Gunday: bromance at its peak

I frankly didn’t know what to make of this film.

If you thought the bromance in Dostana was much, you ain’t seen nothing yet folks.

This is bromance of a serious variety.

What you saw on Koffee with Karan was just the tip of the iceberg. The eye contact, the sharing of a smirk, the running in unison – too much I say! Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor shared more chemistry between each other than their efforts to share one with Priyanka Chopra, put together.

I’ve been inactive on my blog for over a month, this film made me want to write again (guess I can thank it for at least one thing). 

So first off, I’d have never watched this film but I must admit, quite unabashedly, that the only reason I did watch it was the Ghanti song. I mean it does have a ‘ring’ to it (get it? :P)and listen to it a few times over, your body will swing to it automatically. :P

Having confessed to something as embarrassing as that, let’s get to the story.

Oh right, there was none.

But just to sum it up anyway - there’s this couple of kids that have to grow up in a refugee camp and suddenly grow attitudes larger than their heads. They steal coal, grow up, and become the dons of Kolkata – Bikram and Bala – the unbreakable duo whose friendship people swear by (apparently). They’re the good bad guys. Dons that people love.

So the police are unable to arrest them because duh, they never leave evidence and people love them too much to testify. Enter bad good cop Irrfan Khan the best-of-the-breed police officer who will of course break the duo and of course they will discover his ploy and get back together  – how else did you think this story was going to move forward?

In short:

brothers-from-different-mothers  > enter girl > fall in love > hate each other > bare body fight > brain functionality suddenly kicks in > realize love for each other > let’s run in unison

On a more serious note, had the two played each others’ roles, maybe, just maybe, the movie would have turned out better. Irrfan Khan’s talent is wasted as is Priyanka Chopra’s (if only someone knew why she’s doing such bad movies lately).

My recommendation: Give it a skip. But if you do decide to watch it, that would be at your own risk.