Movie review- Shirin Farhad ki toh..

‘Shirin Farhad ki toh…’ is a sweet, soft movie that can only be enjoyed by those seeking some light-hearted comedy, and a bit of a drama. There are no high-flung action scenes, nor there hot romantic scenes (You cannot expect hot romantic scenes in any case with Farha and Boman playing the romantic pair!). There is an appropriate dose of comedy, and with Boman you can expect the comedy to be convincing. But there is a lot of toilet humor as well..you know, farts and all..some even worse stuff so all those who find it ‘ugh’ should be prepared for the ugh..what with Boman running around with the hospital bed-pan full of Farha’s S**T (No, not the reels of Tees maar Khan).

The story is set-up in a Parsi back-ground with every character being Parsi, except a few policemen who were heard speaking Marathi. Boman (Farhad) is a 45 year old single, never married Parsi ‘chhokra’ who is a salesman in ‘Tem Tem’ Bra and panty store (Now how can a full-fledged store sell only bras and panties? A road-side shack is understandable but a store? But indeed the whole store is shown to be stacked with rows and rows of the stuff). Boman isn’t getting a bride for marriage, as is the problem with the community because of the dwindling Parsi population. His mom (played very convincingly by Daisy Irani) is after him to find a girl. All attempts to get him a Parsi girl through arranged matrimony fails because Boman is very honest and every time he blurts out his profession as a bra-panty salesman and other family things that people would otherwise keep to themselves. This turns off all prospective brides. He is very dejected when he accidentally meets Farha (Shirin) in his store who has come to buy a bra. They soon come to like each other but the twist is in the fact that Farha is the secretary in the Parsi trust office, and she has demolished an illegal water tank in Boman’s house built by his late father and so dear to his mom (How can a water tank be so dear. A complete house is understandable, but a water tank?) Anyway, when Boman’s mom discovers that Farha is the one who demolished her tank, she turns dead against Boman’s and Farha’s marriage. Add to that the fact that Farha has a father who has been in coma for many years and she since she has to take care of him, she cannot leave her home after the marriage and hence Boman must become a ‘ghar Jamai’.  The story is about what happens to this pair finally and how.

Boman is a seasoned actor and one of my favorites (His best for me is easily Khurana’s character in Khosla ka Ghosla), and he has done his part extremely well in this movie. And since he is a Parsi himself, he didn’t really need to ‘play’ the part- it came naturally to him. Farha has hopped from being a choreographer to being a producer, director and now acting. She has done her part well too, but her inexperience in acting skills show clearly during the movie.

My rating: 2.5 on 5