Bollywood heartthrob Vicky Kaushal took the internet by storm earlier this month with his smooth moves on Tauba Tauba. He and his co-star Triptii Dimri went on to raise the heat with their sizzling chemistry on the track Jaanam. On Friday this week, the duo finally arrived on the silver screen along with Punjabi superstar Ammy Virk in their much-awaited love triangle comedy Bad Newz.
Helmed by Anand Tiwari, the film follows a possible but rare case of heteropaternal superfecundation, where twin children have different biological fathers. Soon after the movie released, many fans rushed to their nearest theatres yesterday to catch first-day shows. The verdict is now out and Vicky has emerged victorious.
Disappointingly, the romantic comedy about a lady who had twins from two separate fathers provides its rival males a greater chance of success.
However, the movie is far more focused on traditional romantic farce than it is on cuisine, and before the intermission, Saloni and Akhil have split up and she has travelled to the hilly city of Mussoorie to work at a posh hotel managed by the kind and kind Gurbir (Ammy Virk). After drinking one evening, Saloni shares a bed with Gurbir and her visiting ex-husband. Saloni becomes pregnant with twins; one of the foetuses is Gurbir’s child and the other is Akhil’s. This is known as heteropaternal superfecundation, and it does appear to occur occasionally. Which man will she choose in the end?
The fact that there’s even a small chance the threesome will wind up co-parenting and that nobody confronts Saloni for having slept with two separate men on the same night is a clue that the previously rigid morality of Bollywood film has altered. Although the ending isn’t particularly shocking, it is a little frustrating that Dimri’s relationship with her co-stars isn’t as strong as it is with the two guys.
Although Dimri is filmed in an extremely attractive manner to highlight her amazing natural beauty, she is rarely given the chance to showcase her variety of acting abilities, particularly in comedic roles. However, Kaushal and Virk get all the laughs in their sequences together and have great banter, which makes the movie seem older than it has to be.
By Prasneet Kaur
