Vickida No Varghodo – A Comic Timing Fest

I  would have married all three, but Vickido is not like me.

Vickida no Varghodo has been hard for me. It is a film which has made me re-evaluate my unconditional love (spanning more than a decade) for Monal Gajjar. I might be falling in love with Mansi Rachh and her performance. But that for later.

Here are some observations though:

1.      Directors are brave people who are not scared of being Badnaam, producers are, they will never try anything new – This has nothing to do with the movie but to do with a power couple. Yes, this is a private joke - #myblog #myjoke #myspace #taareshu?

2.      I like director Rahul Bhole’s confidence, English subtitles and all, he is confident the product will go big on OTT and other languages…great great

3.      Because this is a comedy film the sub-titles to have to be funny:

Mindha – Mr Foxy

Ganthiyo – Smart Pants

Hari Hari – Hail Lord Ram…and many more 

4.      Gujarati films too are following Hollywood patterns with too many title slides.

5.      How do you know Rahul is from Vadodara? Well, Comedian Manan Desai features in his films!!

6.      Why do Gujaratis never win at badminton – they play in the open, without sweating!

7.      Pretty impressed that they made Salman Khan speak Gujarati dialogues from Tere Naam.

8.      This film confuses us about schools in villages – The Collector’s daughter studies here (has to be a good school), Yet they have just one teacher for Science and Maths and other subjects!!

9.      Villages have so much space for couples to meet, wonder why they still come back to schools in the evening to meet?

10.   Want to know more about a love drug – Phenylethylamine – watch this movie.

I don’t know about you, but I feel Malhar Thakar has given his best performance in recent times. Or shall we say this movie brings out the right combination of great dialogues, fantastic cinematography, beautiful casting and the right amount of logic for Malhar to excel.

As the name goes, the film is about a great comic timing walo Malhar (Vickido) who is to get married. And to attend his wedding comes his school love played by Jhinal Belani (looking very fresh and beautiful). So, you go into a school flashback with amazing comic timing friends and parents and innocent love and badminton in the open and one teacher teaching it all only for it to all end.

And the college love begins with Mansi Rachh (Wowow, you just fall in love)!. Fresh, lively, bubbly and oozing with great confidence this love story progresses. Only for us to come back to Vickida no Varghodo where Monal Gajjar (the eternal beauty) re-makes an entry with Mareez ni kavitao.

It all boils down to who will Vickido marry? Thankfully not a Salman-like situation here.

I repeat, Malhar has excelled in this role, with full credits to himself. Guess it needs two directors & writers to get the best out of him. Rahul Bhole and Vinit Kanojia have shown brilliant sense of timing in their screenplay and dialogues. The beauty of this film is that even the cinematographer Suman Sahu contributes to some great comedy moments. But Rahul Bhole, deserves this box office hit after a badly marketed classic, Chor Bani Thangat. Rahul has shown that he has the mettle and come back stronger.

Special mention to Anurag Prappana for carrying out the role of Vicky’s father. He too contributed flawlessly to the humour (watch out the ladder scene).

While, Monal Gajjar still ranks my favourite, she did not get enough screen time to really justify her role. Yet, when on screen she just amazes with the fluidity of her essay.

Mansi Rachh simply steals the heart with her performance. Watch out her command over her craft in the pre-kiss scene. Wonder where was she all the time! 

Jhinal Belani too does a natural job and justifies her cute looks by carrying off the school girl role well.  

The music is great, personalized (Heer toh badi sad hai - vibes) and really hits well. Draksh Khaati song probably keeps the humour quotient as well as the pace (giving Rugamiffin Manan good entry points). 

And yes, I was told to write this, Kairavi Buch is one of the singers of the song Kaanha Re 😁😀(Family First). 

But Seriously, Amar Khandha, his team of lyricists and singers did a good job.

All in all, a fantastic family watch, full of laughter and funny moments.

A tad bit long, but then you don’t mind it. 

So, I leave you with a question that Chirayu Mistry (what a great actor) asks in the movie, If suicide is a crime, who gets punished?

Watch Vickida no Varghodo, TODAY.