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Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola (2013)
a nice black comedy on rural India
I enjoyed MKBKM more than 80% of the time, which is far more than I can say for about 90% of the movies Bollywood spits out every year. Vishal Bhardwaj has done well with his first ever comedy movie, albeit a bit black, he deserves the credit despite the mixed reviews from the press.
The movie exhibited the charm of rural Haryana, had a plot that kept fast pacing from a comical relief to the sad side of free India matching the finality of almost all Bollywood movies where a boy-meets-a-girl with a happy ending!
Pankaj Kapoor almost ruined the movie for his performance was above and beyond the plot. His transition from the innocuous Mandola to the greed- driven Harry was so convincing that his presence was all that was needed to pull the audience away from the funny to the sad and vice versa. Irfan Khan played a forgettable side kick, Anushka added some chutzpa, Shabana Azmi played well and had one of the most memorable dialogues on "desh ki pragati", Arya Babbar did total justice to his role! The movie did have a promising start but I think the decision was made to play it safe and hence, the odd (happy-go-lucky) ending.