Poster Boys

POSTER BOYS is the story of three men whose lives turn upside down for no fault of theirs. Vinay Sharma (Bobby Deol) is a docile school teacher, Arjun Singh (Shreyas Talpade) is an over enthusiastic school teacher while Jagaavar Chaudhary (Sunny Deol) is the explosive but also well-mannered retired army officer. They reside in a village called Jangheti and one day, they find their pictures on a poster promoting vasectomy. They are immediately ridiculed and the trio try their best to convince their near and dear ones that they haven't undergone the procedure and that their pictures have been wrongly used. They decide to take on the system to avenge the humiliation that they suffered. What happens next and whether they get justice forms the rest of the film.

POSTER BOYS doesn't start on a great note. The beginning portions are stretched, with the family members and acquaintances ridiculing the trio but not telling them the reason for the same. Also the TV style flashback portions look poor. The film picks up when the trio meet each other at the bridge. From here, the film turns into a fairly entertaining ride right till the end with no dull moment anywhere. A Few scenes stand out like Jagaavar stopping Arjun and Vinay from fighting, the trio going to local health office, the interval point, Jagaavar getting a call from Riya (Tripti Dimri) at midnight, Jagaavar and Vinay fooling the doctor (Ashwini Kalsekar) etc. The climax is quite exciting and it's praiseworthy how the makers have managed to seamlessly add a social message into the narrative.

Shreyas Talpade's story is novel and makes for an entertaining film. Bunty Rathore and Paritosh Painter's screenplay is effective overall, despite an average beginning. The fun element never stops and that is quite a feat. Bunty Rathore and Paritosh Painter's dialogues are hilarious and witty and one of the highpoints of the film. Shreyas Talpade's direction is quite good and he makes a great directorial debut. He ensures the subject isn't dumbed down and that audiences aren't taken for granted. Also, the way he and his team has made references to Deol brothers' earlier films like DAMINI, SOLDIER etc. is quite smartly done.

Poster Boys is a comedy film directed by Shreyas Talpade in his directorial debut. The film stars Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Shreyas Talpade, Sonali Kulkarni, Samikssha Batnagar and Tripti Dimri.

Three men land in a mess when their pictures get published in a vasectomy advertisement. They rebel against the system after their friends and relatives humiliate them.

After watching this film i have to admit that this film has a superb plot which got ruined by novice approach of the debutant director Shreyas Talpade, there is no doubt that he is a fantastic actor but as a director he still has lots of room for improvement.

The plot of the film is good and the execution is average, the jokes and punch lines were stale and most of the jokes fails make you laugh although some of the jokes were fantastic.

Screenplay of the film is decent and could've been more crisped, here again we saw the amateurish approach by the director.

Acting in the film is good but it's high time that film makers should stop projecting Sunny Deol as superman or he-man as it has started looking mediocre, barring few scenes Sunny Deol was good, Bobby Deol was little disappointing, Shreyas Talpade never disappoints when it comes to comedy. Sonali Kulkarni was wasted. Samikssha Batnagar and Tripti Dimri were below average.

BGM music of the film is terrible and the funny background sound is annoying and mediocre. Songs were average to bad. Climax of the film again disappoints a little as it seems that the makers were in a very much hurry to end the film.

Overall a potential plot wasted due to the novice approach of the director but still can be watched once.

Had a great time watching this film with my family. We couldn't stop laughing. Just what was needed on a Sunday evening.

Great job. Light hearted, good script, funny jokes and references and very good performances.

Good job from the first time director too. Both behind and in front of the camera.

Throughly enjoyable. Don't think about it too much and just enjoy it for what it is.

POSTER BOYS REVIEW : I have already watched Marathi version of Poster Boys multiple times on TV and liked it so obviously i was not expecting much from the Hindi version. But despite being predictable for me, film did not disappoint at all. From the Beginning till the end film doesn't lose the grip so it end up as a Decent One Time Watch. If i compare it with the marathi film then there will be so many minuses but i think it would be unfair so let it remain individual film and let me talk about it.

Performances of 3 lead male stars lifts the tempo of the film. Sunny Deol is massy, loudy so does lovable in his most lovable avatar. Bobby plays a decent and gentleman's characters so this one doesn't impress much. Shreyas is playing a Tapori character and may be that is why he looks different from Deols and connects well with the audience. Music is below average and thankfully there are No useless songs in a film except the beginning credit song in which Elli Avram skin show is eye pleasing for masses. Screenplay is tight, no useless scenes, it is sticked to the content strictly that's why film doesn't go off track for a minute. Direction wise Shreyas doesn't show something new but still it looked good because he had strong script in hands so there's no need to do much. And thankfully he did not try anything and did not try to disturb the main theme of the film. Dialogues are catchy, some PJs are hilarious such as Sunny Deol's famous dialogues, Soldier's ringtone and many more.

Overall, Poster Boys is a Decent and watchful film with mixture of Good and realistic script, Comedy, few massy scenes and above all there's a Social message in climax. So go for this one, if you have not seen the Marathi version then you'll like it very much and even if you have watched the marathi version still film won't disappoint you. I give 6/10* to this Well made, Well crafted, Social Comedy flick.

Fast paced, stays relevant throughout, laughtriot Fully enjoyed it