Fer Mamla Gadbad Gadbad

Fer Mamla Gadbad Gadbad is a light-hearted entertainer with several twists and turns in the storyline. This is one movie, which doesn’t simply rely on the dialogues but has a story to tell as well. However, the dragged and sluggish screenplay makes it far less entertaining than what it should have ideally been.

The film boasts of a great start, with Roshan Prince making a smashing entry while B.N. Sharma, Karamjit Anmol, Shivender Mahal  and Hobby dhaliwal’s characters also getting in charge. We soon get a feel that we are heading towards an engaging and fun-filled entertainer however, Fer Mamla Gadbad Gadbad gets repetitive and tedious after a point. Although the director and story writer (Rimpy Prince) makes sure that the story doesn’t go haywire and unlike many Punjabi comedy films, this movie doesn’t leave any ends open either, however, too much dialogues and punches don’t quite suit this kind of film beyond a point.

 

Fer Mamla Gadbad Gadbad is a triangle love story with principal characters being Jassi (Roshan Prince), Geet (Japji Khaira) and Roop (Bhanushree Mehra). Jassi is an aspiring actor and film producer. In order to realize his dreams and marry the love of his life, Roop, he starts doing immoral activities like, playing a fake lover to break someone’s marriage in lieu of money. During one such ‘drama’, he ends up breaking the marriage of ‘Geet’ (Japji Khaira) and getting married to her forcefully by the village community. So, finally he’s left with two girls in his life. Will he end up with his love or his unexpected life partner?

Rimpy Prince tries his best to make the film appear as logical as possible. The film has quite a few entertaining moments like, Roshan Prince’s entry and dialogues when he visits Japji’s house for the first time, to break her marriage. All the scenes involving his ‘forced marriage’ in the village are exhilarating. But the irresistible habit of Punjabi film writers to usher a flood of one-liners and punches one after the other, somewhere reduce the impact of the emotional moments. A lot of dialogues were totally not needed and a crisper screenplay would’ve definitely served better. 

Talking about performances, Roshan Prince, has shown that he has the potential to compete with the industry’s best. He’s definitely above all those who made a debut in commercial Punjabi cinema this year. He is charming and his act is balanced. No where does he goes out of the character. Japji Khaira suits the role of a rural girl but her makeup and dresses and not to mention, her ‘totally-uncalled-for’ item song let her down. Bhanushree Mehra makes a strong Ballewood debut. She acts well, looks good and carries her part really elegantly throughout the movie. In fact her and Roshan Prince’s pairing looks far better than Japji’s and Roshan’s. B.N. Sharma who plays an effeminate character named ‘Pooja’ is awesome. 

This film would’ve lacked a lot of fun had B.N. Sharma not been at his best. Rana Ranbir’s character on the other hand is too irritating as the stammering “Rambo”. His fans would surely be disappointed after having seen him in Jatt and Juliet as “Shampy”. Karamjit Anmol is hilarious like always. Other senior actors like, Shivender Mahal, Hobby Dhaliwal, Rana Jungbahadur and Surinder Sharma put their best foot forward. 

Music by Jaggi Singh is decent. “Dil De Varke” and the one sung by Kamal Khan are especially melodious. Lakk Gadvi warga, which gets featured in the movie right after an emotional moment between Geet and Jassi, is outrageous. 

On the whole, Fer Mamla Gadbad Gadbad has splendid performances by its lead cast and a good emotional storyline, however, had the editing been tighter, and dialogues lesser, the movie could’ve turned out to be a real good entertainer.