Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji - Movie Review
Published: August 24, 2011
Starring Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Omi Vaidya, Tisca Chopra, Shazahn Padamsee, Shruti Haasan, Shraddha Das
Director Madhur Bhandarkar is known for dark, hard-hitting social commentaries about such subjects as imprisonment, prostitution, the underbelly of the modeling industry, and cutthroat celebrity journalism. Nearly all of his films revolve around a female protagonist. So a lighthearted look at the simple lives of three average men trying to find love is pretty far afield for Bhandarkar. His previous work is much more impressive, but he competently makes the type of film this one is intended to be, albeit a little weak in the comedy department.
Naren (Ajay Devgn) is a recently divorced, demoralized dad knocking on the door of 40, and he secretly pines for a bubbly girl at the office, June (Shazahn Padamsee), who's barely out of her teens. They become friends, because he doesn't hit on her like the other sleazy men at work, but he feels hopelessly out of place when hanging out with her young pals.
Naren shares his bachelor pad with two roommates: Milind (Omi Vaidya), an online marriage matchmaker by day and a competitive spoken-word poet by night, and Abhay (Emraan Hashmi), a fitness trainer who mooches off the rich women he seduces at the gym.
Milind is a dorky guy with a heart of gold and he falls in love with an aspiring actress, Gungun (Shraddha Das), who moonlights as a radio talk-show host and who takes advantage of Milind's kindness and generosity every chance she gets.
Abhay is an unconscionable casanova who lands a big meal ticket when he charms Anushka (Tisca Chopra), an aging former Miss India with a rich, neglectful husband. Abhay's a kept man and he loves it, until he meets Anushka's stunning stepdaughter, Nikki (Shruti Haasan), a crusading do-gooder who sees right through him.
The three main actors exude their unique brands of charm, and you can't help but cheer for their lovable-loser characters as they learn important lessons about themselves. Just when it seems like their problems are about to be resolved in predictable ways, they're not, and the outcome is much more satisfying.
Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji is rated Worth Watching.
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