half baked and you do empathise with either of the characters.

It is the dialogues which somehow try to undo the lack of cohesive script. The spunky and funny dialogues give you the necessary entertainment.

Ayushman Khurana as Boobla is the best thing of the movie, he portrays his character with complete sincerity and it shows, keeping up the pace is Parineeti Chopra as Bindu, who has proven her acting capabilities time and again, and she does not disappoint you as Bindu as well, it is the chemistry between Ayushman and Parineeti that holds your attention throughout the movie and you would remember long after the movie is over. Aparajita Auddy as Boobla’s mother gives a crackling performance of a typical bong mother, I am sure every bong will identify with this character. Rest of the cast also give a good performance. Overall after dialogues it is the performance of the cast which stand out.

Akshay Roy who is not new to film medium thanks to his many short films that he directed, but this is his first foray to mainstream cinema, and he does not completely disappoint, though the script let’s him down but he is successful in getting some crackling performances, especially by Ayushman Khurana. He keeps it subtle, I am sure given a good script Akhay will shine..

Sachin Jigar charter a different territory with the music of this movie, “Mana Ki Hum Yaar Nahin” stays with you even after the movie is over thanks to the beautiful lyrics by Kausar Munir and Sonu Nigam and Parineeti Chopra’s vocals, “Haareya” is another feather in Arijit’s cap, “Khol de Baahein” sung by Monali Thakur is soft to your ears…

“Meri Pyaari Bindu” oscillates from being good to bad and sums up as average…I will go with 3 Stars..

Movie Rating: (3 / 5)