I had been reading all these fab reviews of Vicky Donor and I was very curious. I actually thought it must have been funded by the Fertility doctors of India Association. With all its emphasis on sperm donors, I thought the message being rammed was a bit excessive. Felt as if Aamir Khan was promoting something.
The movie had some delightful characters, especially the mom and grand mom of the protagonist. Annu Kapoor showed once again how underutilized he is in Bollywood. The setting of the movie, the Lajpat Nagar vs CR Park was too good, although I do wish somebody finally shows that some culture other than the Punju prevails. It is sickening to see as if the only culture worth emulating is the loud Punju song and dance and the other ways of life are staid and boring and not worth practicing.
The movie also seemed to be celebrating the "male" all through. The lead had to be an "innocent divorcee". Hindi movies still cannot seem to get away from the virginal image of the heroine. For all the hero's seeming acceptance of the heroine as she is, the plot still had to be twisted to ensure compliance to all Hindi movie norms. The lead pair could only adopt a baby who was born from the protagonist's sperm. That seemed quite regressive especially when the views of the grandmother in the movie were so progressive. Also wish that the movie showed the natural progression in the interest that Annu Kapoor has for the protagonist's Mom.
As with so many movies, it seemed to be on the right track, before somebody in the interests of the commercial viability of the movie derailed the script. Still, despite the derailing, an interesting movie and maybe shows some respect for the audience's maturity.
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