Wonderfully offbeat film!
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
View MoreIt's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
View MoreThe film may be flawed, but its message is not.
VICKY DONOR is a film directed by Shoojit Sircar starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Annu Kapoor, & Yami Gautam.The film revolves Vicky Arora (Ayushmann Khurrana), who lives with his mom and grandmother, above their saloon. Dr. Chadda (Annu Kapoor) is an infertility doctor who gets a lot of business but fails at providing his clients the right sperm. One day he comes across Vicky and realizes he has the perfect sperm due to his family background. Finally, after continuously pestering him, Vicky gives in into Dr. Chadda's ways and decides to donate his sperm... and it turns out to work well with Dr. Chadda's clients. Due to the money he gets, Vicky decides to donate even further. One day, at the bank, he meets Ashima (Yami Gautam), who he instantly likes. They start dating and fall instantly in love. One day they decide to marry each other... and that sort of forms the rest of the film. Whether she will find out and what will happen.When I heard of this film, Im going to be completely honest, I wasn't the slightest bit excited. I knew it was going to be a complete flop when I saw the trailer. When the movie came into cinemas I didn't even think of watching it. But some of my relatives told me a few days later to go watch it and that it would be the best decision I would make. So I was pretty shocked that this movie could be so good so I went to see it. And Im so so so glad I went for it. This movie is the biggest shock I have had so far from the movie industry. IT WAS GREAT! Now I know from the synopsis it sounds totally R rated. Don't worry. 10+ years old can see it. It doesn't show any nudity, it just talks vaguely about it. The movie is about a sperm donor but it just tips the topic lightly.The replay value is a BILLION times. Never gets boring.The acting... WOW. Ayushmann Khurrana, CONGRATULATIONS, you are successfully one of my favorite actors in Bollywood. His acting was marvelous. Enough said. Yami Gautam was pretty good as well. Annu Kapoor, I haven't seen any of his old films but he was really great in this one.The songs are, ALRIGHT. I liked 'Pani Da Rang' by Ayushmann Khurrana and I liked 'Rum & Whisky' played in the end with John Abraham.Overall, this is such a great film. BIG BIG BIG surprise and wow, you should totally see it. The film does drop down a bit in the second half but it holds the laughs, just increases the seriousness although I totally recommend it.
View MoreThis movie is copied from Canadian movie called Starbuck acted by Patrick Huard.Why don't they get original script and have to copy from foreign films.Indian movie sucks.IMDb courtesy:- At 42, David lives the life of an irresponsible adolescent. He coasts through life with minimal effort and maintains a complicated relationship with Valerie, a young policewoman. Just as she tells him she's pregnant, David's past resurfaces. Twenty years earlier, he began providing sperm to a fertility clinic in exchange for money. He discovers he's the father of 533 children, 142 of whom have filed a class action lawsuit to determine the identity of their biological father, known only by the pseudonym Starbuck.
View MoreHe does a 'Houseful' and makes a 'Vicky Donor', John Abraham shows how deft he is when choosing scripts. And on that, especially for the one's he decides to make than to act in. Two comedies, both of them would make you laugh, smile and giggle but one would do that with a sound purpose and very tightly written and performed script- Vicky Donor.The film is not just a film. Though an out an out entertainer, it had a soul; a soul that touches the audience over and over. It had scenes that connect and surge up your eyes but with a smile on your face. The scene with Vicky's mother sleeping on his bed and murmuring is one such. Not missing on what houseful lauded of, the film is high on the quality of the 'Sense of Humour'. What adds to it all is the splendidly done characterization of Vicky's mother and grandmother.The spontaneity of the Punjabi munda and the elegant beauty of the Bong bala not just reminded me of Chetan Bhagat's '2 States' but made me smile to a lot more. The beauty of the Indian-ness of the relations was beautifully portrayed through the wedding and the 'coming together' of the two families. Indians are against everything, 'love marriages' for one, but just that they love their kids too much to agree to all and then 'All goes(is) well'.The script is so nicely paced and with surprisingly natural performances by the cast, Ayushmann and Annu in particular, the film never gives you a dull moment. With the melodies blended so very nicely with the storyline, you initially forget to appreciate the music and then you hear 'Paani da' in Aayushmaan's voice and hence discover your icing on the cake.Finally a film that educated the country which has seen a 50% rise in the number of 'infertile couple' in the last decade in the manner that it did, it definitely deserves a bow. Very well done Juhi Chaturvedi, John Abraham and Shoojit Sircar and off course not to forget Ayushmann Khurana or Vicky Donor.~Vaibhav Shrivastava Much more than a question of stars, still for me nothing less than 4.5 on a scale of 5.
View Morewell to be very honest i didn't expect much from this movie.........but after i saw it.....it was completely overwhelming............awesome job done by the director(shoojit sircar) and also the actors(ayushman and yami)....and also not 2 forget annu kapoor...the director quiet technically described the whole concept of sperm donation without involving in any adulterous content.The highlights of the movie was the chemistry between ayushman and yami (without ever saying those famous bollywood lines-I Love u),the cross culture marriage,the melodramatic ending which was quite unexpected.Thanks to John Abraham also for producing such a fine movie with a new concept.Hope he does some more good films like this.And the actors seemed like veterans...superb acting by both the newcomers(in movies) considering the fact that both yami and ayushman had some earlier TV experience.Yami is going to definitely give the top bollywood actresses a run for their money if she keeps performing like this.I recommend this movie to everyone....a must watch.my rating 9/10
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