Vidya Balan is an incredible actor. But you do not give an incredible actor a movie that is predictable and downright stupid at places and expect her to pull it through. Miracles do happen - but there is a limit. Seriously Samar Shaikh - get real!
Shaikh should have realised ages ago (or when he was sitting there letting his casting director do the deed) that the very moment you cast in 'incredible actor' in a movie, the expectations rise exponentially and is directly proportional to the moolah you might manage to rake in the box office. But clearly no one warned Shaikh early enough and there you have Bobby Jasoos.
Bilquis aka Bobby (Balan) is a gutsy girl who plays private detective in her own backyard. Her backyard being Moghulpura in old Hyderabad. And that is of course because a proper detective agency refuses to hire her - she doesn't have a degree (Fair logic if you ask me! No one would hire me if i didn't have a degree right?) and she can't exactly speak English.
So while she romps around the gullies she helps people thwart marriage proposals, finds out if people are having affairs or not, whether an old lady's son is a smoker or isn't...you get the drift! But then a plum project (read - a lot of money) falls in her lap thrown her way by a mysterious Anees Khan (Kiran Kumar) and life takes a full turn. Khan wants her to find some people for him and he never explains why. Bobby initially has no problems in taking the cash and doing the job but then her conscience kicks in. The lady then goes ninja on Khan's rear to find out why this man is willing to dole out lacs to find two girls and a guy. Elementary my dear Bobby, or not!
To be brutally honest Bobby Jasoos is quite bad. It seems more of a run-of-the-mill serial that you must tolerate. The story is grossly predictable with pointless loopholes thrown in to add some thrill to this tail chase, the three songs horribly choreographed and so unnecessary and Balan seems to have nothing else to do but to stomp around in ridiculous orange keds and mismatched clothes. Shudder.
However, playing devil's advocate, Bobby Jasoos is redeemed by the team of actors. They are good - Tasawur (Ali Fazal), Munna (Akash Dahiya), Shetty, Bobby's ammi (Supriya Pathak), khala and abbu - they are real, they grow on you and you might end up liking them more than Bobby. Possibilities are endless. Hyderabad oozes a feel-good aura and the Charminar is romanced in a whole different light and of course the Golkonda Fort (one of the best spots in Hyderabad).
Bobby Jasoos starts with a whimper and whimpers all long. You will be hoping and praying that something path-breaking happens to take the movie to the next level - but it never does. Sadly. 1 for Ali Fazal and .5 for Balan. End of story.
Shaikh should have realised ages ago (or when he was sitting there letting his casting director do the deed) that the very moment you cast in 'incredible actor' in a movie, the expectations rise exponentially and is directly proportional to the moolah you might manage to rake in the box office. But clearly no one warned Shaikh early enough and there you have Bobby Jasoos.
Bilquis aka Bobby (Balan) is a gutsy girl who plays private detective in her own backyard. Her backyard being Moghulpura in old Hyderabad. And that is of course because a proper detective agency refuses to hire her - she doesn't have a degree (Fair logic if you ask me! No one would hire me if i didn't have a degree right?) and she can't exactly speak English.
So while she romps around the gullies she helps people thwart marriage proposals, finds out if people are having affairs or not, whether an old lady's son is a smoker or isn't...you get the drift! But then a plum project (read - a lot of money) falls in her lap thrown her way by a mysterious Anees Khan (Kiran Kumar) and life takes a full turn. Khan wants her to find some people for him and he never explains why. Bobby initially has no problems in taking the cash and doing the job but then her conscience kicks in. The lady then goes ninja on Khan's rear to find out why this man is willing to dole out lacs to find two girls and a guy. Elementary my dear Bobby, or not!
To be brutally honest Bobby Jasoos is quite bad. It seems more of a run-of-the-mill serial that you must tolerate. The story is grossly predictable with pointless loopholes thrown in to add some thrill to this tail chase, the three songs horribly choreographed and so unnecessary and Balan seems to have nothing else to do but to stomp around in ridiculous orange keds and mismatched clothes. Shudder.
However, playing devil's advocate, Bobby Jasoos is redeemed by the team of actors. They are good - Tasawur (Ali Fazal), Munna (Akash Dahiya), Shetty, Bobby's ammi (Supriya Pathak), khala and abbu - they are real, they grow on you and you might end up liking them more than Bobby. Possibilities are endless. Hyderabad oozes a feel-good aura and the Charminar is romanced in a whole different light and of course the Golkonda Fort (one of the best spots in Hyderabad).
Bobby Jasoos starts with a whimper and whimpers all long. You will be hoping and praying that something path-breaking happens to take the movie to the next level - but it never does. Sadly. 1 for Ali Fazal and .5 for Balan. End of story.