Binny And Family 2024 Movie Review. Pankaj Kapur hits the sweet spot in this tiring drama
The film debut of Anjini Dhawan is populated with repetitive scenes. If you love the family drama movies like Baghban (2003) and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001). This is something for you with some of spicy feel in Binny and Family (2024) for that kind of audience.
he Ssanjay Tripaathy directorial is tedious and mostly unrewarding. Set in London, the film revolves around a rebellious teenager, Binny (Anjini Dhawan), and her conflicted relationship with her parents and grandparents. It could be thought of as a worthy setup to explore the complexities of generational gap and the shifting of values. However, for the most part, it remains comfortably flavourless.
The superficial handling of the ‘girl meets boy’ scene early on in the film. Binny is part of a drama club in school, serving as the director of a play. She has a crush on Dhruv (Tai Khan), who keeps calling her ‘Tarantino’ throughout the film. There is no spark in their dynamic, leading to a bunch of awkward scenes that lack chemistry and don’t even establish their characters.
They wind up discussing the famous painting “The Son of Man” by Belgian surrealist René Magritte when she is invited to Dhruv’s house to talk about the play. It depicts a man in a suit with a green apple covering his face and hangs rather idly on a wall. “Everything we see hides another thing, and we always want to see what is hidden by what we see,” Magritte once said in reference to the painting. What is concealed beneath this scene? Boredom?
Even in the character emotional graphs, there is still a lack of rigor. They are either too chatty or too obedient right away. Every year for two months, Binny’s grandparents come to her residence, which invites her obnoxious complaints. This exacerbates Binny’s conflict with her overbearing father, Vinay (Rajesh Kumar).
They fight loudly, taking up space until Binny is obliged to give in and give up her room to her grandparents. Scenes that don’t actually have an impact are written with a severe lack of rhythm. Most jokes are left hanging. Character development is not greatly aided by the plot’s repetition of scenes.
Much of it seems like a convoluted attempt in becoming something which it is not. The teenage angst of Binny starts to feel misplaced without the right kind of release, making it seem to come out more from entitlement than suppressed emotions.
They fight loudly, taking up space until Binny is obliged to give in and give up her room to her grandparents. Scenes that don’t actually have an impact are written with a severe lack of rhythm. Most jokes are left hanging. Character development is not greatly aided by the plot’s repetition of scenes.
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