#LUDO
#NETFLIX
#OBETAJI
Name : LUDO
Director& Writer : Anurag Basu
Music Director : Pritam
Lyricist : Sayeed Quadri,Swanand Kirkire,Sandeep Srivastava,Shloke Lal
Available on : NETFLIX
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"Aapki CTC kitni hai"
"Itni ki savings bhi nahi ho paati aur loan bhi nahi lena padta"
After long time,got to watch something that is thrilling,comedy,romantic,at the same time giving simple fundamentals of life without being preachy!!
Opening scene shows director himself ,Anurag Basu with his assistant kind person played by Rahul Bagga playingg Ludo.Both seem to be narrators but later on their actual roles are revealed and Anurag Basu's dialogue starts making sense,"Are yaar,hamesha samay se pehle leke aate ho mujhe!"
Movie plot is horribly twisted,taking unusual turns at every other scene!There are nearly 4 stories running at the same time,which seem to be undoubtedly parallels but incidentally interconnected somewhere.Beauty lies in when these characters,stories cross each other,it happens so naturally,no forced connections at all!!And every story depicts the different side of Ludo game,blue,red,yellow,green!
Bittu (Abhishek Bacchan) a chota mota bhai comes out of jail after 6 years to find his wife has moved on with other man with his daughter and he wants his daughter back, badly!!A little girl runs away from home creating her own fake kidnap story just to grab attention of her busy,rich parents!!Akash Chavan (Aditya Roy Kapur) and Shruti (Sanya Malhotra) are on a search spree of a hotel where they had once spent time and unfortunately got captured in hotel room's hidden camera!!And Shruti is getting married (with a filthy rich person) in next 5 days.Pinky's (Fatima Sana Shaikh) husband is a murder suspect and she goes to her school time lover Alu(Rajkumar Rao) for help to get her husband out of jail. Two daydreamers Sheeja Thomas (Pearle Maaney) and Rahul (Rohit Saraf) find a bag full of money and decide to live life at their own terms but future holds something else for them! Sattu bhai (Pankaj Tripathy) is a goon,bhai who joins all the lines of these stories.From here starts journey of these characters and the confusions they create which are hilarious,sometimes making us sit on the edge of the seat!!And ultimately everyone realises what they truly want in life and ultimately like it happens in game of Ludo, everyone reaches their 'Home'!
Each and every actor has played outstandingly well and given 100% justice to their roles.No one has extensive screen presence but for whatever time they are there,magic is created!No character is unforgettable or just a filler.Story is written so well that every role is given equal weightage then it may be that inspector Sukumar Sinha played by Ishtiyak khan who has hardly 3 4 scenes to his share or nurse Lata Kutty played by Shalini Vatsa whose actual role starts after almost half of the film is over.And dialogues are criso and straightforward.
To make the entire story beautiful best impact is created by situational music and songs!!
Abhishek Bacchan is best,Rajkumar Rao as a (majboor) Mithun fan is simply lovable,Aditya Roy Kapur ,Sanya Malhotra's chemistry is superb.Last but not the least The Pankaj Tripathy!! Literally,he does not have much screen time,in fact,no much dialogues but whenever he appears,we are in awe of his presence!!
Best part is the Bhagwan Dada's song O Betaji...used in background with Pankaj Tripathy on screen!!Glad that original song is used as it is and no remix was tried!!
Overall,a pleasant,fun watch with Ooooo Betaji on our lips forever!!
