Ayushmann Khuranna and Parineeti Chopra team up for Meri Pyaari Bindu in a story that is also a nostalgic tribute to yesteryears’ music. Here’s the review of the film.
movie reviewsUpdated: May 13, 2017 07:24 ISTMeri Pyaari Bindu
Director: Akshay Roy
Cast: Ayushmann Khuranna, Parineeti Chopra, Abish Mathew
Rating: 2/5
Remember the sacrificial, selfless love shown in the films from the Raj Kapoor era where the best friend of the heroine loved her but she only cherished his friendship? This was much before Shah Rukh Khan and Co told us that friendship is love. Meri Pyaari Bindu is a nostalgic tribute to the time and attempts a similar love story. Only, Abhimanyu Roy’s (Ayushmann Khuranna) love is not selfless and this is no classic romance.
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Filmmaker Maneesh Sharma bet his money on nostalgia and Khuranna two years ago with Dum Laga Ke Haisha. Now, director Akshay Roy has attempted the same, using Khurrana and Parineeti Chopra’s screen presence. Download pes 2018 full version. Maneesh has produced both the films. We will have to wait and see if Meri Pyaari Bindu too resonates with the audience.
Meri Pyaari Bindu harps on nostalgia from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Abhimanyu (Khuranna) and Bindu (Chopra) are childhood neighbours who strike a charming but unbalanced friendship - while the boy concentrates on the girl, she is only concerned about her singing aspirations.
The story is narrated through a set of songs ranging from Md Rafi and Asha Bhosle’s Abhi Na Jao Chhor Ke (Hum Dono, 1961) to Aarti Mukherjee’s Do Naina Aur Ek Kahaani (Masoom, 1960) and Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar’s Disco 82 (Khuddaar, 1980).
The dialogues such as “love stories to koi bhi likh leta hai, bankers bhi likh lete hain” and “background me ‘Govinda, Govinda baj raha hoga aur tu mere saamne ghutne tek ke maafi mang rahi hogi’ come as a breath of fresh air.
However, the story lacks the passion and depth required for a love story to move the audience. Even at two hours, Meri Pyaari Bindu seems stretched and lengthy. Also, the narrative keeps shifting between flashback and the present, making it too confused at times.
While Khuranna is quite convincing as the hopeless lover who is a best-seller writer of soft porn (Chudail ki Choli and Dracula’s Lover), Chopra fails to spark the hidden, unspoken feelings her character is supposed to nurture for the hero. Do i need live updater. Khuranna and Chopra nonetheless are charismatic when it comes to portraying friendship - the screen lights up with life and charm every time they get into the zone and enjoy some harmless fun on the streets of Kolkata.
Chopra’s passionate craziness for singing, too, is not visible. As the audience, you are supposed to imagine that she loves singing more than anything else - and that is mainly because of the reiterations of Abhi and not because of Bindu’s behaviour.
The director, nonetheless, must be applauded for bringing the 80s Kolkata and current-day Mumbai on to the screen with the minutest of details. From the signature Goddess Durga idol overshadowing people to the property brokers of Mumbai advising a single girl that landlords prefer to rent out flats to a married woman.
While the nostalgic references will ensure smiles keep making fleeting appearances on your face, the film won’t quite make you root for the characters.
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First Published: May 12, 2017 14:13 IST
Meri Pyaari Bindu | |
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Directed by | Akshay Roy |
Produced by | Aditya Chopra Maneesh Sharma |
Written by | Suprotim Sengupta |
Screenplay by | Suprotim Sengupta Dialogues: Suprotim Sengupta Soumik Sen |
Story by | Suprotim Sengupta |
Starring | Parineeti Chopra Ayushmann Khurrana |
Music by | Sachin–Jigar |
Cinematography | Tushar Kanti Ray |
Edited by | Shweta Venkat Mathew |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
Release date | |
Running time | 119 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹22 crore[1] |
Box office | ₹17.79crore[1] |
Meri Pyaari Bindu (transl. My lovely Bindu) is an IndianHindiromantic comedy film, written by Suprotim Sengupta and directed by Akshay Roy. It features Parineeti Chopra and Ayushmann Khurrana in the lead roles.
The principal photography of the film began in Kolkata in May 2016 and was wrapped in October 2016. The film was released on 12 May 2017.
Plot[edit]
Abhimanyu Roy (Ayushmann Khurrana) and Bindu Shankarnarayanan (Parineeti Chopra) are best friends since childhood. Abhimanyu has always been in love with Bindu much to his mother's dismay. He never conveys his real feelings to Bindu and is happy being just friends with her. One day, Bindu's mother (June Malia) dies in an accident. Heartbroken Bindu blames her father as he was driving the car while drunk. Her growing resentment towards her father forces her to leave college and go to Melbourne. Meanwhile, Abhimanyu graduates from his college and goes to Bangalore to study Master of Business Administration. After a few years, Abhi goes to Goa, where he meets Bindu. Bindu tells him that she is engaged.Heartbroken Abhimanyu now goes to Mumbai and starts working in a bank. Bindu calls him to a restaurant and tells him that she did not marry that man as he fled. Abhimanyu tries to reconcile their friendship and goes out of his way to tend to Bindu's needs. He even leaves his girlfriend. Bindu now starts working as a dubbing artist and both fall in love with each other. Bindu's dream comes true as she gets a chance to become a singer. Bindu's album is released and upon its release the album is not received well. Bindu is devastated and their relationship is strained because of her failure. Abhimanyu proposes Bindu for marriage, but Bindu leaves him and goes to Bangalore. Now Abhimanyu becomes a writer who writes erotic horror novels, his first novel becomes a hit. But the manager forces him to write novels quickly. Thus he takes a break and moves to his house in Kolkata. A birthday party is organised and Bindu comes to Kolkata as well. Bindu is now married to someone else and has a daughter as well. Both of them visit the place where they used to go to since they were children and start remembering their past memories. The film ends as Abhimanyu and Bindu dance together at a birthday party.
Cast[edit]
- Parineeti Chopra as Bindu Shankarnarayanan
- Ayushmann Khurrana as Abhimanyu Roy/Bubla
- Rajatabha Dutta as Bubla's father
- Aparajita Adhya as Bubla's mother
- Prakash Belawadi as Bindu's father
- June Malia as Bindu's mother
- Kharaj Mukherjee[2] as over-excited relative
- Biswajit Chakraborty as a neighbour
- Kamalika Banerjee as Boobi Mashi
- Abish Mathew as Bubla's friend in Mumbai
- Lama Halder as shopkeeper
- Prabal Punjabi
- Malvika Sitlani
- Nishant Dahiya
- Priya Mondal
Box office[edit]
The film had a total gross of ₹17.79 million (US$260,000).[1]
Soundtrack[edit]
Meri Pyaari Bindu | |
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Soundtrack album by | |
Released | 20 April 2017 |
Recorded | 2016–2017 |
Genre | Feature Film Soundtrack |
Length | 30:26 |
Language | Hindi |
Label | YRF Music |
The film soundtrack of Meri Pyaari Bindu is composed by Sachin–Jigar with lyrics by Kausar Munir and Priya Saraiya. The songs in the film has been sung by Arijit Singh, Ayushmann Khurrana, Sonu Nigam, Parineeti Chopra, Clinton Cerejo, Dominique Cerejo, Monali Thakur, Nakash Aziz, Sanah Moidutty, Jigar Saraiya and Jonita Gandhi. Chopra recorded her first song 'Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin' for the film. The full soundtrack, which consists of a total of 7 songs was released on 20 April 2017.
All music composed by Sachin-Jigar.
Track listing | ||||
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
1. | 'Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin' | Kausar Munir | Parineeti Chopra | 4:25 |
2. | 'Hareyaa' | Priya Saraiya | Arijit Singh | 3:35 |
3. | 'Ye Jawaani Teri' | Kausar Munir | Nakash Aziz, Jonita Gandhi | 3:15 |
4. | 'Iss Tarah' | Kausar Munir | Clinton Cerejo, Dominique Cerejo | 3:03 |
5. | 'Khol De Baahein' | Kausar Munir, Rana Mazumder | Monali Thakur | 3:09 |
6. | 'Afeemi' | Kausar Munir | Jigar Saraiya, Sanah Moidutty | 4:09 |
7. | 'Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin' (Duet) | Kausar Munir | Sonu Nigam, Parineeti Chopra | 5:27 |
8. | 'Hareyaa (Reprise)' | Priya Saraiya | Ayushmann Khurrana | 3:23 |
Total length: | 30:26 |
Reception[edit]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 33% based on 6 reviews, and an average rating of 5.1/10.[3]
Accolades[edit]
Award Ceremony | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref.(s) |
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10th Mirchi Music Awards | Song of The Year | 'Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin' | Nominated | [4] |
Music Composer of The Year | Sachin-Jigar - 'Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin (Duet)' | |||
Lyricist of The Year | Kausar Munir - 'Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin (Duet)' | |||
Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year | Parineeti Chopra - 'Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin' | |||
Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) | Sachin-Jigar - 'Haareya' |
References[edit]
- ^ abc'Meri Pyaari Bindu'. Box Office India. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^Bollywood Hungama News Network (12 May 2017). 'Meri Pyaari Bindu'. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^'Meri Pyaari Bindu (2017)'. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^'Nominations - Mirchi Music Awards 2017'. MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
External links[edit]
- Meri Pyaari Bindu on IMDb
There have been many films titled after hit tracks on yesteryears. Examples to this are JAANE TU… YA JAANE NA, BACHNA AE HASEENO, KABHI ALVIDA NAA KEHNA, MY NAME IS ANTHONY GONSALVES, YEH JAWAANI HAI DEEWANI to name a few. This week’s release is MERI PYAARI BINDU, which happens to be the hit track from yesteryear’s hit film PADOSAN. Will MERI PYAARI BINDU be able to be as ‘adorable’ as the title or will it find resistance from the audiences, let’s find out!
MERI PYAARI BINDU is an essentially slice of life love story between two lovers and the ups and downs that their lives are subjected to. The film starts off with the suicide attempt by the novel writer Abhimanyu Roy aka Bubla (Ayushmann Khurrana) because he is not able to forget the girl whom he loved so selflessly. The girl in question is the free spirited Bindu Shankarnarayanan (Parineeti Chopra), who, despite living life on her own terms, leaves everything in life incomplete. Since Abhimanyu had been staying away from his parents for a long time, his parents fake their divorce and call him back home to Kolkatta. Even though he gets angry on his parents for telling him a lie, his house brings back all the memories about his childhood wherein his then neighbour Bindu had gifted him with something that she claimed ‘will change his life’. The film, then, dips into an array of flashback events which mirrors Abhimanyu’s incessantly selfless help towards Bindu, where he does everything possible that will make her happy. Be it helping Bindu realise her dream of becoming a singer and release her own album or offering her a shoulder to cry on everytime things didn’t work out for her. One fine day, life crashes for Bindu when her mother dies because of her father’s drunk driving. That’s when; she decides to shift to Australia, much to the shock of everyone around, including Abhimanyu, who, now, gives up his writing career to become a banker. Does Bindu ever come back to India and enter Abhimanyu’s life, what happens to the unspoken love story between the two, does Bindu ever forgive her father for her mother’s death and what ultimately happens to Abhimanyu’s ‘pyaari Bindu’ is what forms the rest of the film.
Even though the promos of MERI PYAARI BINDU tried to be unique, the sad part is that, they only landed up confusing the viewers about the plot of the film. The film, on the other hand, only adds more fuel to this confusion. The film’s story and screenplay (Suprotim Sengupta) is way too confusing and convoluted, especially in the stretched second half. The irregular timelines shown in the film adds to the already muddled up plot. Even though the film has its share of comic moments, the dialogues (Suprotim Sengupta, Soumik Sen) are good at certain places in the form of the one-liners.
After having worked as an Assistant Director in highly acclaimed films like THE NAMESAKE, WATER and VANITY FAIR, Akshay Roy makes his debut with MERI PYAARI BINDU. While his direction is strictly okay, it’s the lack of a taut screenplay which majorly hampers his direction. Despite all the glitches in the film, Akshay Roy manages to sail his way through the film. The film’s first half is interesting, breezy and sunny, which will have everyone take an instant liking to it. The tempo of the first half is fast paced and in sync with today’s times, making one will feel connected with the proceedings. It’s the second half however that crashes the film like a pack of cards.
There moments in the film that are conveniently squeezed in. Example of the same is the scene where Parineeti gets married in a split second after all the past happenings. It is something that the audiences will find tough to digest, considering her past track record of ditching most of the guys in earlier occasions. Secondly, the aspect of creating a mixed tape in the film seems to have been thrown in for convenience, considering that the mixed tape just does not form an integral part of the film in any way. In the same breath, one can easily say that the film’s makers tried to play it smart by having the retro songs’ mixed tape as its hook, probably due to the lack of an impressive original musical score in the film. Additionally, the film also suffers due to the presence of many unnecessary scenes, which look extremely thrusted in the film. Examples to this are Parineeti’s house hunting scene and even the meaninglessly stretched final sequence. Neither of the lead characters’ ambitions get fulfilled in the film, even the message that the film was trying to convey could not be deciphered. In totality, the film comes across inclined and highlighting more of friendship than love.
With a title like MERI PYAARI BINDU, the film, in totality belongs to Parineeti Chopra. After having done KILL DIL as her last film (her cameo in DISHOOM notwithstanding), Parineeti Chopra delivers a strong performance in MERI PYAARI BINDU. Like always, she looks effortless and at ease with her character of being lively, chirpy and energetic. It won’t be wrong to term her as the soul of the film. On the other hand, Ayushman Khurana churns out a decent performance in the film and delivers what was expected of him. Rest of the actors (Prakash Belawadi, Rajatava Datta, Aparajita Adhya, Kharaj Mukherjee) play their roles convincingly.
Both, the music and the background score (Sachin–Jigar) are strictly average. The film’s popular track ‘Haareya Main Dil Haareya’ was missing from the film. The film's cinematography (Tushar Kanti Ray) is also average. The film’s editing (Shweta Venkat Mathew) definitely should have been razor sharp and crisper, more so towards the second half. Doing away with some of the unwanted scenes would’ve helped.
On the whole, MERI PYAARI BINDU is a one-time watch which fails big time on account of its confused plot and convoluted screenplay. At the Box-Office, it will turn out to be an average fare. Disappointing.