Vicky Donor Movie Reviews

Not so long ago, there was a cliched term circulating in Bollywood called hat ke. This term was was used like a mantra by most Bollywood filmmakers and actors while giving out press interviews. Every filmmaker claimed that his film is a hat ke film. The hat ke thingy became so common that suddenly there were no 'normal' films in the market anymore. As usual, everybody soon stopped using the term as all hat ke films started scoring a duck

Vicky Donor marks the debut of John Abraham as producer and in choosing a sensitive topic like sperm donation, John makes sure he has the pulse of young audiences understood well. Like sex, nobody discusses infertility. Nobody goes “Oh my wife can’t conceive so we’re seeing an infertility specialist” over a drink. Vicky Donor takes the closet issue, turns it on its head and spins a light-hearted tale around it, one that fertilises genuine fun at the movies.

Large-hearted and generously endowed with moments that you take away with you from the film even as John Abraham comes on screen for an irrelevant song and dance item, the film is the surprise entertainer of the year. It is the warmest, funniest most sensible and sparkling comedy in a very long time. In Shoojit Sircar's vision every single actor shines with a glorious naturalness. Ayushmann is effortlessly the discovery of the year.

Vicky Donor is my kind of movie: Mental, gentle and sentimental. A loud, bright, balle-balle party of all things Indian, err, mostly north Indian and its gobsmacked eastern cousins, the film embraces everything that matters in the land of five rivers — Biji to bauji, mummyji to destinyji, soni Bong kudi to whiskey, and all prejudices to many peculiarities. Many directors are devoted to making rollicking comedies, mostly because it is the easiest route to box-office bliss

Refreshing writing (story, screenplay, dialogue Juhi Chaturvedi), topnotch direction (Shoojit Sircar gets it right after Yahaan that didn’t work at the commercial level) and spirited performances from the entire cast. Right from Vicky, Dr Chaddha and the charming Ashima to the Arora mother and dadi, they make you do a balle balle with their rambunctious Punjabi act, with a bit of ‘fishy’ Kolkata flavour thrown in. All of it brings a smile to the face and quite a few ‘ho-ho’s too.

It seems like he has a winner on his hands, with his very first production and that too, without even a cameo in the film flashing his six-pack or his snug in itsy-bitsy trunks derrire. Vicky Donor, with its tight production budget, without any big names and exotic filming locations confirms the fact that a good story aided by good performances will always sell. Vicky Donor is a reproductive effort indeed and one of the better films of 2012 so far.

Large-hearted and generously endowed with moments that you take away with you from the film even as John Abraham comes on screen for an irrelevant song and dance item, the film is the surprise entertainer of the year. It is the warmest, funniest most sensible and sparkling comedy in a very long time. In Shoojit Sircar’s vision every single actor shines with a glorious naturalness. Ayushmann is effortlessly the discovery of the year.

Run to the nearest theatre and surrender yourself to the charm of Vicky and his team. This “Aryaputra” provides only good quality sperm…err… entertainment.

What are you waiting for? Don’t waste a sec. Grab your tickets now and make the most of this weekend!

On the whole, VICKY DONOR is a small film with a big heart. The makers have had the courage to bring a diverse issue out in the open, narrating a daringly different story without getting preachy. Witty, funny and also emotional, VICKY DONOR is forward-thinking, progressive commercial cinema which vastly enlightens and hugely entertains!

Director Shoojit Sircar is back with a bold, first-of-its-kind concept that's taboo. He makes this sperm of an idea swim all the way. He intelligently uses comedy to break mindsets, without embarrassing moments or awkward lines. The film entertains, without preaching sexual moralities or social service.

Amongst the major accomplishments of this film is the fact that despite being a film revolving around the theme of the sperm donation, Vicky Donor is a 'family entertainer'. 'Entertainer' because neither is it designed as a crude sex-comedy nor does it comes across as a public service message on sperm donation. A 'feel-good family film' because there is no visual or verbal vulgarity despite the forthright and forbidden theme

Vicky Donor is that rare thing: a laugh-out-loud Hindi movie that has both irreverence and soul. Screenwriter Juhi Chaturvedi and director Shoojit Sarkar have taken a hush-hush subject that most people would tiptoe around, and placed it bang at the centre of a film that’s both hilariously funny and wonderfully honest – without ever feeling sleazy. The plot is as follows. Vicky Arora, 25, lives with his widowed mother Dolly

Overall, ‘Vicky Donor’ is a lighthearted fun film, which meets expectations. It definitely deserves a watch.

What doesn’t work as well is the love story (though the Bengali-Punjabi parental clash is laugh-out-loud funny) and the resolution of Vicky’s thorny problem. Sircar wants to make a case for sperm donation but the film falters when it moves into preachy melodrama. Still, there is much to like here, including Khurrana’s performance though I’m still figuring out what was going on with the pink lips! Check out Vicky Donor. It’s a nice surprise.

Though never above imperfections, Vicky Donor draws the viewer in its 122 minutes lifetime, acquainting us to its good-naturedly quirky but genuine protagonists, played out by a pitch-perfect cast against Juhi Chaturvedi's delightful writing, to establish the true strength of the script's conviction and flow.

VICKY DONOR is not your typical Bollywood film. It is different. Daringly different. John Abraham has done well to partner as producer in this film that should generate a good Box Office return!

JA Entertainment, Rampage Motion Pictures, Rising Suns Films and Eros’ Vicky Donor is about a young man who turns sperm donor to make some money. When Dr. Baldev Chaddha (Annu Kapoor), an infertility expert in Delhi, spots Vicky Arora (Ayushmaan Khurrana), he gets a gut feeling that he has found his ideal sperm donor. Chaddha is plagued by demanding couples who want sperms of a certain ‘successful’ type of person

Vicky Donor loses some of its sperm, er steam, in the second half when the sentimental, ethical reasoning creeps in, it feels a bit avoidable and protracted. Except by then you have begun to care too much for these characters and its unassuming vibe to create a ruckus.

The repetitions, including the different ways you can define “spurrm”, get annoying. Some of the emotional parts get soggy, and the climax, ahem, is contrived. But Vicky Donor’s delights outweigh the not-so-good stuff: give me a Bollywood hero who pulls off a pedicure without prurience, and I will tell you, go see this film.

Hats off to John Abraham for supporting such a wonderful movie. In an age where the people forget the movie the moment you step out of the cinema hall, Vicky Donor makes sure you walk off the theatres with a smile on your face revisiting the scenes with your friends. A great weekend treat; don’t miss it.