Bollywood's #achhedin are officially here. 2 weekends, 2 movies, no hype, just brilliant scripts. Last week it was Chhichhore. This week it’s Ayushman Khurrana in and as Dream Girl. Writer and director, talented Raaj Shandilya, (writer for the TV series Comedy Circus), crafts a movie that feels like a non-stop stand up show spewing witty one liners after another.
I wondered how a single line premise of a boy, Karam (Ayushman) acting as a 'friendship call-center' girl , Puja would hold on to the audience for 2+ hours. This story line, agreed, is pretty weak and if it weren’t for the hilarious dialogues this film would have been a dud. Taking it to another level is excellent acting by our favorite boy-next-door Ayushman and the extremely talented Annu Kapoor. All the characters, including all of Puja's lovers are cast perfectly. Kapoor,while playing a single character - Ayushman’s father, plays 3 roles. His transitions are fantastic - from Jagjeet to Rahul to shhh.. let me not spoil the surprise! Also a special round of applause to Ayushman for having the courage to deliver the last monologue in drag - ghagra choli, bindi, kangan and all. How many A list actors would do that?
What the movie could have done better is controlling the number of people falling for Puja - everyone in the muhalla seems connected to her. I guess, without these characters it would have been hard to keep the running time beyond 1 hour. And so, the first half, when all these characters are building up feels slow. It is in the second half that Annu Kapur takes the driver seat and throttles the movie into full speed. The comedy of errors that follows has Ayushman in sweats and the audience in splits.
Good comedy doesn't always have to be senseless (Sajid Khan, you listening?). Enjoy this one without the usual 'dimaag ghar pe rakhake aana' warning. 
Rating: 4/5
agreed. Ayushman and Anu Kapoor make this a laugh riot and conceal the weakness of the script.
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