Diagonaldi Very well executed

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

DareDevilKid Reviewed by: Dare Devil Kid (DDK)Rating: 3.8/5 starsBobby lives in Mughalpura's tight, twisting lanes, supported by her adoring mother Zebo (Pathak), censured by her stern father, and criticized by her marriage-arranger aunt. Bobby's determined to crack cases, achieve her dreams, and make her family proud – but what happens when a rich stranger Anees Khan hires her to track young girls? And when she finds herself engaged to cocky TV star Tasavvur (Ali) – who wants her to reject him?"Bobby Jasoos" is a Hyderabadi pearl of a movie, worn with terrific aplomb by its star Vidya Balan. Playing the 30-year-old Bilquis or Bobby, who has no detective course but fearless passion, Vidya dazzles as Bobby Jasoos, tracking mysteries as a buck-toothed palmist, a dreadlocked sadhu, a hobbling fakir – suddenly distilled into a tongue- tied girl who discovers love.Post Kahaani, it is clear that roles are now written with Vidya Balan in mind. Her spirited performance in the title role justifies this decision. Vidya runs away with "Bobby Jasoos". Her effervescence rubs off on the proceedings and gives it an energy that drives the film. She is both the film's hero and heroine, performing with deft innocence, presenting Bobby like a breeze. But her leading man Tasavvur is also nailed by Ali Fazal, who captures the urge for a radical shift in lifestyle in keeping with his education, fluent English vocabulary, and promising career as a new presenter. Along the way he also effortlessly blends with the humor of getting engaged to madcap Bobby – and the sudden, delicate power of discovering love. Ali impresses with his acting while Arjan Bajwa, as local goonda Lala, impresses with his smoldering looks, soorma, and stubble, making Bajwa steamier than ever before.Besides the lead performers, the impressive list of supporting actors also lends gravitas to the colorful Hyderabadi canvas, which proves once again that casting good actors in bit roles pays off. Tanvi Azmi stands out in a small, sharp role as Bobby's tart-tongued khaala; Rajendra Gupta nails Bobby's disgruntled dad who's conflicted due to his conservative roots that clash with his paternal love; while Supriya Pathak shines as the doting Mother who perennially serves as a mediator between Bobby and her Dad while assuaging the simmering tension in the household. Even the jasoos' merry men, Shetty, Munna and Suhail, leaving a fine imprint upon the tale. Finally, it's a sheer delight to see Kiran Kumar back after ages and with the same delectable form of yore.Technically, too, "Bobby Jasoss" hits most of the right notes. The film clearly boasts a cinematographer (Vishal Sinha) who thinks, which is more than evident in the realism of the by-lanes, street vendors, and dingy apartments of Hyderabad depicted on screen. Shantanu Moitra's background score and musical numbers is unobtrusive yet pleasing. The editing by Hemal Kothari is good, but could have been better, as the second half of the movie tends to relax in some places when it could have been tauter. However, this is a minor flaw, in an otherwise, well- executed film.There are many fine things about "Bobby Jasoos" - a terrific lead performance, a great supporting cast, surprising attention to detail, and Hyderabad in full glory. Debutant Director, Samar Shaikh, impresses as he deftly balances the primary detective track with the personal travails of Vidya's character. An aspiring female detective in Hyderabad has her work cut out to be taken seriously, and the often bumbling but ever optimistic Bobby wins clients and hearts with equal ease. But the outright winner is the film's writing, the quality of which is not often seen in Bollywood today, and no more amount of praise would be too great for Sanyukta Chawla's screenplay and dialogues.The old-world charm of Hyderabad is ideal foil for the narrative. It is one of the lovely touches that give the film real texture. The authenticity of the setting, locations, and the flawlessly consistent diction of every major and minor character contribute in making the proceedings all the more engaging.Minor quibbles aside, "Bobby Jasoos" is a clever and joyful film. It's a light, breezy, and delightful caper with a lot of heart, and you root for both the film and its protagonist all the way till the end.

kumar-u-naresh Bobby Jasoos: Try visualizing a cricketer, a politician, an entrepreneur, a head of some MNC. Is the first image that pops into your mind on reading these jobs, ever of a woman? Not really…right? At the cost of sounding a sexist to some, the fact of the matter today is, at least in our beloved motherland if not globally, the idea that of a woman wanting to life her dreams is still not hugely accepted. Yes, they work now. But if a CEO of a multinational beverage manufacturer goes on record to say that women do not get to have it all, it is something to pay heed to. The fact of the matter is that no matter how much women may claim to be equal to men, the world does not allow them to play on a levelled field. Bobby Jasoos, if not entirely, is a partial reflection on the conventions in which the women of today's society are, for the lack of a better word, governed. Do this…don't do that…and so on…Bobby Jasoos is the story of Bilkis aka Bobby, an aspirational detective, living in the by lanes of Hyderabad's Chaar-minaar area, who fancies watching CID (yes the one where ACP Pradyuman has not been promoted for over a decade and a half). Her family, due to her choice of career, is always at loggerheads with her; a father with a non- functional relationship, a sister who constantly undermines her capabilities, an aunt who keeps worrying that the other girls of the house will not get married, and a mother who understands her. One fine day, her dream of having her own case becomes a reality when a mysterious man offers her a case to find someone with the help of just a name and a birthmark. Determined to make a career of her own and start her own agency, Bobby starts her journey into solving the case. But somewhere down the line, she sees that there is something wrong about the case and the man who offered it to her. The film however is not entirely about the case. It is also about her struggles on the domestic front which she has to constantly overcome to fulfil her aspirations. Add to this, a friend who wants to escape the shackles of matrimony and in a foolish move, gets engaged to Bobby. This in its entirety is what can be revealed without sharing spoilers. In essence, detective films have a challenge to keep the story engrossing because there is not much of a visual narration in films like this. The film like was Sherlock Holmes (the Downey Jr. and Law film and not the Cumberbatch and Freeman series) minus the idiosyncrasies of Sherlock. Instead, Sherlock was replaced with a goody two shoes girl who hops skips and jumps into different costumes for the audience's amazement. Sadly, it does not amaze us enough. Barring maybe a couple of scenes (one where Bobby's fiancé defends her career aspiration in front of his father and the other one where Bobby tells her father that she understands his predicament and worry) which thankfully lacked the over-the-top Bollywood melodrama and were well written, the story's direction lacked excitement and was quite pale. Direction: Debutant director Samar Shaikh makes a start with an unconventional subject for most established directors. He gets a few things correctly. His understanding of art direction helped him get the setting and the locales right. The flow of the story, however, was a little lackluster. Nothing spectacular to showcase here.Performances: This film, like most of her recent ones, are all about Vidya Balan. She dominates the entire film and singlehandedly carries the film on her shoulders. The supporting cast was effective too. The hyderabadi accent and manner of speaking was not. She seemed nothing different from her usual self. A risk of monotony that all good actors like Irrfan Khan and KK Menon have started to suffer from. Hope to see her do something different.Overall: I was not impressed. My rating, 2.5 stars out of 5.

Vineet Kumar While my choice of genre doesn't really allow me to digest modern popcorn blockbuster Bollywood movies, I often tend to enjoy them occasionally if served with a good story and execution. I will have to say that Bobby Jasoos was not one of them.Bobby Jasoos seems to be a half baked, self pretentious attempt in directing by Samar Shaikh and endorsed by Diya Mirza as a Producer, whose skills could have been better utilized as an actress to save this movie a little.The story of Bobby Jasoos is about a 30 year old Muslim girl named Bobby, residing in the heart of Hyderabad city near the iconic Charminar. While she keeps herself involved in investigating cases in night and trying to get a proper detective job in daytime. She is having a rough time in securing clients as a detective, but luck takes a big turn as she receives an assignment that pushes her to her limits. Rest of the film is a riot as she tries to struggle her career as a detective and manage her family emotionally who doesn't seem to be in favor of what Bobby does.While the film seems to have so much potential what makes it fail is the treatment. The film starts of in a humorous tone and actually seems like to begin with the right foot. But as it picks up pace we are introduced some of the people that seems like a cliché examples of typical characters from all of the Bollywood movies I detest watching. Slowly the viewer is faced with slapstick humor, family drama and been-there-done-that events that feels like Deja Vu in the course of a family drama movie.Songs don't help either. Neither of the songs in the film leaves an impression on the viewers mind, rather give them a chance to take a break and catch up on sleep while they are at it. There is one particular song in the movie which I won't specify to stay away from spoilers, and which I personally think was totally uncalled for in the situation. Perhaps the pacing or editing could have been a lot better, so as to give the movie a coherent flow.In this movie Vidya Balan in the role of Bobby gets to change in a lot of getup (around 12) but most of them doesn't help the story in much ways. It looks as if she was made to change just for the sake of humor. While the film can be considered short at just 121 minutes, it feels somewhat dragged occasionally, and fails to let viewers invest their emotions into any of the characters except of the lead character.That being said, the film does have its moments but those are just a few. I would also say it was a daring attempt to try to execute a movie with only a female lead, who for the most part remains out of glamor, and where she is also shown to break free from many of the stereotypical role a women is portrayed in Indian movies. I would also have to admire Vidya Balan for his acting skills as he was very convincing in all of those getup she did on screen. I would not blame the execution of the movie on her since the onus of the complete movie lied on her shoulders alone. And she did her role perfectly.It would be fair to say that while the first half of Bobby Jasoos, raises viewers interest a little, second half helps it raise even further, but the final twist fails to live up to the expectation.One more movie "Queen" was also released recently where the story was about a female lead who is shown to break free from various stereotypical roles, but it would be unfair to compare both of them, because while Queen was set up in vibrant and colorful foreign cities like Paris and Amsterdam and was more closer to today's generation, Bobby Jasoos relates more to India and typical Indian family drama, and was filmed totally in the streets of semi urban parts of Hyderabad which gave the movie a special flavor of India, more closer to most of the people of the country.Combined with all other things I would rate the film a 6 out of 10. Extra 1 to give Bollywood a break from the male dominant masala movie and an attempt to create India's own Sherlock Holmes.

Noyon Jyoti Parasara Bobby Jasoos wastes no time. The very first scene introduces us to the antiques of this talented private detective who wishes to make it big but as of now is only making small money on petty cases - like snooping on lovers and working on extra-marital cases. Set in Moghalpura, Hyderabad, Bobby Jasoos is the story of a woman who wants to become a famous detective. Equipped with sharp mind, polished by detective shows on TV, things are never easy for Bobby. She is a woman after all! More so because a father who is disapproving of her conduct.Read more on - http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/14163/bollywood.hindi/bobby- jasoos/4738/review.htm