Welcome to Pocolim, where life moves with the speed
you desire.
Just like the fictional Goan village which is this
movie’s setting, everything about Homi Adajania’s Finding Fanny is slightly
uncanny. At the onset of the movie, we’re introduced to the five main
characters: Angie (Deepika Padukone) who became a widow on her wedding day, her
feisty mother-in-law Rosie (Dimple Kapadia), the village’s old postmaster Ferdy
(Naseeruddin Shah), the so-called internationally famous artist and sardonic
Don Pedro (Pankaj Kapur) and Angie’s grim ex-lover Savio (Arjun Kapoor).
The movie’s pace accelerates when Ferdy gets back the
letter he had posted to Stephanie Fernandes a.k.a Fanny 46 years ago confessing
his love, realising that Fanny never actually received his letter. An already
broken-hearted Ferdy opens up to Angie and she suggests that he must go find
his Fanny. And thus begins the road trip that takes these five oddballs on a
very interesting quest; and as is always the case, here too the journey becomes
more important than the destination.
Sprinkled with dark humour, Finding Fanny belongs to
a very niche audience. It’s not crowded with spicy dance numbers or
larger-than-life scenes, rather it warms your heart with subtle sarcasm and
pretty relatable moments. The cast has done a tremendous job. Naseeruddin
Shah’s innocent character has certain glimpses of Mr. Bean, Pankaj Kapur wins
you over with his flamboyant portrayal of Don Pedro and Arjun Kapoor too plays
his frustrated and knuckle-cracking sexy character to perfection. But the two
actors who deserve an even bigger round of applause are the women: Deepika with
her coyish charm and Dimple with her raunchiness just steal the show!
True that the pace at times becomes too banked to
catch up on and the metaphoric cat seems quite macabre, but the crispiness of
the story stays alive. All in all, with a combination of stellar performances,
witty dialogues, breath-taking cinematography and brilliant direction, this
movie manages to make a hub in your heart. I’m going with 3.5 out of 5 stars.
- Sayantani Sarkar.
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