Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola(2013)

11 January 2013hindiComedy

Storyline

The movie is a comedy drama or we can call it as a political satire as well as it touches the story of small village people who get suffered due to selfish ambitions of politicians and big industrialists. The story revolves around Matru, Bijlee and Bijlee's industrialist father Harry Mandola. Harry has some big ambitions but Matru and Bijlee think in the other way.

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Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola Lootnewale Song

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Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola Khamakha Song

Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola Oye Boy Charlie Song

Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola Title Song

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Plot

Set in the rustic surroundings of a village in Haryana, Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola is a comedy-drama about Harry Mandola (Pankaj Kapoor), a wealthy industrialist who loves his drink, his daughter Bijlee (Anushka Sharma) and the unusual bond they both share with Harry's man Friday, Matru (Imran Khan).

Much to her father's delight, Bijlee is all set to marry Baadal (Aarya Babbar), the son of a powerful politician Chaudhari Devi (Shabana Aami). This alliance which is far from just being a simple union of two young people becomes the seed for a story that brings twists and turns in the lives of Matru, Bijlee and Mandola.

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One Line Review:The film has a strong yet a repeated plot, but fails in delivering the expected. Positive Points:A good base story; humor with a regional flavor; an ideal rural setting Negative Points:Unimpressive execution; some scenes have been unnecessarily dragged Plot:Hari Mandola (Pankaj Kapur) is a rich industrialist of a village with the same name in Haryana. He is rock-hearted, tough and very ambitious about his dream. The old guy who is also very much fond of country liquor has a lively young daughter Bijlee (Anushka Sharma). Matru (Imran Khan), who is a law graduate, works as his driver. Apparently, whenever Mandola get inebriated after drinking this particular country brand 'Gulabo', he turns into a completely different person from what he really is. Now Mandola harbors the ambition to build factories, malls and township on the land that belongs to the farmers, at any cost. However, this isn't as easy as it seems. He plots to grab their land by collaborating with a powerful politician (Shabana Azmi). She strikes a deal whereby Bijlee would get married to her son Baadal (Arya Babbar). However, she has her own wicked and nefarious plans. While on the other hand the farmers are also suffering from this wicked conspiracy, Matru makes up his mind to bring justice to the humble village folk by not letting the industrialist succeed in his unjustified endeavor. Now Matru and Bijlee who happen to be childhood friends, love each other deep in their minds. Will Matru succeed to protect the farmer's interests? Will he be able to fend off Mandola's wickedly ambitions? To witness what happens further, watch this comedy of errors with a great regional flavor. Direction And Other Technical Aspects:The direction of the film is average, which is actually quite unexpected since the director is Vishal Bhardwaj. The camera work is similarly average by Kartik Vijay. The dialogues and screenplay too, both written by Vishal Bhardwaj, aren't much powerful, but are satisfactorily average. Performances:Though the performances aren't too great, Pankaj Kapoor has surely put his best to an extent that he steals the show. He has aptly played the role of an ambitious man who flips his personality after he gets drunk. Imran Khan has too made a good attempt to enact an educated rural Haryanvi, but falls a little short to deliver perfectly. Anushka Sharma's performance as a lively, bubbly and worry free young girl is well done. Supporting roles by Shabana Azmi, Arya Babbar and other supporting actors are well into their place. Music:Apart from direction and screenplay, Vishal Bhardwaj has also done the music direction of this film. The songs have been written by lyricist Gulzar with good playback singing by Sukhwinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Mohit Chauhan and Rekha Bhardwaj. 'Oye Boy Charlie' is the only enjoyable song in the film with a catchy tune. Final Verdict:Though the film has a strong plot, it lacks the much wanted entertainment quotient. The film is humorous at certain points, but isn't as much enjoyable as one would expect. It is a onetime watch but don't expect too much.

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