‘Fryday’ Film Review: Undeserving Film For Vintage Govinda

Abhishek Dogra’s Fryday, based on a story by Rajeev Kaul and Manu Rishi Chadha’s screenplay, stars Govinda as popular theatre actor Gagan Kapoor. Gagan is well-versed in the art of improvisation, which helps when Rajeev (Varun Sharma) lands up at his doorstep to sell him a water purifier just as he is preparing to get it on with his lover Bindu (Digangana Suryavanshi).

The movie is set in Delhi, and is filled with brusqueness and earthy jokes. Some of the humour lands on target, especially in the scenes with Govinda and Varun Sharma. Fryday feels like a play or a low-budget television film at all times, but at least some attention has been paid to the banter.  There's one punchline which had everyone laughing and that's Govinda hitting us with the harsh truth - Chucha, oops! Rajiv exclaims to Gagan that he should win an Oscar for lying. In return Gagan says, "Oscar? Pehle National toh mil jaaye!" 

Performance-wise, as mentioned above, it is Govinda who is the scene stealer here. This is the kind of performance that we all love him for. He looks good, younger and nails it. Varun Sharma acts well and tries hard but writing fails him. He is only funny in bits. But his chemistry with Govinda is amazing. Prabhleen Sandhu is natural and looks beautiful but has nothing much to do. Rajesh Sharma is wasted. Sanjai Mishra fails to leave an impact in his cameo. Brijendra Kala is a riot. He is the only one apart from Govinda who brings the house down with his antics.

For the most part, FryDay is loud and unfunny and it is Govinda and Brijendra Kala who are its sole saving grace. Fryday isn’t quite a comeback for Govinda, but it will have to do for his extant fanbase.

Varun Sharma