There’s a lot going on in this crowded film, but not a lot of it makes sense. Some of this is funny, but Bahl’s script quickly runs out of both plot and wit. And the groom is a vain, self-worshipping beefcake with little interest in anything beyond his eight-and-a-half-pack abs. The Fundwanis take their love for bling a little too far, brandishing gold-plated guns and showing up in gold-painted limos.
Her older son and father-of-the-bride Bipin (Pankaj Kapur) is a meek soul who pretends to be tough, thus prompting someone to describe him as: “Baahar Nana Patekar, andar Amol Palekar.” His adoptive daughter Alia is the sort of insomniac that goes skinny-dipping in the dead of the night. Mummyji herself is a hell-raiser in a motorized wheelchair, barking orders and bullying her grown-up children. Borrowing a page straight out of the Rajshri Productions handbook, the marriage also serves as the perfect backdrop for a blossoming romance…between the bride’s spirited sister Alia (Alia Bhatt), and charming wedding planner Jagjinger Joginder (Shahid Kapoor).Director Vikas Bahl creates a purposefully exaggerated world with mostly whacked out characters. Yes, there’s no polite way to say this: Shandaar is a bizarre film.Īll sorts of madness and mayhem ensues when two families – one headed by coldhearted and kooky Mummyji (Sushma Seth), the other by garish Sindhi tycoon Harry Fundwani (Sanjay Kapoor) – descend upon a mansion in the English countryside for a week of festivities to celebrate the marriage of Isha (Sanah Kapoor), the rotund granddaughter of Mummyji and Robin (Vikas Verma), Harry’s beefy, boorish younger brother. It’s a fitting scene in a film that appears to have been made under similarly mind-altering influences. There’s a scene in Shaandaar during which an entire wedding party, high on magic mushrooms and pot brownies, lose their minds temporarily and start doing strange things. ShaandaarRating: 2October 22, 2015Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Pankaj Kapoor, Sanah Kapoor, Vikas Verma, Sushma Seth, Sanjay Kapoor, Nikki AnejaDirector: Vikas Bahl My review of #Shaandaar I’ll have what he’s smoking!
Rajeev MasandVerified account 3h3 hours ago There was a big cricket match which may have affected it by around 10% but even an extra 10% in mass centres hardly makes those centres good. The film has done well in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore on day one but eventually its not a 30 or 40 crore film where the 5-6 big cities are enough to take it through. The average start in mass centres was not a problem but the fact that it did not pick up over the day despite it being a holiday is a downer for the film because collections won’t get better in these centres after the holiday. The film had a good start in Mumbai, Delhi and other big cities but in smaller cities it was an average start. The real value of the opening is around 9 crore nett and collections are bound to trend from this level over the weekend.
Shaandaar will gross in the range of 12.50 crore nett range which is a good number on the face of it but as its a holiday it should have been higher. There was a major Punjabi release Shareek but Shaandaar has held its own against the film with similar occupancy in the major cities of Punjab. It will also be the biggest opening day in the careers of Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. The film will have best performance in Mumbai city and Delhi city. The opening has come as its a holiday for Dusshera and the day will also hold because of the holiday factor but it will be all about whether the holiday gives momentum and it comes through tomorrow as one good day is not enough. The opening is less than Singh Is Bling in mass centres as Shahid Kapoor is not a Akshay Kumar. Even in Delhi city where Singh Is Bling was strong the collections are better at some properties. The film has opened better than the other holiday release Singh Is Bling a few weeks back in Mumbai city and Pune which means it can do a better opening day in Mumbai circuit. Shaandaar had a good opening at the box office with collections of around 35%.
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