Ferrari ki Sawaari: Get set for the sawari


Ferrari ki Sawaari
Starring: Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Ritvik Sahore
At: PVR & others
Rated: 7/10

You good, me good, they good, all good. The good, good, good dose of Harishchandra and Mahatma Gandhi goodness may not be your and VV Chopra’s chartered accountant’s cup of tea, but the team of Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani and Sharman Joshi delivers quite a meaningful punch with the gentleness and poise of a leaping gazelle.
It may not be a punch that will exactly blow away the box office figures, thanks to the restless population’s impatience with goodness, but that will not take away from the simple, straight, emotional, inspiring story of a head clerk with Worli RTO tending to his prodigal son’s cricket career as also to the failed one of his cynical and tongue lashing father.
The real hero of this movie besides, of course, the essential dose of goodness and honesty, is the little Ritvik who gives in a stunningly natural performance with his angelic looks and complete lack of camera consciousness.
As dikra who plays son to Sharman Joshi, and grandson of the unkempt Boman Irani, he weaves in quite a lot of maturity into a slew of emotions he is expected to portray. Sharman gives in a seasoned performance, flashes of which you saw in all of his earlier movies. Hirani as dialogue writer comes in with a flash of speaks which are so extremely Munnabhai that you go into nostalgia and Boman as the frustrated, betrayed ace Ranji cricketer let down by his friend is a treat to watch despite his unkemptness.
And then, of course, there is Sachin Tendulkar and his famed 9999 Ferrari which the head clerk steals for a night to give the local goon his wedding ride for `1.5 lakh a sum he needs to send his son to Lords.
The romp around the Ferrari is not as ticklish as you would expect and no, Sachin does not make an appearance though he is all pervasive in absence, but all put together, it is a well meaning film which will have modest takers. For Vidhu that should suffice because he tells you it is a thank you card from him and his son Agni to an inspirational Tendulkar. Some money lost on that would mean a huge sum earned for all.
And, by the way, the only thing with 556 horse power is not the Ferrari so much (mostly it is on a towing truck) but the unending backside of a fatter than fat Vidya Balan!
Source: Published in The Sunday Pioneer, 17, June 2012

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