HINDI FILM REVIEW: What Are the Odds Movie Review

What Are the Odds Movie Review : TRIES TOO HARD TO BE WHIMSICAL AND WHACKY

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What Are the Odds is an 2019 Bollywood Hinglish drama film directer is Megha Ramaswamy.Starring Abhay Deol, Yashaswini Dayama and Karanvir Malhotra, the film tells the story of two unintentional teenage friends who end-up spending an entire day together.

The film premiered at the closing night gala for the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles in 2019, and was released on Netflix on 20 May 2020.

Critic's Rating : 2.5/5

Avg. Users' Rating : 2.5/5

What Are the Odds Movie Review :

A girl named Vivek (yes, what are the odds?), who is also wont to screaming at the drop of a hat, manages to skip her Hindi scholarship exam. How? By stealing her hall ticket at the exam venue and then taking off. So, why did she just not turn up for the exam then, also a question posed to her by Ashwin (Karanvir Malhotra), the school head boy with whom she ends up spending her day. Because she wanted to register a protest and not conform to the preset notions of society. Yes, that. It comes across as even more pointless when you actually watch it.

Anyway, while stealing her hall ticket Vivek (Yashaswini Damaya) ends up stealing that of Ashwin’s as well and they inadvertently spend the rest of the day together.

A day where they run into a troupe of senior citizens performing on the streets in red track pants, meeting a man on a terrace who they think is about to commit suicide but he is actually doing ‘susu’ – which incidentally ends up watering a turnip garden, they are even chased in a forest by a man dressed as a tree and there is a talking goldfish, Bunty thrown into the mix. An artist also pops up with a few art installations and spouts about art in general.On the upside, both the lead pair Yashwashi and Karanvir pull in assured performances and Abhay Deol’s brief cameo is refreshing. And the film’s soundtrack is a pleasant. Other than that, this Netflix film doesn’t have much in store.

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Directer : Megha Ramaswamy
Producer : Abhay Deol,Apoorva Bakshi,Pooja Kohli,Sanjay Bachani
Writter : Megha Ramaswamy,Shreya Vaidya
Starring : Abhay Deol,Yashaswini Dayama,Karanvir Malhotra,Priyanka Bose,Monica Dogra,Manu Rishi,Sulabha Arya
Music :Sagar Desai
Cinematography : Johan Heurlin Aidt
Editer : Arindam Ghatak
Production company :FilmKaravan
Distributer : Netflix
Production Design : Mandar Nagaonkar
Costume Design : Smriti Chauhan
Makeup Department : Walter Dorairaj,Kamlesh Jha,Mallika Jolly
Assistant Director : Nisrin Aziz,Vamsi Krishna.Ajay Pratap Singh Parihar
Art Department : Ejaz Khan
Sound Department : Bibek Basumatary,Jyoti Chetia,Souvik Phukan,Vivek Sachidanand
Genres: Drama
Release date : 14 April 2019 (Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles)20 May 2020
Running time : 92 minutes
Country : India
Language : Hindi,English

Film Story :

Two students skip their exam and end up spending the day together and what follows is a series of unusual events.

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Release and reception :

Initially titled The Odds, the film met with favourable reviews following it’s world premiere at IFFLA 2019’s closing gala – being called “a kind of story about growing up in India today unlike anything seen before.”The film went on to show in the Global Village selection for Shanghai International Film Festival and the Taipei Film Festival.Film reviewer Hong Wen compared the symmetrical image structure coupled with the sweet and quirky style to be a cross be reminiscent of “Wes Anderson walks into Emily’s Whimsical World”, lauding the independent, rebellious spirit of the film.In an interview with the Hindu, Ramaswamy revealed the film’s playful tone was inspired by filmmakers like John Hughes and Sai Paranjpye, expressing that she wanted to showcase a more grounded representation of Indian millennials through the film.