Phillauri is a supernatural comedy where a man gets stuck with a friendly spirit after he is made to marry a tree. Here is our Phillauri movie review. Phillauri Cast: Anushka Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh, Suraj Sharma, Mehreen Pirzada

Phillauri’s concept is good and novel. But the delivery is what North Indians call KLPD. The climactic payoff at the end comes way too easily. It’s just lazy writing after a point. If only Shashi emerged in the writer’s room before filming began and smacked some imagination into Anvita Dutt’s head.

A ‘desi munda’, living in Kaneda, landing back in Punjab for ‘kudmaai’ and ‘shaadi’. H is childhood sweetheart , who has been counting the hours to their nuptials . And a bewildered female ghost who fetches up just when the festivities get underway: these three characters make up Phillauri’s opening act, which see-saws between being mildly amusing and enervating. Phillaur is a rural outpost in Punjab, where the ghost used to live nearly a century ago. As a comely human, of course. Shashi (Anushka Sharma) is an obedient younger sister of a man who is a martinet. He keeps her under strict watch,
unaware that she writes poetry, and is slowly being charmed by a local ‘gawaiyaa’ (Diljit Dosanjh) who is willing to mend his loutish ways for the love of a good woman.

When Phillauri, which goes back and forth in time — the present is taken up by the reluctant groom (Suraj Sharma), the growing distress of the pretty bride (Mehreen Peerzada), and the constantly hovering ghost; the past gives us the love story of Phillaur’s poet and singer — stays with Dosanjh and his fumbling, kindling feelings for his Phillauri, the film sparks to life. In the rest, it is slack.The pacing is not just languid, it is positively slow, and it allows scenes to go on for much longer than they should.

Anushka Sharma is good, but not as good as she can be, and that too only in bits and pieces. A lovely song — ‘dam dam dam hai dua sau pankh lagaa tere naam ke’– which features her and Dosanjh, made me sigh. With pleasure. As a romantic interlude between two adults, it is the beating heart of ‘Phillauri’.

Source: indianexpress.com