Reviews of 'Nautanki Saala!'

 Nautanki Saala brings together two of the best comic talents in recent times, Ayushmann Khurana and Kunal Roy Kapur, along with the usually dependable director Rohan Sippy. Evidently you expect nothing but the best from this combo. In the end you aren't sure what has let you down more - your expectations or the film per se.

The story is about a good soul Ram (Ayushmann Khurana) who saves a stranger, Mandar Lele (Kunal Roy Kapur) on the verge of suicide, post his breakup. Ram traces Mandar's ladylove, Nandini (Pooja Salvi) and tries to befriend her so that he can subsequently salvage Mandar's gloomy life. But eventually he falls for Nandini. Between emotions of love and guilt, he is left in a catch-22 situation.


Rohan Sippy's 'Nautanki Saala!', starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Kunal Roy Kapoor, Evelyn Sharma, Pooja Salvi, and Gaelyn Mendoca, is not an overwhelming comic outing....

Both Ayushmann Khurana (in his jovial attitude) and Kunal Roy Kapur (as the gross yet cute simpleton character), in a way, play an extension to what they did in their debut films respectively. Kunal underplays a little too much with his deadpan expressions while Ayushmann's energy doesn't help much either. Both, ham awfully in their drunken scenes. And with the tame script not doing justice to their caliber, you only feel bad for both!

Pooja Salvi, who looks a mix between Hrishita Bhatt and Tanushree Dutta, is average. Gaelyn Mendonca seems more confident but has a shorter role. Evelyn Sharma doesn't get much scope but adds on as a good-looking prop on the stage.

Nautanki Saala is a colloquial term often attributed to someone who is overtly dramatic yet amusing. While the film is thankfully not melodramatic, it isn't much amusing either!