Ferrari Ki Sawaari (2012)

Such a frustrating disappointment

Best movie of this year hands down!

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Ferrari Ki Sawari - 06/10 =========== ====The movie title gave me a feeling that it would be about a road trip that the trio of Bomman Irani, Sharman Joshi and a Kid would take across the country. Surprisingly, the movie is more about a kids struggle to become a cricketer than about Ferrari. Who could have guessed that with that kind of title and posters? After watching the movie you will realize that movies like 'Ferrari Ki Sawari' is exactly the reason that people like me turn into film critics :-)There is a pattern which has become very predictable with Bollywood movies and its gotten really old now. The movie theme remains all happy and story seems to make sense till intermission. It is only after the intermission that they screw up everything by making things too emotional and unrealistic. I thought that acting of all the actors was simply superb in the movie. Bomman Irani has acted brilliantly, and this character of his, 'old-khadoos grandpa' was the best character he had done so far. Sharman Joshi's acting of a perfect father was equally good and so was the Kid's character. If not for the sucking story, their roles would have been no less than an Oscar performance, and all my points are for their performances.There's a dearth of idea about stories in Bollywood movie. Its only love stories or gang shoot-outs. Directors who select a different story either become big hits or screw-up big time. This movie would be the latter. Its about time that someone starts writing different but realistic stories. My suggestion: Worth watching for the acting effort that Bomman Irani and Sharman have put in. But don't watch it beyond intermission, you would only be disappointed at such a waste of talent.

The biggest selling point for 'Ferrari ki Sawaari' was its pedigree as it called itself 'from the makers of Munna Bhai & 3 Idiots'. And what more, the ace director of these films, Rajkumar Hirani wrote the dialog for 'Ferrari ki Sawaari'. Obviously, the expectations were sky high but the film has been built on a rather weak script. The story revolves around a little boy Kayo Deboo (Ritwik Sahore) who is a budding cricketer nursing a dream to play for India. Just when he gets selected for a prestigious camp at the Lords Cricket Ground, his father, Rusy (Sharman Joshi), an honest RTO clerk cannot afford the 1.5 lakh fee. Rusy's father Behram (Boman Irani) a former cricketer himself is dismissive about his kin making a career in cricket. When Rusy's efforts to raise the money through a PF or bank loans fail, the only ray of hope is a wedding planner (Seeema Pahwa) who offers 1.5 lakh if he can fetch a Ferrari car for a local corporator's sons's wedding procession. But the only person in the city who owns such a car is Sachin Tendulkar and Rusy must steal it from him. Sharman Joshi perfectly fits the bill of playing a simple and hapless guy weighed down by fate. But he lacks the charisma to carry an entire movie on his shoulders. Boman Irani is top notch as usual. Little Ritwik Sahore complements the star cast. On yes, Vidya Balan makes her presence felt in an unnecessary item number. The film raises a number of issues such as the impracticality of someone with modest means dreaming of a career in sports, the difficulty in making ends meet and being able to provide for one's dreams all on a meager salary and the thought of truly talented folk being trampled due to politics and those with deep pockets. The overdose of drama that is focused on the child is likely to interest preteen audiences who would gladly drag their parents to watch the film. And then there are those who will give it a chance because Rajkumar Hirani's name is associated with it. But otherwise, there are so many plot holes that leave you dissatisfied. First, there was no specific reason for the lead characters being Parsi except about showing them to be living in a Parsi colony and one joke where a goon says he called out for 'Rustom' and twenty of them turned up. Also, was the setting really 2012? Barring the existence of mobile phones, the film seemed like a throwback to 1980s. And over the top characters like the corporator's son are simply irritating. The portrayal of his poverty is rather unrealistic. Granted that he is a widower and sole breadwinner caring for his old father and providing for his young boy all on meager government salary; but in an age where small time street vendors carry mobile phones, our hero doesn't seemed to have bought one. And why does he stash money in odd places instead of leaving it in his salary account? What was the director thinking?The honesty angle has also been overdone and inconsistent. Imagine anyone accidentally jumping an unsupervised traffic light and searching desperately for a cop to voluntarily pay fine! And within minutes, our epitome of honesty goes on and steals a fancy car and jolly well drives it around the city with his son. What ever happened to all that gyaan about setting an example to his son in the traffic signal incident?What more? Our hero leaves the stolen car on the street, nearly at Sachin's doorstep in broad daylight; Boman Irani's character brings the car to the cricket association headquarters where nobody seems to care where the car came from or why were they driving around like crazy amidst the fountains in the garden. To top it all, nobody gets pulled up by the law. All this in the name of cinematic liberty, wow!To sum up, 'Ferrari Ki Sawaari' is a film with its heart in the right place. Just that it goes overboard with some unrealistic drama. Given that the movie is centered on a kid and we are a cricket crazy nation, it may have takers despite it being average fare!

Ferrari Ki Sawaari is said to be similar to Iqbaal (2005) but in fact, it is closer to a few other old Bollywood movies. It reminds of Ehsaas (2001) because of the touching father-son relationship and the father's leaving no stone unturned for his son's victory in life and fulfillment of his dreams. Besides, it reminisces of Raj Kapoor's movie - Kal Aaj Aur Kal (1971) on account of showing three generations living together under a single roof, trying to adjust with one another. There is a conflict between the oldest generation (grandfather) and the youngest generation (grandson) and the twilight generation (father) tries to console both and reconcile between them. Further, its climax scene in the office of the Cricket association where the protagonist warns the negative character against playing with his son's happiness, is quite similar to the climax scene of Khatta Meetha (1978) in which Ashok Kumar threatens Pradeep Kumar the same way Sharman Joshi threatens Paresh Rawal in this movie. Coincidentally, Khatta Meetha also tells the story of a Paarsi family just like Ferrari Ki Sawaari. Again, this movie draws parallel to a relatively recent movie - Do Dooni Chaar (2010) in which the honest protagonist (Rishi Kapoor) finally decides against deviating from his ethics to fulfill the urgent monetary need and gets a pleasant surprise in the end when an unexpected solution emerges for the problem. However, despite so many illustrations meant for a sense of deja vu, Ferrari Ki Sawaari has an originality of its own. It's unique in its own right and deserves admiration. It's a movie whose heart lies in the right place.Rustam (Sharman Joshi) has seen his highly talented Cricketer father - Behraamji Deboo's frustration and he himself also is living a mediocre life as a salaried employee. Despite the opposition of his father (Boman Irani), he is hell-bent upon arranging everything required for fulfillment of his talented son's dream to become a successful Cricketer. When an opportunity arrives for his son's attending a training camp at Lord's (England) with a cost of Rs. 1.5 Lakh rupees, he knocks every probable door for money and gets disappointment only in return. A wedding planner (Seema Paahwa) tells him that if he is able to arrange Sachin Tendulkar's Ferrari car for a few hours to be used in the wedding of a politician's son, he will get the required money as his remuneration for that service. The storyline picks up this clue and reaches the climax after meandering through many twists and turns, some believable, some unbelievable but all being entertaining.Ferrari Ki Sawaari impresses very much in the first half. I can imagine several spectators flowing with the incidents taking place on the screen with the protagonist just like me. Despite, almost everything being perfectly predictable, it influences and moves the viewer. The second half is mostly over the top and tones down the profound mood of the movie. And that's why it is not that impressive. Frankly speaking, the second half drags just too much and while watching it, I felt that the track of the minister's son was completely superfluous in the post-interval session. The movie could have been shortened by a few reels. The length has only reduced its positive impact on the audience. Vidya Baalan's item song is also quite unnecessary. It's a pity that box office oriented thinking turns outstanding movies into good ones.Technically, the movie is good. The modest layout of the residence of the principle characters and the realistic set-up of the locality, both make the movie as relatable by the Indian lower middle class people. Music by Preetam is also quite good. The best song, in my opinion, is Aye Mere Mann (sung by Shyamantan Das).All the three main characters of this movie - Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani and Ritvik Sahore have delivered towering performances. Sharman Joshi is such a natural actor that he can fit the bill for any character and I am tempted to categorize him with late Sanjeev Kumar. Boman and Ritvik do not lag behind him in entering the skins of their respective characters. The supporting cast has also done exceedingly well. Seema Paahwa as the kind-hearted wedding planner, takes the cake.Dreaming does not come under anybody's monopoly or patent or copyright. It's not the fiefdom of the rich, the resourceful and the mighty. Corruption and dishonesty have got a strong justification in India that they are unavoidable to earn enough money to give a better life to the next generation. But Ferrari Ki Sawaari tells that there is no need to be dishonest to dream big for your offspring (if you are already not rich and resourceful). The honest and the modest are also entitled to dream big for themselves as well as their children.

Ferrari Ki sawaari is an Heart touching,FAMily oriented,sweet sawaari of an son & a father. FKS has an pure original story as compared to last two week releases i.e Rowdy Rathore & Sanghai.Rowdy rathore was an remake of Telugu vikramakudu and the Shanghai was based on novel "Z",FKS has ORiginal story,not based on any novel or movie..but an pure upholding story.The movie starts with sharman who's an R.T.O head-clerk,an innocent guy/dad who wants to fulfill his son's Desire name called debo. Debo is good in cricket and an opportunity comes to him to went to mecca of cricket Lords.To make this happen sharman,does everything to collect 1.5 lakhs for lords.He tries everywhere to get money,in search of loan or financial Help.but don't succeed,an phase comes where he's been offered 1.5 lakhs in return of a sachin's Ferrari on rent.There is much More drama comes after that'which i'll be not telling here,.let suspense be there..so Must watch!! This is my first review on IMDb,any flaws are Regretted.