Ferrari Ki Sawari : A Delightful Ride

The pleasure of a morning show is in watching a film without knowing much about it and being ready to be surprised and it gets doubled when you catch a movie like Ferrari Ki Sawari which is a delightful film about the dreams of the bourgeois and their travails in continuing to dream and achieve.

This is a positive film that banks on the inherent goodness in people with no negative characters except that of Paresh Rawal in a cameo which thank fully does not take much screen time. The comedy is situational with everyone facing situations that require them to act out of character and as such this is a screenwriter’s delight. The writing is the real hero here as there was never a dull moment in the narrative as it progressively puts the protagonists into engaging conflicts and resolves them with finesse only to let them face more. Even the sub plots are written into the film rather than around it and every pay off when it comes was satisfying. This is a film that should win the highest accolades for screenwriting.

The ensemble cast ensures that the acting is top notch all the way with Boman and the kid walking away with honors. Sharman Joshi plays the middle class head clerk with a smile perpetually etched on his face with conviction and the actress who played the cantankerous woman who promises a Ferrari to a local politician was also brilliant in her role.

It is a brave decision on the part of Vidhu Vinod Chopra to make this film, which does not have any female lead, and only an item song with Vidya Balan in a saree but Neeraj Vora’s script is so perfect that more than half the battles were won before they actually had to start shooting. One minor squabble I had with the film was that Boman acts drunk (or was it just me feeling so) through out the film when he actually only eats Moong-Phali watching television.

Rajesh Mapuskar works effectively and skillfully with what he has in hand and he never tried to dramatize nor exaggerate the situations than what was required. The music complements the upbeat mood of the story and the film ends on a high while making you smile, shed a tear or two, and root for the characters in general along the way. What else do you need to know to watch this film this weekend?

And no. Sachin Tendulkar does not debut on screen.