The best thing about Badrinath Ki Dulhania is its script. The next best thing is Varun Dhawan. Varun gets into the skin of simple, small town boy Badri with exceptional ease. Just like Badri’s character, the film at the outset seems funny and frivolous, but as we proceed, both the film and Badri’s character surprises us with a lot of depth.
Badrinath Bansal from Jhansi comes from a nauseatingly rigid patriarchal family and he doesn’t bother breaking his head over his stubborn father’s outrageously sexist decisions, which other family members meekly accept along with him, until he falls in love with the aggressively ambitious girl from Kota, Vaidehi Tiwari(Alia Bhatt).
Badri wants to marry her and Vaidehi doesn’t reciprocate his feelings. Vaidehi, who’s apparently more mature and educated than Badri, has bigger plans than just getting married and producing children.
While Badri and Vaidehi’s unique love story seems to be struggling to get off the ground, the film seamlessly weaves in an important social issue of dowry. Khaitan, who’s also written the story and script, uses the powerful tool of humour to drive home certain grossly unfair practices towards women that our society still indulges in.
Shashank Khaitan draws a delightful picture of the dilemma of a small town boy caught between the strong headed girl he loves and the regressive mindset of his egoistic father. It is also to his credit that instead of preaching, he takes us through this story with the aid of a lot of genuinely funny moments and dialogues.
It is sheer pleasure to see Varun and Alia’s crackling chemistry on screen. Obviously very comfortable with each other, when these two come together on the screen others fade into the shadows.
Alia is good as usual, but this time pales in comparison to Varun Dhawan. The rest of the cast gives good support too. A special mention has to be made of Sahil Ved, who plays Badri’s best friend.
IT IS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIE OF ROMANC