Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

When many outsiders think of Indian films, they immediately think of the Bollywood spectacles--movies with lots of singing and dancing and plots usually involving romance. There's nothing wrong with these films, though there is certainly a rather sameness to many of them. But, although here in the States these are mostly the types of films they import from India, there are other films from this movie-making powerhouse--films with much more subtlety, depth and, amazingly, not a song in the entire movie!"Finding Fanny" is a sweet road movie with five disparate characters traveling from the Goa area to find an elderly man's love of his life--a woman he never really got a chance to tell how he feels. For decades he's been living with this and now he's finally gotten up the nerve to seek her and his friends are accompanying him on this journey. However, this plot is pretty much an excuse to show a variety of characters with a variety of interesting back stories. The bottom line is that if you MUST have a strong, plot-driven movie you may just be disappointed in "Finding Fanny". However, if you like really solid and realistic acting and a gentle directorial style, you will find the film more than satisfying. In many ways, this felt like I was watching a nice indie film as opposed to a film from a movie-producing juggernaut like India. Well done and worth seeing, though the death of one of the characters late in the film was certainly very strange and was dealt with in a way that left me a bit baffled.

even though film is having a talented star cast of nasseruddin shah and pankaj kapur , it fail to make a mark on audience, they are good actors but doesn't mean that we have to smile and laugh at everything they show on screen .The film was supposed to be a comedy drama road trip but nothing was funny in it throughout the film , lame jokes and cliché formula just to make us believe that we are here to watch a feel good movie, visually film was good only because of the location Goa, apart from that film is a cliché awfully acted movie which is labeled as feel good road trip. Please stay away from this !! according to me film is 3/10 ,makers of the film somewhere have thought of making a little miss sunshine type but failed miserably .. please stay away

Beginning with a harsh truth, FINDING FANNY is one of those rare, enjoyable comic gems which is not going to find an unanimous applause from all as it seems. Many are going to love it and a few not, mainly due to its distinctive city feel and urban humour served through all wacky Goan characters living life according to their own preset notions. Particularly the film is not going to satisfy the ones expecting it to be another slapstick comedy keeping in mind its intentionally made comical promos. Plus many might find it a bit vulgar too in its verbal confessions and eccentric charactersiations, judged through a conventional mindset unable to accept their frank expressions.Further admitting the fact, its not that FINDING FANNY is a perfect masterpiece scoring much closer to the maximum as it might sound. The film has its own set of flaws like a slower start, a lazy pace and a stumbled end which leaves many expectations raised as unfulfilled. Yet I would like to recommend FINDING FANNY for its pleasant freshness, authentic feel and many charming performances which slowly make their way into your hearts as the film ends at a less than 95 minutes of duration with a worth watching song video shown with the end titles.Also it has one particular extraordinary sequence, which I would like to rate as one of best cinematic expressions made in Hindi cinema till date dealing with an artist (painter), his art and his personal depiction of a subject placed in front of him. But keeping this important eye-opener to be discussed in details in an exclusive article later, let us talk about the film in totality and its key features as mentioned below.Beginning on a slower note, Homi Adajania, the director introduces all its main characters in the first 15 minutes of the film with some interesting scenes. And the moment you have the one and only Pankaj Kapoor on the screen playing the master painter, Don Pedro, obsessed with women and their body curves as his sole subject of art, the narration gets the much required lift and the mood is built for a much wackier film ahead than expected.Based on a very thin plot of finding the lost/forgotten love of an elderly person (Naseeruddin Shah), FINDING FANNY is actually about five people from Goa (Deepika, Dimple, Arjun, Naseer and Pankaj Kapoor), who decide to search for Naseer's lady love in an vintage imported car and their experiences on the road leading to some unexpected, enjoyable outcomes. The wonderfully written characters and the unpredictability factor remain its two strong merits throughout and the film successfully makes an impact as it ends with a small pinch of realistic sadness in its final scenes. Having said that at few places it does tend to be a bit over the top or weird too, like the way the poor cat gets treated in the car, the manner in which the actual truths get revealed by the lady's daughter herself or the mess in which an unintentional gun-shot hits the wrong destination raising many further questions in the climax. Still the film never goes off the path completely and keeps you engaged most of the times with its worth watching performances, entertaining dialogues, catchy music, excellent cinematography and the unusual story progression with many sudden twists in the second half. Musically, I really loved the title song having an instantly likable Goan composition and Punjabi lyrics amalgamated beautifully along with a pleasing camera-work capturing the landscapes well.Among the admirable performances, we have the outspoken, lonely and a little hammy Dimple Kapadia winning your heart after the unexpected humiliation coming from the funny painter, Naseeruddin Shah elegantly playing the puzzled old man after receiving a forgotten letter and Arjun Kapoor coming up with a surprisingly bright act clearly showing the signs of growth learning from all the veterans around (in the film) quite intelligently.But above all there is the lovely, charming lady Deepika Padukone with a sparklingly natural performance looking simply great in every single frame and Pankaj Kapoor who once again proves that even if you give him only 20 minutes in the script, he is capable to deliver the finest act of the film with an amazing, outstanding ease as always.In all, FINDING FANNY is bold, dark, sad as well as light, funny and enjoyable, bringing in the much desired freshness in our Hindi films. So do give it a try especially for Don Pedro (Pankaj Kapoor) who is sure going to give you a good time in the theater, in this deliciously smart film revolving around five lively characters from the city of Fenny. And just don't hesitate watching it in Hindi since that's the version I saw and I never found it awkward or anywhere compromising in the dialogues and their real meanings.

I had a lot of expectations from the film maker and the cast. Unfortunately I was very disappointed after watching the film. There was absolutely nothing exciting to keep me interested. It felt like a story which was told a million times. With such a brilliant star cast, it was a shame that their acting potential wasn't fully utilized. The few instances of light humor didn't impress me either. The dialog delivery didn't appear to be impressive. The biggest disappointment was Naseeruddin Shah. Being a fan of Naseeruddin Shah, I was looking forward to seeing his brilliant acting abilities. The role did absolutely no justice to Mr. Shah's acting talent. I was absolutely disappointed after watching this film. It was a waste of time and money!!!!