Ferrari Ki Sawaaribears New Hindhi movie

Director: Rajesh Mapuskar 
Cast: Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Ritvik Sahore, Nilesh Divekar, Deepak Shirke, Satyadeep Mishra
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We have here a Rajkumar Hirani film that the director didn't make. Every twist about Ferrari Ki Sawaaribears the Hirani trademark and logically so.

The filmmaker co-wrote this script and also penned its dialogues that bring back the good-natured humour of the two Munna Bhai flicks and 3 Idiots.

Ferrari Ki Sawaari takes us back to Planet Hirani, where even evil is basically nice. It's a world where the hero doggedly defines innocence and does a wrong turn only by chance.

The baddies can't quite mess with goodness no matter what they do, and a tearduct-friendly finalé will see a large group of people coming together to root for the hero (recall the college Q&A session in Munna Bhai MBBS or the FM radio/shaadi climax of Lage Raho Munna Bhai).

Debutant director Rajesh Mapuskar doesn't break the formula. Being Hirani's associate director on 3 Idiots and Lage Raho... obviously rubbed off on his cinematic sense.

Sharman Joshi bears the underdog mantle in this film that tries mixing cricket, Ferrari and the middle class dream as a saleable combo. He plays Rustom, head clerk at the RTO office and a widower.

Rustom's life centres around his little boy Kayo (Ritvik Sahore), a cricket champ in the making. Kayo's grandpa (Boman Irani) is cynical about the boy's merit. The grumpy old man would prefer his grandson focussed on homework.

Sharman's non-starry image makes him a perfect choice for Rustom - always harried, yet always ebullient about life. The opening portions set up a feel-good picture of the grandpa-son-grandson equation. Things come to life when Kayo takes to the cricket field to show he has what it takes.

The boy is selected for a special camp at the Lord's. The dad needs a lakh-and-half to send him to London. A wedding planner he knows could give him the money but there's a catch.

She thinks Rustom could use his household's 'cricketing connections' to help her borrow Sachin Tendulkar's red Ferrari - since it's the only one of its kind in Mumbai - for the wedding of a goon-turned-politician's son.

What follows is classic Hirani brainwork. Old-school values mix with feel-good vibes to keep the screenplay moving. Ferrari Ki Sawaari ends exactly as you would wish it to, celebrating the small man's right to dream big.

Boman Irani walks away with the acting honours. As always he is the deceptively detestable guy, till a plot spin makes you realise he isn't all that bad. Ritvik Sahore makes his mark too, believable as the child prodigy who is mature beyond his years.

Vidya Balan's item jig it adds some energy to the script. Ferrari Ki Sawaari is a cute ride for a family evening out.