Language: Hindi
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Manish Chaudhary, Gauhar Khan, Naveen Kaushik, Mukesh Bhatt
Director: Shimit Amin
Music: Salim-Sulaiman
Reasons to watch: Films like this are rare and hard to come by.
Reasons not to watch: The first half tests your patience.
Storyline: Harpreet Singh Bedi (Ranbir Kapoor) is a quixotic B.Com graduate with an embarrassing 35% aggregate. In spite of his abysmally low marks, he lands a job as a salesman, working under a boss who sets impossible targets. For a morally upright person, he finds himself in a soup; a work environment that defines dishonesty and incapability – a team-leader who goofs-up conveyance vouchers, co-workers with a ruthless sense of competition, a maintenance guy who is addicted to porn and a receptionist who would literally go to ‘any extent’ to get a work upgrade. This depiction of a workplace is more realistic and defies the usual boilerplate that engulfs Bollywood. With a sanguine conviction that a business can be run in an ethical manner, Harpreet puts together a team comprising fellow colleagues and sets up his own business within the company he works for. Working discreetly and prudently, they progress steadily and eventually their business measures up and pits them against their boss.
Climax Handling: A breath of fresh air with restrained melodrama, real-life clogs and sensible character portrayal.
Points:
“ Risk toh Spiderman ko bhi lena padta hai, main toh phir bhi Salesman hoon ” (Even Spiderman has to take risk, I am just a Salesman).
The makers have also risked promoting this off-beat movie and looks like the gamble has paid off.
Rating: 8/10
Comments: Jaideep Sahni’s script is the heart of the movie. Ranbir Kapoor matures as an actor and renders a scintillating performance.
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