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DareDevilKid Reviewed by: Dare Devil Kid (DDK)Rating: 3.8/5 starsBobby lives in Mughalpura's tight, twisting lanes, supported by her adoring mother Zebo (Pathak), censured by her stern father, and criticized by her marriage-arranger aunt. Bobby's determined to crack cases, achieve her dreams, and make her family proud – but what happens when a rich stranger Anees Khan hires her to track young girls? And when she finds herself engaged to cocky TV star Tasavvur (Ali) – who wants her to reject him?"Bobby Jasoos" is a Hyderabadi pearl of a movie, worn with terrific aplomb by its star Vidya Balan. Playing the 30-year-old Bilquis or Bobby, who has no detective course but fearless passion, Vidya dazzles as Bobby Jasoos, tracking mysteries as a buck-toothed palmist, a dreadlocked sadhu, a hobbling fakir – suddenly distilled into a tongue- tied girl who discovers love.Post Kahaani, it is clear that roles are now written with Vidya Balan in mind. Her spirited performance in the title role justifies this decision. Vidya runs away with "Bobby Jasoos". Her effervescence rubs off on the proceedings and gives it an energy that drives the film. She is both the film's hero and heroine, performing with deft innocence, presenting Bobby like a breeze. But her leading man Tasavvur is also nailed by Ali Fazal, who captures the urge for a radical shift in lifestyle in keeping with his education, fluent English vocabulary, and promising career as a new presenter. Along the way he also effortlessly blends with the humor of getting engaged to madcap Bobby – and the sudden, delicate power of discovering love. Ali impresses with his acting while Arjan Bajwa, as local goonda Lala, impresses with his smoldering looks, soorma, and stubble, making Bajwa steamier than ever before.Besides the lead performers, the impressive list of supporting actors also lends gravitas to the colorful Hyderabadi canvas, which proves once again that casting good actors in bit roles pays off. Tanvi Azmi stands out in a small, sharp role as Bobby's tart-tongued khaala; Rajendra Gupta nails Bobby's disgruntled dad who's conflicted due to his conservative roots that clash with his paternal love; while Supriya Pathak shines as the doting Mother who perennially serves as a mediator between Bobby and her Dad while assuaging the simmering tension in the household. Even the jasoos' merry men, Shetty, Munna and Suhail, leaving a fine imprint upon the tale. Finally, it's a sheer delight to see Kiran Kumar back after ages and with the same delectable form of yore.Technically, too, "Bobby Jasoss" hits most of the right notes. The film clearly boasts a cinematographer (Vishal Sinha) who thinks, which is more than evident in the realism of the by-lanes, street vendors, and dingy apartments of Hyderabad depicted on screen. Shantanu Moitra's background score and musical numbers is unobtrusive yet pleasing. The editing by Hemal Kothari is good, but could have been better, as the second half of the movie tends to relax in some places when it could have been tauter. However, this is a minor flaw, in an otherwise, well- executed film.There are many fine things about "Bobby Jasoos" - a terrific lead performance, a great supporting cast, surprising attention to detail, and Hyderabad in full glory. Debutant Director, Samar Shaikh, impresses as he deftly balances the primary detective track with the personal travails of Vidya's character. An aspiring female detective in Hyderabad has her work cut out to be taken seriously, and the often bumbling but ever optimistic Bobby wins clients and hearts with equal ease. But the outright winner is the film's writing, the quality of which is not often seen in Bollywood today, and no more amount of praise would be too great for Sanyukta Chawla's screenplay and dialogues.The old-world charm of Hyderabad is ideal foil for the narrative. It is one of the lovely touches that give the film real texture. The authenticity of the setting, locations, and the flawlessly consistent diction of every major and minor character contribute in making the proceedings all the more engaging.Minor quibbles aside, "Bobby Jasoos" is a clever and joyful film. It's a light, breezy, and delightful caper with a lot of heart, and you root for both the film and its protagonist all the way till the end.

Tanay Chaudhari "Bobby Jasoos" is a comedy-suspense-drama that centers around Bilkis "Bobby" Ahmed(Vidya Balan), a late-20-something girl of a lower-middle class family who aspires to be a professional private detective. She faces several personal and professional hurdles in her endeavour, and thus, continues to fight her way through with the help of her friends – an internet cafe owner, a coffee house waiter and a TV crime- reporter(Ali Fazal). Bobby strike something big when a mystic middle- aged wealthy NRI(Kiran Kumar) turns up on her doorstep to figure the whereabouts of some individuals with just their names and physical identities, whom she does discover from nothing after much articulate labour and earns fat paychecks in return. However, Bobby senses something sinister all over. Would she be able to discover the truth about the man and his investigations? As one could spot, the film is pretty much straight and has very minimal level of plot-suspense to present. Its an age-old remedy that is given a new avatar and a new packaging.PLUSES- Balan is the backbone of the film, as simple as that. She has a tom- boyish charm and anger in her persona therefore, she plays through different disguises ably and effortlessly. Fazl is highly effective as the patro-phobic young man who is trying to shy away from all marriage proposals coming his way and strikes a friendship with Bobby as she is doing her job to find faults in his proposals. Other castings are good, too, however no one gets enough screen-time to be more than meager supporting-characters with the exception of Kiran Kumar. Make-up and Costume Design play a significant role throughout and give a film a stage-performance kind of touch at places. Also, the film's duration is less - a little more than 2 hours – i.e. before the film could actually become boring for some.MINUSES- There is definite lack of screenplay-work and which is the reason that there is no certain sequencing or flow of events in the film. This is the reason that in the first-half viewers don't enjoy it as much because they were always trying to find something to hold on to. Being Dia Mirza's debut production, there were not much expectations either. Although the direction (Samar Shaikh) did try hard but failed to hold the film compactly. The music(Shantanu Moitra) is unfortunately totally forgettable and the song sequences are not at all worth watching – with the exception of "Tu".VERDICT- Bobby Jasoos is an average-level film it offers nothing extraordinary. Still it's full of simple-ordinary stuff which makes it a light watch. Likable because of Balan, and any of her ardent admirer would rather find it much enjoyable than others. Watch if you really must - a 6/10.

kumar-u-naresh Bobby Jasoos: Try visualizing a cricketer, a politician, an entrepreneur, a head of some MNC. Is the first image that pops into your mind on reading these jobs, ever of a woman? Not really…right? At the cost of sounding a sexist to some, the fact of the matter today is, at least in our beloved motherland if not globally, the idea that of a woman wanting to life her dreams is still not hugely accepted. Yes, they work now. But if a CEO of a multinational beverage manufacturer goes on record to say that women do not get to have it all, it is something to pay heed to. The fact of the matter is that no matter how much women may claim to be equal to men, the world does not allow them to play on a levelled field. Bobby Jasoos, if not entirely, is a partial reflection on the conventions in which the women of today's society are, for the lack of a better word, governed. Do this…don't do that…and so on…Bobby Jasoos is the story of Bilkis aka Bobby, an aspirational detective, living in the by lanes of Hyderabad's Chaar-minaar area, who fancies watching CID (yes the one where ACP Pradyuman has not been promoted for over a decade and a half). Her family, due to her choice of career, is always at loggerheads with her; a father with a non- functional relationship, a sister who constantly undermines her capabilities, an aunt who keeps worrying that the other girls of the house will not get married, and a mother who understands her. One fine day, her dream of having her own case becomes a reality when a mysterious man offers her a case to find someone with the help of just a name and a birthmark. Determined to make a career of her own and start her own agency, Bobby starts her journey into solving the case. But somewhere down the line, she sees that there is something wrong about the case and the man who offered it to her. The film however is not entirely about the case. It is also about her struggles on the domestic front which she has to constantly overcome to fulfil her aspirations. Add to this, a friend who wants to escape the shackles of matrimony and in a foolish move, gets engaged to Bobby. This in its entirety is what can be revealed without sharing spoilers. In essence, detective films have a challenge to keep the story engrossing because there is not much of a visual narration in films like this. The film like was Sherlock Holmes (the Downey Jr. and Law film and not the Cumberbatch and Freeman series) minus the idiosyncrasies of Sherlock. Instead, Sherlock was replaced with a goody two shoes girl who hops skips and jumps into different costumes for the audience's amazement. Sadly, it does not amaze us enough. Barring maybe a couple of scenes (one where Bobby's fiancé defends her career aspiration in front of his father and the other one where Bobby tells her father that she understands his predicament and worry) which thankfully lacked the over-the-top Bollywood melodrama and were well written, the story's direction lacked excitement and was quite pale. Direction: Debutant director Samar Shaikh makes a start with an unconventional subject for most established directors. He gets a few things correctly. His understanding of art direction helped him get the setting and the locales right. The flow of the story, however, was a little lackluster. Nothing spectacular to showcase here.Performances: This film, like most of her recent ones, are all about Vidya Balan. She dominates the entire film and singlehandedly carries the film on her shoulders. The supporting cast was effective too. The hyderabadi accent and manner of speaking was not. She seemed nothing different from her usual self. A risk of monotony that all good actors like Irrfan Khan and KK Menon have started to suffer from. Hope to see her do something different.Overall: I was not impressed. My rating, 2.5 stars out of 5.

Shiraj Dakshy Vidya Balan strikes back as "Bobby Jasoos" wherein she plays an amateurish detective. But does it really create an impact????? In the beginning of the movie you get introduced to the world of Mughalpura in Hyderabad, the place where Bobby Jasoos stays and her struggle to become a famous detective and her immediate family of sisters and Khala's. Life changes for her when a stranger Anees Khan (Kiran Kumar) gives her an assignment to find out a girl Nilofer in Mughalpura. Who is Anees Shaikh and why does he want to know about the girl….forms the rest of the plot.Written by Samyukta Chawla Shaikh, the story and screenplay emphasizes not only on Bilkis Ahmed's a.k.a Bobby Jasoos's professional adventure but also her personal life and somewhere in the story and screenplay that takes pretence and the movie looses completely on the aspect of edge of seat thriller which is expected from a detective movie. There are many characters introduced in the movie but many of them have no relevance to the main plot. The sequence which involves Bobby's personal life is very well written. After an hour especially post interval is when the screenplay just falls flat and the not so impactful climax does not help either.Debutant director Samar Shaikh tries his best to make the setting as realistic as possible and is successful as well, right from the dialect of all the characters to the settings, but where the movie falters is the absence of thrill which is expected from a movie based on a detective.It is the superlative performances of the ensemble cast which lifts the movie. Vidya Balan as Bilkis Ahmed/ Bobby Jasoos does a good job. Ali Fazal as Tasawur is earnest in his portrayal but somewhere he gets overshadowed by the rest of the cast. Other cast like Arjan Bajwa, Supriya Pathak, Kiran Kumar, Aakash Dahiya, Rajendra Gupta, Benaf Dadachanji and Prasad Barve do a fantastic job rising above the writing. Tanvi Azmi and Zarina Wahab are excellent but are wasted in brief roles.Another highlight of the movie is the Production Design and the Costumes. Production Design by Tariq Umar Khan is spot on and very realistic, the same goes for the costumes by Thei Tekchandaney & Sheetal Sharma which absolutely blends with the narration.The third highlight is the Cinematography by Vishal Sinha which captures Hyderabad especially the locality of Charminar like a dream.Shatanu Moitra's music is average excluding one song "Arziyaan"..After watching the movie I was confused whether I liked the movie or did not like it, so I came to the conclusion that it is a" Thriller without the Thrills" I will go with five Stars, watch it for its performances...