‘Shirin Farhad Ki To Nikal Pari’ releases today

[Bapun]

Love happens… after 40. Shirin and Farhad have finally arrived on the screen to enthrall us with their sweet romantic comedy, ‘Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Pari’.

It is the story of a Parsi couple, Shirin Fugawala and Farhad Pastakiya. Well past their forties, they are going about their routine daily lives, until one-day Shirin arrives at Farhad’s shop. It is love at first sight for Farhad, who works as a sales-man dealing in women’s underwear. He thinks Shirin is his soul-mate, but all hell breaks loose when Farhad’s dominant mother Nagris finds out that Shirin is her arch enemy. What follows is quirky, engaging tale of the two and the small Parsi community.

It has taken 11 years for the film to come into being, as told by director Bela Bhansali Sehgal. Bela is younger sister of veteran filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Sanjay is also the producer of the movie.

Speaking to a leading daily Bela said, “The story idea was Sanjay’s and he came up with it about 11 years ago. Boman wasn’t even in films then, but we thought of him in the lead role. We were planning to launch him with this film and our first choice for the other role was also Farah. But somehow, things didn’t work out. We tried to change the backdrop of the film from Parsi to Punjabi and we thought of other people for the roles. However, nothing really materialized and years went by. Finally, two years ago Sanjay and I decided that we had to revive this. We decided to stick to the Parsi backdrop and we spoke to Boman and Farah. Sanjay rewrote the script and the screenplay and it turned out to be quite a cracker. We knew that we had to make this film because the audience of today appreciated different kinds of films.”

On being asked why the audience should go to watch this movie, Bela said, “My film is about love. It says that there is no age for love. Some people get it at the right time while some have to wait a little longer. There is hope for everyone. I think a lot of 40-plus people will to with my protagonists. I just want to tell my audience, fall in love and be happy because you never know what tomorrow will bring for you.”

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[Bapun]

Shirin Farhad Ki To Nikal Padi starts with a decent opening​

‘Shirin Farhad Ki to Nikal Padi’ has had a decent opening till now. In its first day at the box office, it has collected over 3 crores, while Saturday collections have been around 2.5 crores. The movie is expected to do better on Sunday. The major collections of the movie came from the multiplexes in the major cities. The average occupancy has been around 20 to 25 %.

Considering that SFKTNP has had to compete with the blockbuster ‘Ek Tha Tiger’, it has fared comparatively well. The other movies to release around that time haven’t done at all well. One wonders whether it would have done better if not released at this time, when the ETT wave have smashed everything coming around its way.

It is also a welcome relief for audiences who are tired of the violence and insanity, along with the overdosed gimmicks of the high budget movies, to have hit the screens recently. The light-hearted comedy has been appreciated by the critics and the audience. It’s not slapstick comedy like ‘Kya Super Kool Hai Hum’.

Sukyanka Verma in her review for rediff has said, “Each one of them lends these honest and innocent qualities into the characters they're portraying to make Bhansali's debut behind the camera a feel-good and pleasurable experience. Do yourself a favor, indulge them.”

Yahoo’s Kunal Guha has given it a rating of 2.5 and said, “SFKTNP may not be the greatest love story ever told and may not have a novel plot even. But it leaves you with a snuggly feeling and yearning to experience what you've seen on the screen.”

India Today’s Vinayak Chakraborty has reported, “Despite narrating a fairly predictable tale of love, the film works for the brilliant moments that the script provides. Bela's brother Sanjay Leela Bhansali, incidentally also the producer of this film, has penned quite a few scene stealers for the lead couple. Boman and Farah score full marks with chemistry. It's a crazy ride guaranteed to leave you grinning as you leave the cinema. That makes it worth a watch.” He gave it a rating of 3.

The audiences too have been thrilled as some said ‘it was a completely hilarious movie to watch’. While some have said, ‘I like both Farah Khan and Boman Irani. And they both as a couple is surely gonna rock. I'm quite looking forward to watch it.’

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[Bapun]

Not going to watch the movie because of the actor/actress.

 

[Anurag M]

Will see this tomorrow.. Don't know how it will be, i haven't read any review, because I want to see it first before reading the reviews.. Will make my own. XD

 

[Rajveer]

movie is good or not, is anyone watched.