Acting-great performances very grounded in reality,Ranveer and Alia were great,the supporting cast was great and believable
Plot-Enjoyable plot with great dialogues,I myself am not into the latest music scene but you can understand clearly the way struggle is potrayed.For me the love story was an addition not a necessity if you watch Gully boy again sometime youll notice you can skip all the parts and the entire subplot between Ranveer and Alia and even the little fight where Alia knocks out Kalki you will notice the rest of the movie is still a good movie and it will be a different experience.
Screenplay-Heres a dilemna the screen play was very unique because heres how the movie progressed 5 min-character is having a blast,enjoying next 5 min-character is knocked out by a bad situation and is rethinking his entire life then repeat happy-sad-happy-sad-happy-sad......
Now I dont know if I would enjoy the movie more or less if the screen play was any different because at some moments I enjoyed it immensely but at some points I felt is this back and front swinging necessary cant you just go linearly like a normal person where you have first 30 minutes of sad and then next 30
minutes or hour of happy and right before interval 10 minutes of sad and so on.
The ending montage was great it gives you a good feeling but still some anbiguity, because he has achieved something of value,we dont know if he will continue to grow in his career,get to marry Safeena once she becomes a doctor,will his music remain popular and continue to inspire,will his father reconcile with them,etc.
Technically the movie was brilliant no doubt the sets,locations,costumes,camera work,music in songs ,background music,sound quality,lighting,colors,etc all were great