Nautanki Saala!

Score 7/10 Director Mr. Rohan Sippy has done good work. He has taken the script one level ahead by adding very fine nuances through visuals. Story is linear but screenplay gives it new dimensions. Screenplay is full of metaphors. Screenplay has some minus points also, i.e., a person dedicated to theater, why did he force and manipulate to cast a duffer, who could have ruined the show. After all considering the merits such type of minuses should be ignored. Dialogues are very good. Writing credit goes to Rohan Sippy, Nipun Dharmadhikari and Charudutt Acharya. Love and comedy are blended very well so you can feel the both emotions in maximum number of scenes. Climax is light and good. Performance wise Ayushman Khuran as Ram Parmar is impressive. Kunal Roy Kapoor as Mandar Leleis fine. Pooja Salvi as Nandini is good. Gaelyn Mendonca as Chitra is OK. An actor who played the character of producer of drama company is very good. Music by Mikey Mccleary supports the film well.Especially love tracks are soothing.

Nautanki Saala! was a thoroughly enjoyable movie, from beginning to end. The first half is hilarious and the audience was laughing uncontrollably. The second half becomes a little more serious, but the story of the three main characters is artfully interwoven throughout. The dialog is witty and the acting was superb -- I was particularly impressed with the lead actor, Ayushmann Khurrana, whose range of expression and detail to the nuances of his character was on full display. Kunaal Roy Kapur was lovable and is comical with his goofy, aloof look. Finally, Pooja Salvi starts a little slow but grows into her role progressively and delivers a powerful flourish at the end.

In short: watch the movie, you will not be disappointed. You will identify with the characters, you will laugh at their banter, and you will appreciate the creativity and imagination of the storyline.

P.S. This is the kind of movie you would want to watch with your partner or your friends, since some of the "romantic" scenes are not conducive to parent-child watching.

This was Ayushmann Khurana's second film released way back in 2013.

There are some genuinely hilarious sequences in this film and most of them are from the 1st half which is breezy and fun. However, it's the 2nd half that completely ruins the film thanks to being boring and stretched .

The film available on hotstar has several censors and weird cuts making the experience poor.

Songs are the USP of this film. Back in 2013, i fell in love with the songs of this film especially the ones sung by the lead himself.

Ayushmann khurana had played a stage actor character in Dream Girl too and even in this film. The female leads of this film have absolutely nothing to do other than be the candies for male, especially Pooja Salvi . Kunal Roy Kapoor is the best of the lot he brings in the maximum laughs, along with that south Indian stage actor.

One time watch. Could have been more better executed and edited in the 2nd half.

Very very surprised by the poor reviews. Just goes to show that subtlety is much too undervalued these days. Just LOVED this film. A comedy that doesn't depend on slapstick/ fart jokes and the likes.

Sure, the story is quite predictable, but its the smaller things that make the film stand out... the sign board on Mandar's gate, Mandar greeting King Janak in the drama with a 'HI'& Janak responding and realizing his folly and trying to correct, RP refusing to support Loli's claim that things happen between men & women, RP's justification by using the 'profile' test, and many many more.

Performances are all above average but its the use of music in this film that shines through. The songs don't feel forced and take the story forward.

The support cast including Sanjeev bhatt as Chandra and Sulabha Arya as Aaji were fantastic. All in all a complete entertainer that left me wanting for more.

I saw Nautanki Saala around 6 years back and I liked it then, so much so that I saw it again today when I personally believe I have a much better capability to appreciate a well made film.

The movie is far from perfect, but attains its targets by being a really different romantic comedy buffed up by amazing performances by all the actors involved. Apart from a bit irritating characters like the producer of the theater and the girlfriend of Ayushmann, the movie holds pretty good over the audience.

The sad part really is that such movies are often box office failures, despite being much more reality driven compared to some blockbuster flicks.