Dolly Ki Doli

It is always pleasantly surprising to walk into a movie that you didn’t expect to be even remotely watchable and it turns out to be just that a little better for you to walk out satisfied.  Although I will not allow it to affect my overall rating, DOLLY KI DOLI, falls into this category and was a good start to my Thursday.

The first thing that surprises you about DKD is Sonam Kapoor.  The diva is known more for her sensational sense of fashion (and I must say that she is very good at that) but with DKD she adds acting to her repertoire (finally!!!).  Sonam is restrained (except in one song) and yet super confident in her role as the Looteri Dulhan – “Dolly”.

Dolly and her gang of conmen (and women) are in the fabulous profession of getting gullible young men (read spoilt rich kids) to fall for Dolly and then relieving them for what they are worth on the night of the wedding.  Great concept and with a new and improved Sonam at the helm, it makes for some good fun moments.

But Abhishekh Dogra’s debut movie assisted by Uma Shankar Singh in the writing department fails where most Bollywood movies do. It has way too many loopholes in the script and just too much unexplained.  Vital twists in the movie (and there are quite a bit of them to keep you entertained) happen without any reasonable explanation or for that matter any explanation.

Dogra survives because he gets his casting right for the most part.  The pick of the cast other than the usual suspects is one Rajani Vaidya who plays the role of the Dolly’s Daadi (Grandma) and has to deliver just one line throughout the entire movie, “Beti dedi. Sab kuch de diya” (Cannot translate because the impact will be lost).  Just one of the quirky parts of DKD that people will enjoy.

Rajkumar Rao is superb (as always) with his Haryanvi accent and so is Archana Puran Singh.  But yet again, unfortunately, the audience will have to sustain the stereotyped Varun Sharma who irritates you to no end.  Pulkit Samrat is decent but has a long way to go to stamp his authority on Bollywood.

In all, DKD is a pretty decent family watch.  I am going with a 5 on 10 due to the few surprising elements that I had mentioned earlier.  There is lot of masti and masala peppered with some good performances that make it average.  Worth a one time dekko.  Not necessarily on the big scree though.

Watch the trailer on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKXfvjv-iDc