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00:00National award-winning actors Kangana Ranaut and Rajkumar Rao are a diabolical pair in

00:06Judgmental Hai Kya, directed by Prakash Kovulamudi.

00:14This is Manjusha Radhakrishnan from Gulf News Tabloid and I've just been to watch Judgmental

00:19Hai Kya.

00:20Bobby is someone who's quirky and is living with a mental health disorder where she hears

00:26multiple voices in her head.

00:28It's not an easy disease to live with but Kangana Ranaut makes it very, very convincing.

00:34She's so much fun as this odd, quirky, eccentric landlady Bobby Agarwal.

00:40She's a treat to watch.

00:41In fact, raise your hand if you have ever wondered if Kangana Ranaut has lost the plot

00:47or not.

00:48I mean, she's one of these belligerent divas in Bollywood today who headbutts the media,

00:53has an opinion about everything and is brazenly outspoken.

00:57So there are many times where you wonder whether she's gone overboard or not.

01:02This movie doesn't provide you with all the answers but it introduces you to a very lovable

01:07character called Bobby who's wonderfully unhinged.

01:11And then there's Rajkumar Rao, another award-winning actor.

01:15To see both Kangana Ranaut and Rajkumar Rao unite, reunite on the big screen with Judgmental

01:22Hai Kya is a reason enough to go watch this film.

01:25They are a diabolical pair, as I said, and it's almost like they're competing to win

01:31the crown for who's more cuckoo than the other.

01:34Judgmental Hai Kya is a compelling psychological thriller, lays with wit and some smart writing

01:40by Kanika Bilan.

01:41One of the best parts about this movie is that it's powered by some very good performances

01:47by its lead players and its supporting cast.

01:50There is Hussain Bilal, who's amazing.

01:53You can see Bilal's impressive command over his comic timing and his scenes set in a supermarket.

01:59There's Bobby, who's slightly unhinged, she's in a bad mood, she's asking her dispensable

02:04date, played by Hussain Bilal, then why can't he be more like the vegetable potato?

02:10Because according to her, potatoes are very amiable, they go with everything and they're

02:15an easy vegetable to mix with any dish.

02:17What she doesn't realise is that she's prickly as a cactus and is not so amiable but demanding

02:22that out of her partner and a very dispensable date that she uses is hilarious.

02:27The witty scenes between Kangana Ranaut's character and Bilal's character are hilarious

02:32to watch.

02:33This is one of the best examples of a well-cast film, where the lead players are diabolical.

02:38They're so good at what they do, but even the supporting cast is equally good.

02:43Even Jimmy Shergill, who's in a very half-baked part as his drama coach in London, is quite

02:50impressive.

02:51Even with very little, he does his bit to add some life and work into his character.

02:57Before the promotions of this film, all the attention went to Kangana Ranaut because she

03:00had a spat with the Indian media and the Indian journalists and there's a lockdown and boycott

03:05of this actress.

03:07But the actual hero of this film seems to be Rajkumar Rao, who's waiting in the shadows

03:14to shine.

03:15Rajkumar Rao in a scene threatens Kangana Ranaut not to push his buttons because Kangana

03:20Ranaut is this cranky and eccentric landlady who likes to pry into his life, along with

03:25his new wife, played by Amaira Dastoor.

03:29He tells her that don't push his buttons, he can be more psycho than her.

03:33So it's a very interesting scene and a very telling scene, where you're not sure whether

03:38he's actually joking or whether he means business.

03:42This is one of the powers of Rajkumar Rao.

03:44He keeps you second-guessing throughout the film.

03:47The mystery that unravels at the end is very predictable.

03:51You may have smelt it a mile away, but don't give up on these war players.

03:56Another thing that goes for this film is the snappy length.

04:00It's around 150 minutes long and it's just the right length where the thriller does not

04:05seem overstretched or does not seem too bloated.

04:08While the collective acting is splendid, one of the things that let me down is the references

04:13to the Indian mythological text, Ramayana.

04:17There's a twist where the actress, Kandana Ranaut, thinks she is the avenging heroine

04:23Sita in Ramayana.

04:26Those scenes seem very contrived and forced and I did not particularly take to it.

04:31However, it's a small blip in an otherwise enjoyable film.

04:34I've gone with 3.5 out of 5.

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