Bareilly Ki Barfi: Soft & sweet like a barfi
Cast: Kriti Sanon, Rajkummar Rao, Ayushmann Khurrana, Pankaj Tripathi, Seema Pahwa Rated: 7.5/10 Just like a good barfi , this film is soft, sweet and flavourful. The endearing small-town nuances, ambience and behaviours are beautifully captured by director Ashwany Iyer Tiwari who makes a two-bit romance between a two-bit boy and girl into a wholesome, unhurried entertainer. Bareilly Ki Barfi (BKB) is Tiwari’s second tier-III town movie after she debuted with the acclaimed and interesting Nil Battey Sannata (NBS). While Kriti Sanon is the centrepiece of BKB, Swara Bhaskar shaped NBS. Sanon is a bindass Bareilly ki chhori and plays out her role with gumption and allure. As the small town rebel who loves English movies without knowing much of the language, steals her father’s cigarettes to smoke secretly, takes pillion rides with strangers and pretty much does her own thing till it comes to marriage (o...