Angrezi Medium Movie Review
Angrezi Medium Movie Review
Angrezi Medium Movie Review
Cast & Crew: Produced by Dinesh Vijan & Jyoti Deshpande, Directed by Homi
Adajania, Starring – Irrfan Khan, Radhika Madan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepak Dobriyal,
Dimple Kapadia, Ranvir Shorey, Pankaj Tripathi, Kiku Sharda and others.
It is an education based film, a sequel to the 2017 hit, Saket Chaudhary’s ‘Hindi Medium’,
which also starred by Irrfan Khan. In this film ‘Angrezi Medium’, Champak Bansal (Irrfan
Khan) is a sweet shop owner named “The First Original Ghasiteram Mishthan Bhandar” at
Udaipur in Rajasthan. He is inevitably pulled in contrary directions, whenever he has to
make an important decision. Here, he is a single parent, raising his daughter, Tarika (Radhika
Madan), who is at the cusp of turning 18. Tarika was an average student, wants to study in
‘Truford University, London’. Champak never wants to leave Tarika alone in abroad but, she
was desperate as she secured 85% marks and gets a seat in the said university on merit
basis. Then, Champak’s inadvertent words and actions jeopardise her future, prompting him
to promise her that he will do all it takes to ensure that she makes it to London.
Champak’s brother Gopi (Deepak Dobriyal) Bansal, who is also a sweet shop owner and
though both have lot of love for each other, they are also involved in a legal tussle, both are
claiming to be the original shop running since generations.
The first half, which is focused on the father-daughter bond, breezes by smoothly. The
problem starts in the second half, where logic is thrown under the bus and left to die.
Champak and Gopi get deported for inane reasons. And while their attempts to get back to
London, both real and imagined, are hilarious, their antics derail the main theme of the film.
From being a father-daughter film, it becomes a Marx Brothers kind of comedy. Pankaj
Tripathi acted the role Tony, an effeminate travel agent in Dubai, who help Champak and
Gopi to reach London. And Ranvir Shorey acted as Bablu, who is a childhood friend of them,
living in UK with some criminal records behind. Tony and Bablu acted in this film nothing but
catalyst.
Kareena Kapoor Khan makes the most of her role as Naina Kohli, a boiled-cop and Dimple
Kapadia delivers a fine performance as her widow mother, Mrs. Kohli, who is the first friend
of Champak and Gopi in London.
“Knock karke aana tha naa (Should’ve knocked before entering)”, Tarika rebukes her father
on one scene. As Champak fumbles for a comeback, he is filled with genuine embarrassment
and regret, swiftly closing the door behind him. Champak wants to inform her that, he could
fetch the admission fee. In the last scene, finally Tarika could realise her father’s emotion
and would be ashamed for what she had done, and vowed to return in her mother-land.
There is a lot of judgement in this film, but none in Irrfan’s performance.
The plot is scattered but, rarely out of breath. After several memorable but, limited roles.
The entire bandwidth of Deepak Dobriyal is there for people to see. The screenplay does not
live up to the expectations. Homi Adajani’s direction is decent. Kareena looks lost in her solo
Hot Fuzz act, and this ic clearly a setup for future films. Whether those films will retain the
flavour and crust of ‘Hindi Medium’ is a different question. A good comedy drama it is, all
age people can watch together.
Rating: 3.5/5