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This film shows all the conundrum revolving around a certain property in a chucklesome manner. As Mirza is trying to be the legal owner of the Haveli, he involves a lawyer into the matter. And, as Bankey is trying to protect the rights and roof of the tenants, the government gets involved. Everyone has their personal interest in the property, the lawyer wants to sell the land off to the builder and the government uses all its tricks to acquire the land. These things are totally shown in a dramatized and a humorous manner and it doesn't all come heavy with information or emotions. It is a purely- light hearted film. Also, due appreciation needs to be given to Amitabh Bacchan's acting. His large nose, his way of speaking and walking complement to the character that Bacchan is playing and not the other way round. Ayushmann Khurrana and Amitabh Bacchan play their characters so well that it is hard to imagine the film with any other actors. Vijay Raaz plays as an officer of the Archaeological Department and Brijendra Kala plays the lawyer and no words are needed for their performances.

It is only the art of storytelling that could beautifully set up such a vague premise where Sarita finds an unlimited source of money in the sinkhole of their kitchen. Though the 2-hour film takes almost an hour to introduce us to the characters lives, it is purely worth it because the next one hour of the film is hardcore satire and metaphors capturing the demonetization phase in the country. You should definitely watch the film, not to know about demonetization, but for its brilliant art of storytelling and using satire in the best possible way. Its amazing how a 2 hour film could capture all round essence of a particular event.

Great plot apart from one unconvincing part. Such a premise revolving around the intricacies of politics, media and police have never been explored before in the Indian entertainment industry. Though an attempt can be seen to cash in on resonating it with mythology, the series could stand completely independent of the minor mythological resemblance. There is a lot of resemblance in the storyline about the current socio-political atmosphere, journalist getting death threats just being one of them. The only unconvincing part of the whole story is the reason why Hathoda Tyagi (Abhishek Banerjee) doesn't kill Sanjeev Mehra. This bit of the story seemed to be a case of slothful writing. Tying this end somehow could have made the end more convincing. But this shouldn't be the reason to not watch this series.

On the larger scheme of things, the series gives out some very loud and clear messages. It tries to show how religious texts can be interpreted in different ways. It tries to close the gap between utopian religious texts and pragmatism. It tries to leave the audience self-questioning about who gets to decide what is right and what is wrong. At several points, the series tries to show that humans tend to compromise on their beliefs and morals when it comes to the question of survival. But, certain loose ends are quite visible and one couldn’t help but notice them. Trying to establish a pattern among the murders appears to be quite forced and doesn’t come naturally. At a certain point, Arshad Warsi has instinct about who is going to be killed next and there is no logical explanation for that… it kind of feels as lazy writing. In the 3rd episode, you can guess who the Asur might be- I don’t know if it was intentional or not. But, if it was intentional, I would have rather liked to know the real Asur, come out as a shock in the last episode. I would have really liked to know how Rasool finds his way to join the CBI. Also, when we talk about serial killings, I would have liked to see more details about the murders committed rather than just the killer appearing up, killing and then the body being sent for autopsy. Anyway, the series keeps you hooked on till the end. And it successfully plays with mythology and pragmatism. The series leaves the audience in a state of dilemma around morals, beliefs, survival and interpretation of religious texts. It’s a unique one.

Every minute of the film satirically mocks fanaticism. And the film couldn't get any better. Trying to show it in a serious manner, what this film has shown in a satirical way, would have become too depressing and hard hitting. Waititi's satire manages to create a total mockery of the Nazi regime. A ten-year-old, shown to be a Nazi fanatic is actually interesting. It helps us to understand that prejudice is built at a young age. Through various little nuances, Waititi beautifully shows how fanaticism is born and thrives on propaganda, disinformation and character assassination. There is one really awesome symbolism in the film. In the beginning Jojo doesn't even know how to tie his shoe lace, and in the end he ties Elsa's shoe lace. Which tries shows how fanatics don't have even basic knowledge and yet they seem as if to have an understanding of the world. When Jojo learns to tie the shoe lace in the end, it shows how he has learned much about the world and he gives up on Nazism.

This movie shows the dilemmas of a young boy following his passion, in the most realistic sense. Everyone who is trying to follow their passion against all the odds would definitely find it very relatable. Every father whose child is not joining their family business in order to search his own self would also find it relatable. Elijah (Momoudou Athie) wants to become a sommelier, but his dad, Louis wants him to join their family barbeque business. The premise, surely, is a modern-day issue with many youngsters and their fathers across boundaries. Prentice Penny has identified on this issue and has crafted a beautiful story around it. The film shows beautiful nuances about how a father feels affronted when his son doesn't want to join two generations old family business. How his father feels he feels Elijah is wasting his time with the wine thing, at the cost of more important family business. The dinner table conversation when Elijah expresses his interest to be a sommelier... the scene cannot get more real than that.