Finding Fanny
reveiw by
ANIZ FILMVALA
*****
Winsome but
bewildering ‘Finding Fanny’ Homi Adajania’s trip to a lunatic world of loners
carving niche for themselves. Five people and one destination – LOVE.
In a small place
Pocolim a village in Goa Ferdie [Naseeruddin Shah] receives a letter which was
undelivered to one Stefanie Fernandes [Fanny] 46 years ago on which he had
proposed to her but had assumed being rejected for these many years, thus living
down in the dumps. Angie [Deepika Padukone] a virgin widow living in the neibgourhood
with her loathsome mother-in-law Rosie [Dimple Kapadia] persuade Ferdie to find
fanny and propose her back again.
Angie who has a
lost love tale with a pungent mechanic [Arjun Kapoor] convinces him to drive
and borrow the vintage car from a quarrelsome and lusting artist Pedro [Pankaj
Kapur] who superfluously joins them for the journey.
A chaotic five some engage into amusing events on the journey that alters their lives to different level perpetually. Will Ferdie get her lost love back; 100 minutes of a fairy tale storytelling will rekindle emotions in you and the joy of watching the veterans give their best performance.
Dimple Kapadia with
her goan lingo is riotous and Pankaj Kapur’s lust is explicit with full
conviction.
Deepika Padukone
shines in her quintessential magnificence looks and bold talent, she outshines
the inferiority of the films weakness of over indulgence in a western format.
Cast
Naseeruddin Shah as Ferdie
Dimple Kapadia as Rosie
Pankaj Kapur as Don Pedro
Deepika Padukone as Angie
Arjun Kapoor as Savio Da Gama
Anjali Patil as Stefanie "Fanny"
Fernandes
