Banjo

Small time extortionist Taraat Bhai (Riteish Deshmukh) is a fierce man with golden heart. His life lacks fortune, but he is blessed with the magic in his fingers when he plays the musical instrument banjo. He owns an orchestra band with his three friends and mainly performs during Ganpati ...

Critics Rating :

One Line Review: Only if the film ‘Banjo’ would have stuck to the title it had promised, it would have been a mass entertainer!

Positive Points: Execution of chawl culture and city’s larger than life Ganpati festival gets ‘Banjo’ a complete “Mumbaiyya” feel. Also a special mention to song “Udaan Chho” that made our hero and heroine romance sweeping the filthy streets. I mean gone are the days when Bollywood had to travel all the way to Switzerland to just film a romantic song.

Negative Points: Confusing plot that gets deviated, within few minutes of the start. Failure of veteran filmmaker Ravi Jadhav to recognise it.

Plot: Local extortionist Taraat Bhai (Riteish Deshmukh) works for...