Watched Ludo (2020) yesterday with my brother, and after a really, really long time, liked a BW movie.
It’s pretty engaging, especially when you consider that it’s two and a half hours-ish. In total Anurag Basu style, it’s funny and heart-warming/heart wrenching at the same time. Just that the comedy, unlike the innocent version in Barfi (2012), is in dark sub-genre here.
All the actors were good in their parts, my favourite was Pankaj Tripathi and Rajkumar R. Liked Abhishek too, and after a long time, saw him doing something he’s good at; [*SPOILER* special mention to that scene where he sees his daughter for the first time, but she refuses to look at him] (my brother who doesn’t bat an eyelid when people are decapitated onscreen, had to shut his eyes, because he can’t take emotional scenes at all, the softie). Aditya Roy Kapur was good too, for a change. He should stick to chilled out supporting characters (since they seem to mirror his irl personality). Oh, and I loved Pearle Maaney. This is my first movie of hers, but I’m gonna keep an eye out for any Hindi/English movies she does in future.
I loved that all the female characters were kinda selfish and flawed, made them interesting. Except Asha who was just a bitch, like an irredeemable bitch for me. Loved, loved Sreeja (Pearle) and Mini (Inayat). The major male characters were all soft bois, except Sattu who is the villain (?) sorta, idk but he was the most entertaining character thanks to Pankaj T, and carried the dark humor element of the movie.
Lately, the good BW movies have been mostly in serious genre, so it was nice to watch a light-hearted one for a change. I’m glad it released on Netflix, so they didn’t have to beep out the cuss words. The movie has a nice philosophical touch to it as well. So, I’ll recommend this to anyone who’s looking for a move that makes them laugh, smile and introspect.