Movie Name	102 Not Out
Movie Rating	3/5
Movie Cast	Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor
Director	Umesh Shukla
Music Director	Shantanu Moitra
Production Company	A. R. Rahman, Salim–Sulaiman, George Joseph
Release Date	May 4, 2018

Multi Starrers are so common in Bollywood and actors never hesitate to play the role if they find the given interesting and the subject promising. Many actors in the past has done that and achieved box office success. Two senior most stars are coming together for a comedy yet emotional film which is directed by Umesh Shukla, who directed Oh My God, previously. He is again inspired by a play after Oh My god and the two stars Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor are coming together for this film after some odd twenty years and this combo and promos have already created enough ripples in the curious minds of movie buffs and let’s see how it works on us as it is released into theatres today.

Story

Dattatreya Vakharia (Amitabh Bachchan) is a old man who is in a motive to outlive the longest living man and get the record on his name. To do so, he seems it uninteresting and uninspiring to live around boring, sad and somber people like his own son Babulal Vakharia (Rishi Kapoor) who is 75 years old. To get rid of those negative and boring moments Dattatreya Vakharia decides to send his son to an old age home. But Babulal Vakharia is unfit to adjust in any place than his home and he gets challenged to be in his home. How he is back in his home? Is the motive of Dattatreya Vakharia fulfilled?

Cast and Performance

Amitabh Bachchan, as Dattatreya Vakharia is fantabulous. He is so funny and also emotional when time comes. He carried the shades and emotions of his role so effortlessly that we find it very difficult to imagine some other actor in the role. Rishi Kapoor as Babulal is more of a serious kind of and he too is superb in his role. The father-son duo has worked out very well. All other actors performed according to their given roles.

Writing Department

Story of 102 Not Out is simple and an emotional one. Screenplay is well written so as dialogues.

Technical Departments

Songs composed by Salim-Sulaiman are good to hear. The background score of this movie is much effective and it elevated the emotions well. Cinematography by Lakshman Utekar is nice and editing by Bodhaditya Banarjee clearly helped the movie and it’s pace. Art department has done good job and production values are rich.

Highlights

Amitabh and Rishi Kapoor Duo
Funny sequences
Emotional moments
Music

Minus

Second half

Verdict

102 Not Out is a film that happens between generations i.e. father and a son. What happens when a father who is as young as a kid in mind meet a son who is full of outdated and conservative mindset. Director Umesh Shukla who is inspired by a play written by Saumya Joshi focussed more on entertainment and emotions. He had not opted for some out of the box moments or unique ideas to carry the emotion rather he just stick to the same old way of portraying emotions and he succeeded well to a good extent having two of the best actors to play the two most important characters. He handled the first half too good and he loses his touch in the second half where it slows down to some extent and also the scenes/dialogues become preachy. Umesh Shukla opted to make audience connect to the emotion and also he made sure that the scenes offer humor. The best thing about the movie is entertainment it offers with ever young Amitabh Bachchan and serious actor Rishi Kapoor. To sum up, 102 not out is what it’s trailer offers which is more entertainment and much more emotions which also carry subtle meanings.

Even after 27 years the legendary duo have created magic and cast a spell on Bollywood and critics alike with their incredible acting talent and camaraderie. Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor’s 102 Not Out has been garnering a fantastic response from the Bollywood Industry!

With an interesting narrative, strong emotions, fascinating background score, stupendous performances and quirky dialogues, 102 Not Out will surely make for the first choice for cinegoers among the other releases this week.

Director Umesh Shukla says, “We are elated to present 102 Not Out to the audience and the overwhelming response from the industry and fans has only made the journey more worthwhile. The word of mouth is good and we are positive it will only grow here onwards.”

At a special screening Bollywood celebrities came with their families to watch the film. Ranbir Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishawarya Rai Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan’s mom Indira Bhaduri, Kunal Kapoor, R Balki, Vidu Vinod Chopra were present at the screening. Bollywood is absolutely raving about the film!

Here are some of the reviews:

Rajkumar Hirani:

It’s a very sweet charming film. We’ve grown watching them together in many films earlier. It was absolutely wonderful to see them together again and they both were fabulous.

Hema Malini:

102 Not Out is a very different film… very interesting, and two great actors here are performing at their best.

Kartik Aaryan:

I love the film. The kind of relationship and the bond between Amitabh sir and Rishiji in the film is amazing. It’s a very well written film. After so long, you have a family film jis mein aapko kaafi relationship ke baare mein, ek father-son waali relationship ke baare mein usko relish karne ka ek film mein entertaining aur thoda sa emotional way mein dikhaya jaa raha hai. I am in love with the film. Umesh Shukla sir ka bahut bada fan hu. It’s an amazing film

Ishaan Khatter:

I am absolutely elated to be here. This is such a wonderful film. Of course, this is a coming together of stalwarts like Amitji and Rishi Saab after years. It is inspiring on so many levels and i think the most winning thing about the film is the subject. It’s beautiful and i’m elated to be here.

Taapsee Pannu:

I’ve just been so lucky and blessed to work with both of them first of all. So this film was definitely in my must watch list. Of course it will leave you in tears and joy when you leave the theaters. I am just so so proud of myself that I got to work with them and so lucky that I got to see the both of them on screen like I couldn’t see Amar Akbar Anthony but at least I could see this film in theatre and I’m just happy about that. I really wish the audiences and I think that you should not miss this opportunity, just do a favor and watch it on the 4th of May.

Brad Hogg:

What a movie! Big B had a fantastic performance. I think what we’ll all get out of it is you should respect your family. It was a great movie. Really enjoyed it. Thank you for having me here.

102 Not Out’, A Sony Pictures Releasing International Presentation and worldwide distribution, is produced by SPE Films India, Treetop Entertainment and Benchmark Pictures. The film releases on 4th May, 2018.