It’s a worthy film. A little less worthiness and a little more sharply weaponised wit would have helped.
There is a deadly serious message about India's rural/urban divide in first-timer director Anusha Rizvi's satirical gem, but it also happens to have a juicily vulgar streak.
You can’t fault the crusading spirit of this controversial Bollywood satire, just the blunt, one-note, entirely obvious execution.
This sharp black comedy confronts the contradictions between India's extreme wealth and abject poverty in a less expansive and romantic way than Slumdog Millionaire.
While the tone may shift from satire to farce at times, this is a highly assured debut by Rizvi.
Drawing on India’s rural-versus-urban divide, Rizvi spins a dynamic, enjoyably-acted yarn that balances farcical humour with a satisfying seriousness.
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