I must admit that my selection of words are so limited to describe this movie.
I can only see that age is not only to retire and to rest. Age may give you the boundless expertise that can elaborate a character such as Mirza Nabab, by this amazing actor who is expanding his capabilities like the universe itself. He himself is an universe in this entire film industry who portrait such a variety with his amazing charisma. He is none but Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. We follow him though the lenses of Avik Mukhopadhyay, cinematographer in this film, and witness the wilderness of Mirza sahab to acquire a property that could be his own if an entity, a.k.a Begam, willingly transfer it to him. The more time we spend with the movie the more complicated it gets. And with a sudden burst of unfathomable outcome we regret why did we wasted our time with this movie.
Here comes another character Banke Rastogi. Ayushmann Khurana is following the trails of the greatest actors who ever stepped in this industry. He didn't bother to create a new character. He was not at all interested with his stardom. He just fumbled with his words, following the script, depicted a common lower middle class elder brother and has thrown the vibrant colours of emotion in his character that we recognise easily. He is none other than ourselves, with a financially deprived background. This character Banke knows how to dream, and also knows how to be spellbound when it breaks. He takes up the challenge to take voyage against the wilderness but again he has the realisation that he should wait for the best.
An old house with so many characters create nothing but a melancholy. But it ends with this very question. Aren't we creating a mess every day to acquire something? And at the very end, when we start to realise that life is not a melancholy. It's us who are the reason behind every disarray. The tune from Santanu Moitra gives the hymn to ridicule our own frustrations and to sing along with the timber.
Do din ka yeh mela hai, do din ka
Do din ka yeh mela hai, khela fir uth jana hai
Ana hai jana hai, jivan chalte jana hai.
Wait for the ending. A ₹250 can be equivalent to $1800, only according to the perspective.
Definitely not a master piece from Soojit Sircar's house but not a waste of time either.