Rating: 3/5
Director: Nitin Kakkar
Cast: Jackky Bhagnani, Kritika Kamra, Pratik Gandhi, Neeraj Sood and Shivam Parekh.
Mitron is a good effort, but a little more editing of the script and more fleshed out characters would have helped a lot. Nonetheless, it is an entertaining watch with some wonderful moments, some genuinely funny lines, and good performances. Compared to a lot of what passes for comedy in the cinema these days, Mitron is great. It's certainly worth seeing.
The essence of a good rom-com is the chemistry between the two protagonists. Everything else is just filler. But in a very good rom-com's, the filler is interesting as well. Director Nitin Kakkar's Mitron, who previously helmed Filmistaan (2012), is from latter category. If you are fond of watching a romantic drama with some laughs, a good cast, and a good heart, then Mitro is a delectable treat.
Jackky Bhagnani’s Jay is modelled on that very coming-of-age mould for a male lead on the cusp of adulthood and immaturity, also known as Wake Up Sid syndrome. But adulting is not his only sore point — he’s also an automobile engineer who gets fired from a call centre at the precise point when he learns that his girlfriend is cheating on him. He has a liking for the ladle but struggles to turn his passion into a profession that his perennially-taunting father (Neeraj Sood) would approve of. His parents decide to get him hitched as a last-ditch effort to instill accountability in him. And it is a chance encounter with a marital prospect, Avni (Kritika Kamra) that helps him find his game.
Written by Sharib Hashmi (the lead in films such as Phullu and Filmistaan), this comedy-of-errors had the potential to snowball into a surprise hit. But a predictable plot and clichéd turns and twists reduce this two-hour watch into one that can be either skipped and caught later — when it airs on the telly or that digital streaming provider which hunts for such weekend afternoon comedies.
Cast: Jackky Bhagnani, Kritika Kamra, Pratik Gandhi, Neeraj Sood and Shivam Parekh.
Mitron is a good effort, but a little more editing of the script and more fleshed out characters would have helped a lot. Nonetheless, it is an entertaining watch with some wonderful moments, some genuinely funny lines, and good performances. Compared to a lot of what passes for comedy in the cinema these days, Mitron is great. It's certainly worth seeing.
The essence of a good rom-com is the chemistry between the two protagonists. Everything else is just filler. But in a very good rom-com's, the filler is interesting as well. Director Nitin Kakkar's Mitron, who previously helmed Filmistaan (2012), is from latter category. If you are fond of watching a romantic drama with some laughs, a good cast, and a good heart, then Mitro is a delectable treat.
Jackky Bhagnani’s Jay is modelled on that very coming-of-age mould for a male lead on the cusp of adulthood and immaturity, also known as Wake Up Sid syndrome. But adulting is not his only sore point — he’s also an automobile engineer who gets fired from a call centre at the precise point when he learns that his girlfriend is cheating on him. He has a liking for the ladle but struggles to turn his passion into a profession that his perennially-taunting father (Neeraj Sood) would approve of. His parents decide to get him hitched as a last-ditch effort to instill accountability in him. And it is a chance encounter with a marital prospect, Avni (Kritika Kamra) that helps him find his game.
Written by Sharib Hashmi (the lead in films such as Phullu and Filmistaan), this comedy-of-errors had the potential to snowball into a surprise hit. But a predictable plot and clichéd turns and twists reduce this two-hour watch into one that can be either skipped and caught later — when it airs on the telly or that digital streaming provider which hunts for such weekend afternoon comedies.