Barah Aana

Firstly,Extremely sorry for reviewing the movie so late.



Written, Produced and Directed by Raja Menon, Barah Aana is an below average watch. The movie that claims to be comic flick doesn't even come close to making you laugh and the max that you can probably do is to smile at a few scenes. I cannot believe the fact that an actor like Nasserudin Shah is wasted in this movie. Barah Aana's script is extremely ordinary and execution of it is where Raja Menon goes wrong. His way of story telling doesn't impress but is sure to make you bored. This movie doesn't engage you for more than a stretch of 5 minutes at a time.

Barah Aana is a story of three poor and simple individuals Shukla(Nasseruddin Shah) a car driver, Yadav(Vijay Raaz) a watchman in a housing society and Aman(Arjun Mathur) a waiter at a restaurant. All their lives change when they involve themselves into a crime accidentally committed by Yadav. Both Aman and Shukla find their reasons of continuing the crime may it be Shukla's grudge against the Owner's Wife or Aman's attempt to save his love. And how the things lead up the climax is for you to watch out for.

Barah Aana is definitely a light comedy. A light comedy that makes you smile and nothing else. Barah Aana's soul are the actors in it. Vijay Raaz is the most impressive of the lot. He recreates the magic created by in him in Raghu Romeo(2003) that had him in the lead. He's funny and emotional. Arjun Mathur after petty roles in movies like Luck By Chance..etc, gets a slightly important role in Barah Aana and he does justice to the role completely showing his potential. He's good in every part of the movie. The setback of Barah Aana is the execution of the script. Its way too ordinary to make an impact. Nasseruddin Shah goes totally unnoticed which is quite rare for the actor of his caliber.

Barah Aana is an below average watch but not that bad after all.

I'll go with 6 out of 10 for Raja Menon's Barah Aana.
Thumbs down for wasting Nasseruddin Shah in the Movie.

Raghav
Movie Critic,
Writer's Lounge

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Posted by Rag at 1:00 AM  |