The makers have taken into account various stereotypes of a certain locality, the general depiction of middleclass families, and turned it into a watchable tale. In fact, despite the sad fact that the film doesn’t bring much newness to the table, it still manages to tickle your funny bone every now and then. Image: Youtube/ A still from Behen Hogi TeriĮven though Ajay K Pannalal’s directorial debut features adult men who still hide away on Rakshabandhan with a fear of being typecast as brothers and the ones who still play ‘mohalla cricket’ with kids from the locality, it’s far away from being unwatchable. Not that Shruti does a fine job but much of her character’s weakness also lies in the hands of the director, who somehow didn’t etch her character to the fullest and the casting director, who decided to get her on board. He maintains a certain innocent vibe till the very end and makes you less wary of his co-actor Shruti, who, honestly, does nothing much in the film, apart from yelling Gattu-Gattu and instilling the fear of Rakhis in the minds of young men. The writers carve out some wonderful scenes of situational comedy wherein Rajkummar holds his ground strong. That Rao is a fine actor needs no description but that he looks as endearing while pulling off a comic act as he does during an intense ‘Aligarh’ definitely comes as a surprise. Rajkummar Rao as Gattu is the only factor that makes this otherwise stretched film watchable.
Much of the film’s first half is spent building the love story and the second in finding its way to the end amid the confusing family battles. And all this while, a silent and much-in-love Gattu sees Binny getting engaged to an NRI Rahul (Gautam Gulati) and unintentionally fans the rumours of an alleged affair between Binny and his best friend Bhurre (Herry Tangri).
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After a series of frivolous tasks, when Binny finally agrees, accepts his proposal and the two start their mushy tale, things soon go haywire with other matrimonial prospects entering the picture. It is not something I really enjoyed doing.The story basically traces Gattu’s feelings and his inadequacy to speak what’s on his mind. I had to believe in his ideologies and that was an extremely disturbing process. I was exploring dark roots and secrets about that world and I was very disturbed while shooting for it because I had to play him for that. I was exploring the world which I had no idea about. That film was physically taxing but this one mentally shook me up. Regarding Omerta, Rajkummar in an earlier interview said, "I think it (Omerta) was even more difficult than Trapped. This break has come at a perfect time for me. He also has an interesting lineup this year with Fanne Khan, Stree, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga and Mental Hai Kya to name a few.Ībout the break, Rajkummar said, “The last few months have been pretty hectic and I have been running from pillar to post fulfilling my commitments. In the last two years, Rajkummar has practically lived out of suitcase with back to back releases including Trapped, Behen Hogi Teri, Bareilly Ki Barfi, Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana and Newton. While work on his upcoming movie Mental Hai Kya wherein he will be sharing screen space with Kangana Ranaut has already begun, Rajkummar has flown to the USA. In the movie, Rajkummar played the role of a terrorist Omar Saeed Sheikh.
It was only recently that the actor's dark thriller Omerta released in theatres and opened to great critical reviews. And guess who has accompanied him for this romantic getaway, well his girlfriend and actor Patralekha. With a number of films in the pipeline, Rajkummar Rao has finally found some time to take a well-deserved break.