I dated a girl for about an year, for the first couple of months my parents and everyone thought that of course we were good friends, but something happened after that because of which I had to tell my mother all about it. I remember her reaction clearly, she had tears in her eyes and was full of shock. She held my hand and told me everything would be fine and she would take care of this. After that day, for the complete year, my mom stood by me and accepted the fact that I was dating a girl. She teased me about her, cooked her favourite food and smiled whenever I updated her on our relationship. I never got to know if my father knew about this, but my mom once told me that he talked to her and said this was a new world and every relationship was acceptable. Both of my parents come from villages of Rajasthan and Haryana, and their sole focus in life was to earn a living for themselves and their families; the fact that they, especially my mother, accepted me so readily has always baffled me. There are millions of such stories which people don't know about, of simple people who make brave choices. Everyone needs to know such stories, to understand that our country is not a single shade of colour, we have diversity and we have acceptance and we can take it, ourselves and the world forward.
The scene after he comes out to his family and goes to the balcony and starts to breathe...it was so beautiful and poetic. That closet is a dark and suffocating place and the scene captured the pure relief of being honest about who he was so beautifully. Kudos.
Exactly! I just started crying out of nowhere. It just made me realise how stressful it is to live a life in hiding wat we really are. It's so beautifully done.
I am huge Ayushmann fan, but I have to agree Rajkummar is just something else! like how does he do what he does. Completely agree with you, that he brings out unique touch even to the plain vanilla characters. Can't wait to watch it once it comes out on OTT.
@@Akash_158 Dude, you guys say things that it seems like the day BJP is wiped off this planet everything is going to be solved and we'll all reach collective enlightenment, lmao.
The fact that there's a northeastern actor in the mainstream cinema and brings light to LGBTQ+ community fills my heart my happiness. And I only hope that it doesn't stop here.
@@Arasa왕 It's either we're backward hill-dwelling tribals or ultra-sleek liberal deviants as long as it suits the point you want to make huh? Honestly... We do have cultures here, and we consider it a blessing that our culture keeps us more open on fronts which deserve it. If you have such mean views which denigrate an entire race of people into such cheap stereotypes, than you'd better keep it to yourself. It only shows your own moral and intellectual bankruptcy. We do feel sad when it feels like the prejudice keeps on persisting through comments like yours. We are humans, don't reduce us to caricatures. Your parents did a bad job raising you.💔
@@Arasa왕 i dare you to come infront of us northeastern and say that again. Their are two types of northeast indians, most of us are nice and peaceful, whereas i belong to the other type... Ghusa aur laat se samjhayenge tum jaiso ko northeast ke baare me kuch bhi ulta fulta bola toh
Being a gay man myself, I do appreciate the authenticity of the conversations, specially the part where Shardul's character talks about his younger boyfriend ignoring him, just like he did to his older boyfriend in the past. His character portrays how most of the gay men feel to overcompensate for their masculinity. It is hard hitting, extremely naunced portrayal. More power to the film makers and I hope mainstream Indian cinema will reach a point where we can produce films like Call Me By Your Name, Carol, Brokeback Mountain - without having to need to add the "comedy".
@@VikasYadav-tc8zk No society is fine with anything! Indian society is not some lala land We have problems we will sort! So please stop judging already!!!
@@nationssunshinefelix4482 Cobalt Blue was for some unknown reason pulled off from Netflix at the very last moment. It was meant to be release in November. Netflix did not give any explanation why they postponed the release. So far there is no news on when that film is going to be released.
I'd like to give credits to the movie for having romantic scenes between the both couples. Not just hand holding bs, actually choreographed, with slow music and cinematic romantic shots. So nice to see their love also being represented like cheesy Bollywood couples!! Makes my ally heart burst w joy❤❤❤
thank you for being an ally! Im gay and i grew up loving bollywood and romantic srk songs but I never thought the day would come in Bollywood that we would also get those scenes.
Kudos to Priyanka Chopra for admitting that someone from the Northeast should have played Mary Kom's role. Will give a much needed fillip to the representation and inclusion of Northeasterners in Indian cinema.
Audience failed to support Chandigarh kare aashique because of its bold content .... Mostly this film will face the same ... Our audience is damn backward
People support LGBTQ but why force them to Sit through Movies of these Themes or else be branded as Backward 🤔Go watch the Content of South Indian Cinema. People want to watch movies like Churuli, Garuda Gamana, Pushpa, Ratsasan, Super Deluxe, Karnan, Jai Bhim etc. If they wanted to watch LGBTQ movies, they would rather watch Millions of International LGBT movies already available on Netflix 🙄
@@kiyo6211 Hahah Hypocrite Elitist Chutiyas everywhere 😂😝 You want people to accept LGBTQ movies but you yourself aren't ready to accept Masala movies. Agar Pushpa ghatiya movie hoti toh Bade Bade Cricketers, Politicians, Bollywood Stars isko support nahi karte. Pushpa reels are being made not only by Indian Audiences but also Audiences abroad. Cucks like you will only like Gehraiyaan type movies where Cheating, Fraud, Double-Timing is Promoted by peppering it with Good Music & Osho type Dialogues 💩
People are legit so hypocrite. They will not appreciate such movies which atleast start to talk about lgbtq, saying thay it has forced comedy to fit in the box of commercially successful bollywood movie. But then they won't buy tickets or watch films meant for lgbtq. Its not just the storytellers who have to change, rather its first who have to evolve.
Creators can't & shouldn't expect people to be ready to spend their money just bcoz the plot of a movie seems progressive.....quality of the content matters more to most people If a movie involving straight people is better in terms of quality then many people would prefer to watch that over another one with LGBT themes, & vice-versa
@@bhagdikibhosbhag934 call me by your name was loved by everyone but heterosexual people doesn't relate to it but still everyone liked it except homophobes. It isn't about you relate to it or not. It's about the connection you get while watching a film. It's just two people in love with each other. That's it.
@Broke Bitch Everything is about 'if you relate to it or not' you wouldn't even feel a connection if couldn't relate to it ,one loves a particular entertainment source merely because that person can relate to it, the characters hardship,joy,anger ,every emotion is felt by the viewer at some point in their lifetime or atleast most of the time they expect that beautiful thing to happen in their life by creating fake scenarios. Even anime,Sci-fic movies contain a bit of realism so that people who are watching in masses can relate to it. I am pretty sure these movies are great and I am not a homophobic but still I wouldn't watch it because for me to spend my hard earned money and time to something that I wouldn't even relate to is worthless but for my lgbt friends it's a gem because they will actually relate to it ,they'll know the characters emotions better because they themselves have gone through that.
As a gay guy, I must thank the makers of this particular movie for getting rid of the stereotypes and faults representation they do in the films. For a long time, the Hindi film industry has been very insensitive regarding the portrayal of queer people in movies. We are represented as nothing more than a joker whose prime job is to seduce the main hero of the film. But this film is honest and authentically represent the gay characters. And smartly teaches the older generation to comprehend the issue without showing anything that can provoke or make uncomfortable. This movie is fun, authentic and educational. More people should go and watch! ❤
Hey. I'm gay too. And on an unrelated note I'm feeling so lonely especially coz tomoro is valentines day. I've never had a long term relationship. Wish u have someone tomorrow to celebrate the day with. Hapy V day !
dude, fuck the negative reviews I cannot tell you how pleasantly surprised I was with this movie. I cant recommend this enough especially if you are a member of the community. you have to go into this expecting a "commercial" movie, which I understand why, because with movies like these, they have to be commercial if the desired effect can be achieved. also its genuinely funny and heartfelt in many of the sequences. Definitely worth a watch
So happy to see north east actors being represented i think it's high time for that...also rajkumaar is the current best actor of Bollywood imo...just fabulous ❤️
I am from Arunachal and seeing our girl in a mainstream bollywood film was such a rejoicing moment... Because love it or hate it bollywood does gives unimaginable fame and recognition to an actor/actress which helps them In their career.. And this movie is definitely something everyone should watch "with their family". Love it and loved your review.
I LOVE the fact that bollywood is finally maturing enough to present such movies, but why is that everytime a movie is made on such taboo topics, it is considered to be a comedy film? I really think that we as an audience have matured enough to see a film depicting the lgbtq+ community without the tag of it being a comedy film
Probably on OTT platforms but this soft landing is almost necessary when movies release in theatres. The motivation to step in to a theatre primarily is 'entertainment and escapism' in this country
No actually, the audience at a large really hasn't matured enough because we literally never had discussions about this, this is the beginning, they will have to understand it from a comedic perspective to later have a better idea about it, like we start our studies with the most colourful books ever
@@ikkudi9603 ya probably, hope there is a time when the absolute tag of "taboo topics" is eradicated, it ll take a long time in India but hopefully will definitely happen one day
@@TriedRefusedProductions So true, hopefully we see some changes in the near future because depicting an LGBTQ+ community story in a comical way is okay for once, but when it starts happening frequently, now that's just disrespectful to the people who are actually a part of that community
I remember watching Rajkumar Rao in Queen for the first time and went on to google his name. I have been a fan since then. I do not prefer watching formulaic films majorly made by Aayushman Khurana. For me, even in Bareilly ki Barfi Raj Kumar stole the show❤️. His filmography is praise worthy! Honestly, I think after Irrfan Khan and Manoj Bajpai, Raj Kumar is the finest actor. I also feel that he has the credibility to pull off any role. I hope he never stops exploring.
Agreed. Even though Ayushmann was the main lead in BKB, I personally found his character unlikeable in that movie. Rajkumar was such a natural that he completely stole the show.
It is liberating to see such maturity in the storytelling of this movie. I am in love with it❤️❤️😍 I think Harshvardhan Kulkarni deserves appreciation for presenting such a relevant topic with such sensitivity and care👏👏 that rooftop scene of Shardul and his mother 🥺🥺 literally brought tears to my eyes 🥺💔
Awesome video and i guess we also add the "+" after lgbtqia inorder to show inclusivity..but as always loved your work👏👏 hopefully we get to see more like these movies..
@sourav pocket media I would still say this movie stands out from the others in its execution of the story it does not tries to be preachy😌 and for the most part allows the serious moments to sink in and flow naturally instead of looking to crack a joke next
I am a strong supporter of LGBTQ community, and often have debates with my own family about it, and what I have realized is that there is a very long battle to be fought just to get mere acceptance for this fact, sad thing is when people cant give reasonable arguments, they make personal attacks. I am very happy that Bollywood is coming up to make movies like these.
I am getting married to my own sister .... I don't care what society think about us .... We both love each other and are very happy with our relationship 😍❤️❤️
As a member of LGBTQ community, I was literally over the moon watching the film. And that last song with Gay pride scenes was goose bumps moment for me in theatre. We owe the makers of the film lot of our heart felt thanks!
@@bbindian01 I for one was attracted to my same gender as early as 6, I still remember that vividly, I still remember the boy who I admired. But at that age, you wouldn't even know what that feeling is. After 10, mostly guys get to understand about their sexual orientation even more. And as they read and explore stuff after puberty, they can really relate to who they really are. And everything unravels naturally and nothing of this is forced or pushed upon.
The sexual orientation of a person should not define who the individual is. It is sad that up until September 2018, consensual gay sex was illegal based on a section dating back to 1861, but it's also great that the law is changed now, so things are changing. I don't think it would have been possible for this type of film to be released and appreciated 10 years ago. Society may not be ready to embrace LGBTQ community with open arms, but now a days we are openly discussing topics like intolerance towards homosexuality, and thats progress. Haven't seen the film yet but I read and as you said Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar and Sheeba Chaddha has given a stellar performance. Looking forward to watch the movie.
Northeast actors deserve greater representation and participation in our movie industries. So far only Danny Denzongpa has been the most successful import from the Northeast into Bollywood.
@@himanshu0921 Aadil Hussain can be casted as any regular guy from any state but u can’t put Danny as a guy from any other state other than 7 sister state that’s what he/she is speaking abt
@@ruturajshiralkar5566 yes the non tribal Assamese people have north Indian features in terms of looks. I'm also an Assamese but most mainlanders assume me as a north indian. Yes north eastern states are dominated by tribals having mongoloid features but Assam has non mongoloid people: the Assamese speaking non tribal people
@@rishitbhatia2224 I don't think it's fair to compare this movie with Aligarh. It was a terrifying real life story. I just wish we don't need to make movies like Aligarh in the future, just like in the US they don't need movies like long time companion or Philadelphia anymore.
9:59 Rajkummar is levels above his contemporaries. He might not be the first choice for many directors, but he kills it in every film of his. Looking forward to his line up of films... Bheed, Mr & Mrs Mahi, Monica..., HIT & the Rajat Mukherjee directorial.
Just like Ajay and Akshay try outdoing each other on nationalism in their movies, it seems Rajkumar Rao and Ayushman Khurana are in a game of one upmanship with each other with regard to socially aware cinema.
Why akshay and ajay....???? They also did toilet ek prem katha, padman,good newwz, housefull series, 2.0, jolly llb2, drishyam, shivaay,golmaal series, de de pyaar de,total dhamaal etc apart from only nationalism based films....btw, their patriotic films are very relatable and very realistic with different stories which were unknown to audiences, that's not called outdoing each other...look at their lineups...all are of different genres.
This movie should be appreciated by masses in theatres as well to have an understanding about the community and their challenges. A worth watching piece.
Being a gay men ....i genuinely experience n enjoying each and every movement of this film...we are community people facing all this small n meaningful things in our daily basis life this movie represent every thing in meaningful and sensible manner.its not just a movie but far better way to expresss the journey ,up n down of lgbtiq+ community people,... manzil bhout dur hai abhi acceptance ki in India but start ho chuki hai ..n hopefully our people would except our future generations.love is love🏳️🌈
I'm going to watch this movie tonight with my family. I haven't told them about the subject matter just told them it's a comedy and Rajkumar is in it and they immediately said yes I just hope they accept the subject with open arms without being judgemental
All the best with that dude. I hope you dont get your brain cells injured while making them understand the concept of gender and sexuality Ps , I pray you succeed educating your family 🙌
#BadhaaiDo is one of the bravest and much needed films of our times. Take a bow #HarshavardhanKulkarni and Akshat... Life is very different in a middle class family in a small town and so is the belief system. To attempt to break into it and show some light deserves far more than just applause. I feel this film is one of the most sincere effort to serve humanity through cinema.I don't think that comedy was instilled to cater to the commercial space; I feel it was intentionally instilled to grasp the audience into their familiar zone, before subjecting them to the much needed social message on a so called social 'uncomfortable' subject. Hats off! #RajkummarRao for the most heartfelt honest performance... Take a bow Bhumi and the entire cast! Thank you for the great review @tried&refused Productions... also for not looking at it as just another cinema going experience and for appreciating its core human intent
One more thing I would like to add That irrespective of the sexual orientation, the upbringing of a man is an important part of his personality So assuming a gay guy to be extra woke and feminist is a myth…. He can be a chauvinist too
For those who are commenting why they can't make it a serious movie because many people isn't interested in watching some serious lgbt movies that's why they package these as comedy movies with social messages So if u still won't support there works like chandigarh kare aashiqui, shubh mangal zyada savdhan, ek ladki ko dekha to aisa lagaa and badhaai do then how can u even expect them to risk their money on serious lgbtq movies if u don't even watch their comedic movies with social message
i havent watched other moovies you mentioned but subh mangal zyada savdhan was a badly made movie. the dad character and the blind cousin were the only ones well written rest seemed like caricatures. especially ayushmann he was awful. he did not emote well. there was no pathos or intensity in him. just bland. the other guy did well though. this is the problem. thai and japanese portray these lgbtq couples beautifully, like straight couples. tender moments like the first time they look at each other, flowers fall when the first touch. they bicker and flirt and finally fall in love. it is all shown in very romantic and dreamy with beautiful cinematography. it is not like these countries are far ahead of us in lgbtq laws, they have the same problems like we do, the marriage is banned, prejudice from old people etc. But they treat their love stories like any other straight love story. compare that to the movies we get. the bar is just low.
Just saw this movie yesterday... I was so happy to see this movie.. I have been following many LGBT+ series, drama, movie from last few years of different countries. I mean we got to see few other indian movies in this category.. But this movie showed everything clearly, not sugarcoated... It was out there. Yes few things were flawed but it's okay.... We can't show preachy movies right now in India to mass on this topic. But wow.... They showed love, chemistry as heterosexual couples. It was so fresh..... The music, their dates just wow. And casting NE actress in important role is cherry on top of cake.
I have watched this movie yesterday and I don't see why males are so offended with this movie? Lots of my males friends coming up and saying that it's a bullshit movie or they didn't like the concept while as a part of LGBTQ i myself fall in love with this movie. It was so good with great sense of how people struggle to hide there whole part from family and friends just to accepted by them.
@@prism7990 maybe it's very bad to see how lots of closet homosexual bulls the most and make such a pathetic excuses. From start to bottom it was really great movie in my opinion 😊
@@knzafir i refer women as female too. The reason is when u say men we categorised a full adult person while males contain a person who can belong to any age. You can't say a 13 year boy as men correct? However I have only getting trolls from men who are trolling this and infact if u check the idmb review sections men are the one who are making fun of this movie most but I never said all men. You shouldn't put urself in that category if ur not falling in that category unless someone is not pin point to everyone.
Ever since the trailer came out, I've seen nothing but negative reviews and post on social media about this movie. I wanted to see for it myself and finally got the chance to see it yesterday on Netflix. As someone who is part of the LGBTQIA+ community, THIS is the mainstream representation that I can get behind. I appreciated that there weren't that many one-line comedic dialogues (which you see a lot in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan) to make it "relatable" to wider audience. Why do we have to be a butt of the joke for wider audience to relate to us? This movie felt authentic. I loved how this movie explored nuances of Queer identities, relationships, and societal inequalities. I absolutely loved seeing the soft, and slow romance on screen without making it sexually explicit in nature (something which Western media fails to create). And you’re right, the soundtrack is brilliant in terms of how it weaves the romance with words of the lyrics. My heart fluttered seeing the romance between Shardul/Kabir, Shardul/Guru, and Sumi/Rimjhim with having the soundtrack in the background. And I legit started sobbing when Hum Rang Hai started playing and I still tear up when I hear the song because GOD DAMN IT we are just like everyone else. We just want to be accepted and loved like anyone else.
Thank you for covering this film Jammy. I had watched the trailer and as it was, I was a bit discouraged by the generic tone of the movie. As many have said, theovie seemed like the typical North Indian sort of take on lgbtq+ that we have already seen in SMZS, apart from the lesbian bit. After it came out, I was excited to see if my preconcived notion of what the film is like is going to turn out wrong but the even more generic reviews just solidified the notion that it certainly didnt do anything out of the box. So thanks for the review, I got a fresh perspective about the movie. The movie would def do better as an ott release.
When audience are going gaga over a shit film like Pushpa and not giving even one chance to films like Badhaai do or CKA, then we know where theatre audience is heading
@@wokescancer.3699 yahi soch se ki wajah se hee to angrez bhi hume aazadi nahi de rahe the. Isi soch ki wajah se African Americans ko basic human rights bhi 1950 tak nahi mila. Kal tumhaari maa ek glass paani maang le to unko bhi bol Dena ki tum woke nahi ho aur aurat jaat ke ishaaron pe tum nahi chalte.
Because audience needs escapism, (especially during this pandemic period) not A lecture. At least those lectures have comedy in them, otherwise, koi kutta bhi nhi dekhta. Harsh but true
@@saikatbanik9359 And how much escapism do you want? Is that what you do everyday and evry second. Escape from reality. Don't you have enough movies that provide you that escapism? How many more do you want?
I have an opinion that may draw a lot of criticism but i feel the need to point out that the desire to have more authenticity in the casting isn't always a fair ask. What I mean is if u want a gay person to always play a gay character......r u going to enforce the same rule when a gay person wants to play a straight character? They r actors ..... It's their job to shed who they r and don the mantle of the character. While PC saying that maybe a northeastern person should have played Mary Kom is a good thing..... It shouldn't detract from the fact that she did a great job in that movie. In fact the further away a character is from the actual actor's true self......it is then that magic happens...... And I think that every actor should be allowed to try for every role.
its different with lgbt and racial stuff, though. any gay character, whether or not played by a gay person, is representation, but a light person literally cannot play a dark character, therefore it isn't representation
I was waiting for your review since yday and got confused with the caption being "does not deserve to fail" and then the thumbnail - "You are scammed".. But I am so glad, this scam was wrt the trailer 😅😂 This movie is really beautiful, so realistic and authentic! How the 4-5 characters from the community were different from each other (Some being confident in their skin even in public, the likes of shardul, who are afraid to accept that, I loved how that fear transformed by the end of the movie) I also loved how equation of Sumi and Shardul evolved.. How they were like strangers to each other even after marriage (did not show that forced empathy for somebody you do not have any frndship with!) Me and my frnd were so impressed by that ki achanak se gehri dosti nhi dikhayi.. They became friends over the course of the movie! Also loved the representation of strong but subtle women as sumi and rimjhim 😍! And yes, since you also didn't reveal the cameo, I ll not take the name too, but just wanna convey how my friend got mesmerised by that cameo even more than Rajkumar! After we left the theatre, she was all praises for the actor (she didn't knew his name even)!!
I believe comedy is employed as a mainstream tool with which the message on a topical subject can be delivered better. Whether it is in Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui or Badhaai Do. Sometimes you just have to be in the system to change the system. You have to make do with the resources and instruments at your disposal to be able to bring about change.
My only thoughts after seeing Chum Darang from Arunachal Pradesh in the movie: " Imagine being both Gay/Lesbian and Racially different in a country like India".
I watched it with my mother and she was so curious and open to it too, her first introduction to Pride Parade and Lavender Marriage, this was surely a super happy Heartwarming Movie well-deserving of Family Audience and Gulshan was a Hot Surprise! 🔥🖤
I am yet to watch the movie but seeing this review made me feel so at ease. I had really high expectations from this movie...seeing lgbtqia+ representation in our film industry makes me feel so proud. Hope that movies like these keep coming out and we have more conversations like these because it is the reality of many people in our country. I am definitely going to see this movie in theatres.
@@prathmeshbhatnagar5527 aligarh was a serious and a really good movie but how many people actually watched it.. & most importantly these movies are mostly for masses who are still homophobic so with comedy and dance numbers atleast it could able to reach wider..
Difference between Ayushmann n Rajkummar is mediocrity VS excellence. All of Ayushmann's small town roles are copy paste except for if any physical transformation. Body language, energy, dressing is almost the same. Then there is Raj who does no physical transformation but most of his characters differ based on solely the portrayal and mannerisms. Take stree VS bareilly VS queen VS fanney khan VS shadi se pehle. These characters look almost the same but each had their own quirk.
Cannot agree more .. Ayushman is director’s actor . Though I respect him a lot as compared to the nepotism gang .. he has struggled and carved out a niche . Not to mention he is very good as singer and anchor as well. But when it comes to pure acting Talent , Rajkumar Rao is miles ahead . He can become any character just by sinking into its mannerisms and doesn’t need costume design 😀.. truly a great actor ..
Went to the theatre after watching this review... And boy, he wasn't lying!! This movie is just pure gold🔥🔥 We as an audience need to support such master piece so that we can see more such content coming up in future!!❤️
Sheeba chadha was beyond brilliant!! She made me cry with her scene with Rajkumar Rao on the roof. As a little slow, hesitant loving mother. She hit it out of the park!!
You know Raahi is a song by Ritviz, I feel it is just the perfect video on LGBTQIA community, it represents things so well that I end up crying everytime I watch it. Please do give it a watch.
I went into the theatre expecting just another comedy movie based on the middle class from north.. But boy was i wrong .. Such sensitive topic dealt so maturely.. Rajkumar as always was a treat to watch.
I am waiting for the offical trailler man.... I hope the movie doesn't turn out to be cringy and worst like Flying Jetpack or Krringe 3 It should be a good superhero movie like Krrish,Mard ko dard nahi hota or atleast like Bhavesh Joshi
Holy shit Jammy, just now finished watching the movie and to be honest though I knew what I was walking into even after your review I was still surprised and mind blown. This movie made my heart full and the final few scenes where Raj Kumar came out of closet and where the dad asked Jhilmil to sit down for Baby’s ceremony was powerful. Though the movie was an attempt to be a family friendly comedy but when it came to the relationships they kept it very strong and impactful. I mean WOW
Oh my. This movie is a documentary. I've never felt so good watching art in such a long time. Kuddos to everyone in bringing badhaai do to life. Its incredible amazingly good and the songs: listening on repeat. This new bollywood is what i like. New stories and so refreshing!!
Many people are complaining about the film being a comedy film but if we don't have a problem with other rom-coms then why can't we see this as a rom-com too. Yes, serious representation can be done but romance movies always had a comedy aspect in them apart from some melodrama movies. The problem is that we still don't see this as normal and something that can be represented normally as other films.
I'm a keralite who grew up on Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films. I had huge respect for the hindi film industry and awed at its marvel from late 90s to the early 2010s. It was all downhill from there, except for the occasional Aamir Khan, Anurag Kashyap, Rajkummar Rao, Ayushman Khurrana films. Films like Chak De, Om Shanthi Om, Welcome, and Taare Zameen Par, all releasing the same year and all emerging successful, what a time! I have lost respect to the makers who who seems to follow some marketing analytics data to write scripts, and the audience who do no support films like Badhaai Do. Baaghi 3 trailer was criticized so much on RU-vid and it still made 97 crores in 3 days. And everyone keeps telling the makers to grow up. The irony.
i watched this movie today on Netflix, came to find if there has been any reviews and found this. With the less than average synopsis (as they usually are on netflix) i wasn't expecting much and only began to watch it for Rajkummar Rao. this movie however, did not disappoint. my heart was absolutely shattered in Sumi's scene with her father but the last scene somehow healed it. the more time i spent with the characters, the more i appreciated all of them as they were portrayed. this movie was believable and the romance was sweet and soft, and felt natural (way more natural than most hetero romance shown in Bollywood imo). it took decades to find parts of myself in the characters of a movie... i hope we only go upwards from here ❤
I genuinely loved the movie....this story has showcased the real issues....this has focussed on the topic, what people from LGBTQ community face from the society and not wasted the movie on comedy.....if this movie fails I will be very disappointed
When shardul was telling sumi about his first boyfriend and how everything fucked. I got tear in my eyes. Cause that's my story. That particular scene went straight into my heart. TBH I had no expectations from this film since last two films on the same genre was not good at all, this film completely mesmerised me. I'd like to thanks the director to produce such a beautiful movie.
I feel so proud that I live in an era when I get to see the work of Rajkumar Rao- from Aligarh to Ludo to Badhai do, the versatility of this actor and his comfort with both mainstream and "parallel stream" movies is something to behold. He has the capability carry a movie on his shoulders. Years from now I am sure his name will be taken with the greats of Bollywood like Naseeruddin Shaw.
The roof clip of ramkumar with his mother at the last when he open out that he is gay was really awesome.....lived that clip...it is hard to Ppl specialy your family about your orientation..... 😭
Just watched it today. This was a beautiful movie. It hit all the right notes. I came out the movie not feeling like I had been preached to or I was being fed a social message. I felt like there was just a story. A story of two people and the people they love. And you can choose to see that story with any lens you want. My lens saw a heart touching and hopeful story!
I know ppl like to say this film is woke and propaganda and all that which I don't understand at all.......do these ppl not realise that gays and lesbians actually do exist in real life and they also do fall in love ? They make such movies seem like there's a huge conspiracy to ruin minds or what not 🤦
Thank you for supporting our notion... "Rajkummar Rao is a far more superior actor than Ayushman"... He is a real gem of our country... Just see Omerta again for one time... Rajkummar is unbelievable... 💙💙💙 Thank you Jimmy
Though i always tell my friends that the south produce good movies, I have to agree that the bollywood has more good actors. If two of them had done a movie, then I don't need any reviews to decide watching it but still came here because it became a habit of mine to never miss a TRP video 👍😃
I watched it recently and expected to get preaching and awareness lessons from it but to my utter surprise its something else. Its a very nice movie and everyone should watch it . Very nice script well written dialogues, superb acting . All the actors have really done a great job , and I mean of the characters left a mark of their own . Just one thing I want to say is the movie had its moments but I was really laughing through out the movie , such was the movie. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie 👌🏻👌🏻
Exactly.. the trailer was promising but I didn't think it will turn out this good.. it's original, realistic and the best of this genre Soo far in Bollywood..
People are very hypocrite they will say bollywood is bad but when bollywood finally releases good movies they won't watch if they watch those good movies we are letting the directors know we need high budget good movies
After watching this film I was so amazed like how they have shown love between two couples and last part was so beautiful like I got goosebumps .. but when I told my friend about this movie, she was like i had already watched it and it was so weird like having gay and lesbian...I was like It's 21st century people should grow up... This is normal
being a part of the lgbtq community and watching this film, i cried the entire time. the movie did a great job conveying that all we need is to be accepted and rajkumar did an absolutely fantastic job!
It's really great to see *Rajkumar Rao* back on track after appearing in commercial movies for the past couple of years. And of course, *Bollywood* has come a long way from depicting *LGBTQIA* as caricatures to humanizing them on-screen without sugarcoating their identity crisis.
It's such a refreshing breadth of air to see the Hindi film industry make a film on this subject. Everyone has acted very well and the director has not given in to cater to usual stereotypes and created mindless comical situations. This was a sensitive subject and needed careful and sensitive portrayal which has been done. Kudos to everyone connected with the project.
I think some might not agree with me, but when we say gay couple they are a part of the community and not all of it... So a movie where we are talking gay and lesbian couple is needed as we cant say arre abhi toh vo gay couple wala movie tha then ab trans tha ab itna jaldi ye q (people normally convey this way as i have seen in a lots of comments) .....i believe even if we go 100 movies with LGBTQi community they are less ,its time we look and make them look like normal human beings (in movies too), so if we dont complain with every other movie involving girl and boy being couple we should also open arms to these new pairings.
You know the people involved in this movie, cared about the subject, the characters, the settings, their craft and It shows. Brilliant! And big shoutout to the camera crew for displaying Northern India landscape, which is rarely shown in mainstream Bolywood, at least to non-indian audiences. Greetings from France.
Just watched the movie and found it to be so much better than shubh mangal zyada saavdhan. Hits all the spots that an lgbtq person suffers from while equally being hilarious, did not go into with high expectations but was pleasantly surprised. Sad to see this movie failed to even meet its budget at the BO
What a movie! Best Bollywood movie I have watched in a long looooooooong time. I can't sit through any of the major releases for more than 5 mins, but this..... This movie deserves more cheers and accolades! Rajkumar Rao, my favourite, never disappoints! I love Bhumi!
I absolutely loved the movie and the mature way that they have handled a sensitive issue... It is refreshing to see homosexual relationships being normalised and gives a very necessary glimpse into their struggles... Love is love... That is the message... I was really touched during the last song
These small town from Hindi heartland stories with social message movies has become very formulaic, which makes them cookie cutterish, unentertaining, inorganic. Not saying there is any problem with the subgenre of small town social message films
Mannn I'm soo excited about dis, I love Bhumi, n I love Rajkumar, n I wanna see how it all ends, n true, I kinda agree it should've been on Ott platforms but eh we can wait n see, but fr I really wanna watch it in a cinema Hall lmao.
I am from indonesia, and i enjoy this movie so much. I appreciate how indian movie grow up really fast to accomodate this issue. Rajkumar rao nailed it, but i love bhumi more. 😊😊😊😊
I can't believe that this movie initially had such low ratings. Thanks to RU-vidrs like Jammy and many intellectual people who made it their mission to spread word of mouth to improve the ratings of this movie. Even I thought that this movie is well suited for OTT but maybe it was a conscious decision from makers to have it release in theatres first to make general audience atleast aware of the idea and make it reach the masses. But yes changes can't be made in a day and changing the opinions of people from small cities and Conservative backgrounds is a uphill task.
The percentage of jumps from first Friday..... the trending...to first Saturday and a massive huge jump on Sunday.. percentage wise... is the best compared to any other film released in the Pandemic... even better than the only hit film Sooryavanshi.... This is historic.... when considering a lot of people in the trade thought it was a damp squib.... I think audiences are mesmerised by the treatment of the film, the very sensitive topic and fantastic performances in the film.... This is an outstanding film, and will go down as a milestone in the history of Indian cinema....
I'm actually fed up with this genre of movies. Usually set in Hindi belt, dealing with a taboo topic, light hearted comedy, similar characters, hell even the same actors. Like you can't make any topic a comedy, they have to be dealt with sensitivity and not an "all's well that end's well" kinda stories. Ayushman Khurana made a whole carreer out of such movie.
there r u can see aligard its serious LOEV and margarita with a straw they r being pitched at mass level so comedy is there in shubhmangal zada savdhan is someone who watched movies like housefull is made to watch super duplex ot blackmail will he be able to obviously not
I thoroughly enjoyed the film and I am glad that I could watch it with my mom and introduce her to the topic through the film. She too appreciated it which wouldn't have been possible if the film didn't have the comic treatment. So, to let the public inside the theatres, currently entertainment factor is important for such movies. Really loved the performance of Raj, Bhumi and Sheeba Chadda. Also, cameo of Gulshan Devaiyah was a treat to watch.
