B-grade fare pretending to be arty
Director: Viswanathan Janki
Cast: Anshuman Jha, Yoshika Verma, Asif Basra and Suruchi Aulakh
The things people do under the guise of art. Yeh Hai Bakrapur is disguised as a lamb lion. It is a complete farce of a movie. The kind of movie you’d expect from a filmmaker who is clueless about making movies. The concept is promising, but the execution makes YouTube videos of fans seem Imax productions.
So there’s a small town, deeply rooted in rural India. And there’s a quintessential Muslim family struggling with their finances. They decide to sell your goat in the local market to clear debts. The only problem is the youngest member of the family is so attached to the goat, which can not bear the separation and decides to flee. Seeing how serious the situation is becoming one well-wisher of the family decides to paint the torso goat with Arabic inscription of Allah. Suddenly the goat becomes a sacred object of worship. So far so good.
One would expect that lead to a comedy of errors, which it does. But that’s all. Nothing else happens. It is as if the writer forgot to write the final act. There is no end to the story. You’re just left in the lurch. Talk about a low blow.
The values of direction, editing and production are depressing. And the less we talk about the performances, the better. The only thing worth mentioning is young looking porcelain Yoshika Verma. And if so little is the saving grace of a movie, then this is a lost cause certified. Do not be a bakra. Save your time and money and go get some mutton and biryani.