45 min plot stretched to 2 hr 45 min movie

Okay so, this is basically about a girl has two guy best friends. A love triangle without sparks.So Nauti (Shradhha Kapoor) has two friends SK (Shahid Kapoor) a lawyer and Tripathi (Divyendu Sharma) owner of small time printing press. Long story short, she decides to date both of them to decide who to marry. But SK finds out who is heartbroken. /things then move on to an electricity company charging hefty bills and SK taking up to fighting the case. This is exactly what happens throughout the movie. A script with absolutely nothing to hold on to; the story is not inspiring neither is it engaging. The forced love angle only mess things up and the ultimate hero to rescue is something we keep watching over and again.The movie seems like a drag when all that is happening is just as explained above but just being a drag. I would give it a 2.5 stars.

Batti Gul Meter Chalu is a film which focuses on a very relevant issue of high electricity rates and the corruption that it involves. The topic chosen by Shree Narayan Singh is indeed a good one, but the film fails to make an impact by refusing to cut to the chase. The first half of the film is entirely devoted to Shahid and Shraddha’s romantic angle and on the camaraderie between the three friends SK (Shahid Kapoor), Nauti (Sharddha Kapoor) and Tripathi (Divyendu Sharma), making the film too predictable and a bit dragged.It is the second half, in which the real issue is highlighted. Shahid Kapoor is to be given credit for making the later half edgy and dramatic. His monologue in the climax was impressive and was the icing on the cake. Shraddha and Yami (lawyer) fail to leave a mark.

An interesting story, a relevant social issue and a decent cast gets overshadowed by weak script, stretchy running time and unnecessary screenplay.SK (Shahid Kapoor), Nauti (Shraddha Kapoor) and Tripathi (Divyendu Sharma) are childhood best friends from a town called Tehri in Uttarakhand. SK is a lawyer by profession who earns money by blackmailing businessmen while Nauti is a fashion designer. Tripathi wanted to do his own business and so he did. He opens a small printing press but is shocked to receive an electricity bill of 1.5 lakhs. The bill becomes humongous in the following months. Seeing no way out of this pandemonium, Tripathi commits suicide. The incident brings a shift in SK’s character and he decides to fight against the Privatised electricty company. Whether he wins the case or not is for the audience to see. The film also has Yami Gautam in a short role playing the role of a lawyer against SK.After Toilet- Ek Prem Katha, Shree Narayan Singh brings yet another film focusing on a social issue which is quite pertinent in the society. The film surely has an interesting story to tell and an important issue to bring forth but the impact lessens with such a long running time. Basically, the story could’ve been told with a much greater impact in crisp manner but it went on for too long to maintain interest.The real problem lied in the first half. The film took way too much time to build to its main issue. There was unnecessary screen time given to display the bonding between the three friends and the love triangle. The audience had to wait for almost half of the film to watch what they came for. It seemed like the film mixed up two genres in one- a rom- com in first half and a social issue in second.It was after Tripathi’s suicide that the film gets to its crux and focuses on what it was meant for.Shahid Kapoor has surely left us impressed with his performance. His screen presence is splendid and he does total justice to the character of S.K. Shraddha Kapoor too did well with her role of a young small town chirpy girl. It’s her second outing after Stree in two months and it is heartening to see her performance getting better with each film.The film is shot in some beautiful picturesque locations that makes it a visual delight.The background score by Anu Malik, Rochak Kohli, Sachet-Parampara was well done too.Overall, the film displayed a lot of potential but unfortunately couldn’t live upto the same.

This is one of those movies where you walk in with no expectations and end up actually liking it. Set in Uttarakhand, the story revolves around 2 best friends and their love interest, who are also inseparable friends. The first half of the movie is slow and does not address the plot of the movie. This is a major drawback of the movie since the movie could have ended considerably earlier. However, in my opinion, this just adds definition to the characters of the movie and highlights their character development. The acting by the actors are good but Divyendu Sharma steals the show. The excessive use of words like 'gul' to demonstrate the local language are extremely irritating. Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor have also acted well only.If you have time in hand and a few bucks to spare, you might as well give this one a shot.

The makers had their brain bulbs askew when they filmed Uttarakhand. Our beautiful UK (UttaraKhand) how I missed looking at thy beauty because Batti was Gul!  Here I am wondering how can someone take all this beauty and make it look so dull and dark even during the day scenes. What works is the message the makers are trying to relay through the movie and just one song by Arijit Singh  “ Har Har Gange” one of the best tracks on the famed river doing some justice.  The director Shree Narayan Singh really needs to better the story telling and script writing. There is absence of freshness and creativity. They had to really spark their own brain bulbs to justice the concept maybe they had their batti gul. It could have been so much better than this.I got fully bored in first 15 minutes that sitting through was a challenge for my brain cells. The first half felt like a pathetic love triangle which lacked chemistry and shine. Girl trying to choose her partner for life from two close friends while giving them each one week to date her, made my brain bulbs defuse. All three main characters simply look dull and out of place. Dialogues are clichéd, unbelievable to hear them as even just noise. An actor of a caliber to act like he did in “Haidar” doesn’t look like even trying to sell his character as a small-time selfish lawyer. The other two actors Shraddha Kapoor and Divyendu Sharma are barley mediocre. The scenes of Rishikesh, Lakshman Jhula, River Ganga and the greens of Uttarakhand will look better through normal cell phones captured by normal people posted on social media. The usage of local language to bring local touch to the movie is funny. They had only two words sporadically placed in sentences. Seriously, why did they even try? Should have kept it normal hindi maybe they wanted to bring across humor.Batti Gul Meter Chalu struggles to look like an interesting plot in the second half. The story becomes too given and ineffective. I just kept wishing for it to get over. The courtroom scenes lackluster which the makers were thinking to pass on as intelligent courtroom drama. To me it looked more like a banter between two lawyers. There were no evidences or fact presentation that could be called as part of the story. They did provide few facts that said about them doing their research right and that’s all to it.Batti Gul Meter Chalu doesn’t work at all and I wish there was a grievance redressal department I could complain about wasted time on it. If you don’t wish to Askew your working brain bulbs, please do avoid this movie at all costs. Your brain will thank you for it.