Film: Goodbye
Director: Vikas Bahl
Star Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Neena Gupta, Rashmika Mandanna, Pavail Gulati, Sunil Grover, Sahil Mehta, Elli AvrRam.
Bollywood Bubble rating: 4/5 stars
Goodbye Movie Review
That one last call, that one last hug, that one last meeting, we all want that last ‘Goodbye’ with our loved ones, before they leave this world for their humble abode. The movie Goodbye, directed and written by Vikas Bahl, is a perfect blend of that; an amalgamation of how a family processes through the death of a loved one and life after that. The beautifully woven plot, the well-executed screenplay not only keeps you engrossed throughout the movie but also leaves you in surprise with the fact of how the director-writer plays with your emotions, with a bout of humour. Why, I’d say that? You’ll know!
Neena Gupta plays Gayatri Bhalla. One can say her character acts like ‘glue’ that keeps every character connected with each other. She is an important element in the movie and nothing would have seemed that great without Gupta’s awesomeness. Neena Gupta is the breath of fresh air in the movie in all the beautiful and sad moments of her with her family.
Pavail Gulati essays the role of Karan Bhalla, the older, scholar son, an NRI, married to a foreigner, Elli AvrRam (Daisy). Gulati enacts his character well as the ignorant son, who is more focused on ‘earning money’ and ‘wrapping up’ his mother’s funeral rituals. Elli AvrRam aka Daisy is the sweet foreigner Bahu and she is just that! Elli manages to grab your attention with her innocence and antics. Be it when she is completely unaware about how one dons only white and not black at a funeral, or how a Hindu meal comes without the Chicken.
Ashish Vidyarthi, the know it all uncle and Sunil Grover aka Panditji are two characters in the movie that add the humour and sense element. While Ashish Vidyarthi brings humour in the first half, Sunil Grover quite effortlessly impresses with his spirituality in the second half. Shivin Narang, and Abhishekh Khan in their roles do not miss to shine.
Direction/Screenplay:
The first half of the film builds the funeral scene at every household. Here, the director shows his creativity by adding humour to a situation of such. He perfectly executes minute situations circling around the neighbors who visit the home, after a member of one family has passed away, adding the humour element. One starts relating to the scenes when there is one person, who is the know it all in terms of customs or traditions, solely because “Maine yeh bohot baar kiya hai (Have attended many funerals),” making the sure the “body” aka Gayatri Ji’s head is north facing.
Not just that, we also have the ‘pados wali chachi group’ or as they may fondly call them ‘gGayatri ki Bubbliyaan’ who are not comfortable seating on the lawn grass, hence, they make sure, the people who have ‘occupied’ the chairs vacant them. The director manages to add humour to a sad and emotional situation, with moments like the group of women ‘chachi’s’ are so wasted that all they think about is ‘How to create a group to remember Gayatri Bhalla after her passing’. They also come with funny WhatsApp group names like ‘Harish Needs Us’ and ‘Gone Gayatri Gone’; heights of stupidity we would say, but, the director smartly adds this scene which is a scene in every household where a person has passed away.
The screenplay has a few elements that the director has well executed. In one scene, the director manages to touch your heart when Amitabh Bachchan is handling the funeral preparations for his wife’s funeral, and forgets that he’s wearing his chappals. Or the scene where Karan is busy on a work call. He has an encounter with the Pani Puri vendor, who is unknown of the fact that Gayatri ji is no more, he asks for her. And here, Karan, calls out to his Mama, later to find out she is no more, breaks your heart.
The director of Photography, Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti, with Bahl, brings out his best in the scene where Sr Bachchan is crying inconsolably, while immersing the ashes of his loved one. And, the mucus running down from his nose is so beautifully captured that you feel disgusted for a second, but then you understand the emotion behind it. It kills you there!
Music:
Amit Trivedi does a fabulous job with the music of Goodbye. The hard base and the soul touching melody with Swanand Kirkire’s lyrics strikes an emotional chord. The songs do not create a disturbance in the movie, despite it being a funeral drama, but instead make the movie meatier.
Conclusion:
The Amitabh Bachchan and Rashmika Mandanna funeral drama is a heartwarming piece of art and it leaves you with a warm and fuzzy feeling. While you are glued on to your seat, the plot is gripping, relatable and heart-winning in every way. In the first half of the movie, Vikas Bahl takes you through a sad situation before the cremation of a dead person, with a bout of humour and you feel its the end. However, in the second half, he surprises the audience, taking them to the depth of how a family processes with the loss of a loved one, after their cremation as well.
Watch the trailer of Goodbye below after the movie review:
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