Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji Movie Reviews

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Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji Review: It is an enjoyable slice-of-life film which will keep you entertained.

Madhur Bhandarkar has always been inspired by real-life subjects -- be it the seedy world of dance bars (Chandni Bar), the uglier side of fashion (Fashion), the city's beggar brigade (Traffic Signal), the manipulations in business (Corporate) or a scathing expos © on social circles (Page 3). This is the first time he attempts a naughty comedy about three guys who somehow end up living under one roof. What do they all have in common?

Nevertheless, there’s enough mood and attitude in the film to make for a pleasant viewing. And there’s Mohit Chauhan too. Check out his melodious ditty, Abhi kuch dino se, which forms the leitmotif of the film. Very hummable.

What works big time for Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji is that besides being a romantic comedy, it touches upon a number of social issues too. But of course, it does sell itself as a comedy film which it really is. For a first dabble, Madhur scores high. The situations are not only immensely funny and the one-liners are a complete killer. However, it does lose track midway after which you do tend to lose interest until it finally picks up yet again.

Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji has an interesting story but the characters and situations aren’t fleshed out enough. There is an inherent clumsiness and in places the film feels long and leaden. Still, if you keep your expectations low, it makes for mildly diverting entertainment.

With Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji, Madhur Bhandarkar may have ditched those voyeuristic, exposé themes to try his hand at comedy, but his jokes are mostly packed with sexual innuendo and needless homophobia. In an early voice-over we are introduced to a character who we’re told is only interested in the 3 Fs of life: fun, flirting, and the last one we’re asked to guess ourselves. In another scene at a funeral, a young chap introduces himself

You might have been looking forward to watching Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji as it is Madhur Bhandarkar's first comedy venture and the filmmaker has claimed that while it is a funny movie, it is just as real as, say, Chandni Bar (2001) or Page 3 (2005). But we agree only partially. A voice-over by one of Hindi cinema's funny men Paresh Rawal introduces us to the three protagonists: in-a-mid-life-crisis Naren Ahuja (Devgn), idealistic poet-lover Milind Kelkar

You know what's funny? That Madhur Bhandarkar [ Images ] actually thought he'd get away with this. You know what's not? The film. To warm up with, what sort of a tag-line is 'Love grows, men don't' anyway? Maybe it's a coded metaphor to indicate Bhandarkar's limitations as a filmmaker or a warning sign that urges us to dispel any hope of intelligence. And intelligent Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji is not, by any shred of imagination -- yours, mine or borrowed.

This latest Madhur Bhandarkar film takes its title from last year’s soulful, poetic ditty by the gifted Gulzar-Vishal Bhardwaj duo. Unlike the teasing mellifluous song however, this film remains an average comedy, with the usual bunch of loser characters looking to ‘patao’ girls in a predictable and fuddy-duddy screenplay. Known for his realistic cinema after his first spate of successful films, Madhur has been in an unfortunate downward spiral

While Madhur Bhandarkar's first attempt at making a feel-good film has got an adult censor certificate, it certainly turns out to be a certified childish attempt at comedy. Accepted that he doesn't choose the prevalent slapstick route and presents protagonists which are pragmatic to an extent. But their individual slice-of-life stories are so simplistic and slack that the narrative lacks both – graph and drama. Three insipidly introduced male protagonists

With his latest, Madhur Bhandarkar has thrown a switch. Instead of making us squirm, he sets out to make us laugh. And succeeds, but only to an extent. First off, ‘Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji’ is not a rom com. It is a Bollywood-style bromance, where the crass buddy jokes are to be necessarily leavened by emotion. Three guys get together by happenstance, but what they do after they begin sharing bed and board, completely separately of course

Madhur should rather stick to realistic cinema or improve immensely before attempting something different next time. DIL TOH BACCHA HAI JI doesn’t win your dil.

Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji is the kind of film that makes me reach for that extremely awkward rating – two and three-quarter stars. The film, about three house-mates and their tangled love lives, is definitely among Madhur Bhandarkar’s better efforts. It has moments of charm but never becomes grating candy-floss. Madhur, whose films usually have names like Traffic Signal and Jail, has a tougher take on love and longing. And yet, Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji never soars

Huff. This could’ve been a pure romp, sex comedy. It’s mysteriously rated A by the censor board. The stuff seems neither deliciously bad for its inspired lunacy, nor delightfully good for its sensible humour. The indifference truly annoys you by the end of it. Well, that sucks.