Barfi – Review

Of all the contemporary actors, Ranbir shows a rare strain of acting DNA who can perform various shades of roles with ease. Ofcourse acting runs in his genes but amongst all the star kids, he is a talent personified. Barfi is yet another proof for his acting prowess. Effortlessly he gets into the chaplin mode of performance reminding his grandfather Raj Kappor alongside. As a deaf and mute guy named Barfi, he is speaks a lot in silence with his expressions.

If Ranbir immerses you in an explosion of joy and happiness in silence, Priyanka as Jilmil suffering from autism moves us with a flawless performance and lives as the character. Devoid of any glamour hers is a controlled, admirable performance. You don’t see the usual Piggy chops but only Jilmil.

The other lead lady of the story, Ileana D’Cruz makes her debut in Bollywood but then she is no new-comer for acting, she is the in-demand, most sought leading heroine in Telugu film industry. In Barfi, she makes a strong performance.

It’s not just the leading characters but the rest of the characters also leave their imprints. Finally it comes to the pied piper, Anurag Basu who had woven the poetry on celluloid. Laidback and in lost in his own world  in his orchestration of characters and scenes. For pure cinematic pleasure Barfi gives, you can forgive and forget his  previous debacle Kites.

Finally, will you like Barfi? Is it worth your two and half hours? It depends on what kind of cini-lover you are. It also depends on with what frame of mind you are watching the movie. As I mentioned earlier, Barfi is a cinematic poetry, it requires patience, a taste to appreciate it. It is simplified in its soul, forget few flaws but it shines in its performance and undiluted orchestration of script in a classic, chaplinesque style.