Babumoshai Bandookbaaz Review

Babumoshai Bandookbaaz is a film starring  Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Bidita Bag in the lead roles. The film is a story of Babu Bihari (Nawazuddin) who is a contract killer working for Sumitra (Divya Dutta) and falls in love with Phulwa(Bidita Bag) who is a rape victim and a cobbler. Tensions rise when one of Babu’s followers is hired to kill him.

The film’s script is very down to earth and very authentic when it comes to the dialogue and diction, but it is also filled with plot holes. The characters of the film turn on and try to kill each other without any explanation. Even Nawazuddin’s fine performance is not enough to save the film.

The songs of the film fail to match the intensity and story structure of the film. ‘Barfani’ is the only song that might stay with the audiences as the other songs do not fit in with the plot of the film. The background score composed by Anup Bhat is almost non-existent and adds nothing to the film.

Overall, the film fails to meet up to the expectations that the audience had fro the film, especially after the controversies this film got into. The performances of everyone except Nawazuddin Siddiqui are mediocre and the story does not make sense at times. The director, Kushan Nandy tries to make an authentic small town story but fails when it comes to storytelling.