Nautanki Saala Review | Movie Review

Nautanki Saala is an official remake of the French film Apres Vous.

Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Evelyn Sharma, Pooja Salvi and Gaelyn Mendonca Director: Rohan Sippy

Nautanki Saala Review

It's not an easy task for filmmakers to make a hillarious, yet a sensible comedy flick that is remembrable and cherishable by the viewers always. But, Rohan Sippy takes up this challenging task with his latest release Nautanki Saala. This movie features Ayushmann Khuranna and Kunal Roy Kapur in the leads. Nautanki Saala is a interesting, side-splitting comedy flick that leaves audience laugh and giggle to the core.

Nautanki Saala Story

This movie introduces us to some weird and peculiar characters - Ram Parmar (Ayushmann Khuranna), who is theatre actor, also a good soul and the other, Mandar Lele (Kunal Roy Kapur) who is troubled and lonely. RP aka Ram Parmar plays the evil-minded Raavan in a long-running stage production, but he is equally a good-soul in real life. It all begins after RP meets Mandar Lele, who is immensely depressed and tries to commit suicide, but gets saved by RP. The story is about the bonding and friendship between RP and Lele and how RP tries hard to make Lele regain his confidence. What strikes us in this movie is the way it has been presented. The first half of the film is interesting, hillarious and full of witty humour. But, during the second half, the movie slogs hard and test your patience. Despite the second part fails to hit the right chords amongst the masses, Kunal and Ayushmann's magnificent camaraderie remains the most striking point here.

Nautanki Saala Performances

The best thing about it would be the excellent performances delivered by both Kunal Roy Kapoor and Ayushmann Khuranna. Ayushmann is extraordinary in few scenes. He is funny, humorous, especially, his comic timings need a special mention. Kunal is at his comical best. Not many actors have the capability to make you laugh only with facial expressions, but Kapoor does it and his face is more than enough to make burst into laughter in many scenes. Pooja Salvi, who looks a mix between Hrishita Bhatt and Tanushree Dutta, is average. Gaelyn Mendonca seems more confident but has a shorter role. Evelyn Sharma doesn't get much scope but adds on as a good-looking prop on the stage.

Nautanki Saala Verdict

Nautanki Saala! is character and dialogue-driven rather than action-oriented. The humour flows from the core of the situations and the verbal exchanges. It does not have to fall back on meaningless gags for effect.

After Vicky Donor, I was worried he may get slotted in the smooth-talking lout roles but his pliability and relaxed poise as Ram reflects his range. Kapur, of course, gets maximum applause with his restrained, unaffected performance as the weepy, moody, pessimistic and low on self-confidence/esteem Mandar.

On the whole, Nautanki Saala is a genuine comedy with some incredible performances. Watch this out, if you are looking out for an intelligent, smart comic flick.
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