Good newwz (गुड न्यूज)

"Good newwz (गुड न्यूज)"

Watched Hindi movie Good newwz (गुड न्यूज). This film is directed by Raj Mehta. Story Jyoti Kapoor. Produced by Dharma Productions and Cape of Good Films. Music by John Stewart Eduri. Cinematography Vishnu Rao. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Daljit Dosanjh, Kiara Advani, Adil Hussein and Tisca Chopra. The film runs for about 2 hours 10 minutes and was released in 2019. I watched it on Amazon Prime with Siddhant and Aditi on 25th December 2019.

 

Akshay and Kareena (Mrs and Mr Batra) can't conceive. They decide to go for In-vitro fertilization (IVF). Dr. Joshi (by mistake) exchanges Akshay's sperm with another Mr Batra (Daljit) and vice-versa. Kareena and Kiara both get pregnant with sperm of another man.

What next? Will they abort? Will they be able to accept? How would it end?

First half of the movie is hilarious. It's full of situational comedy and 'Double entendre' jokes. At interval the ladies get pregnant. I think story does not progress enough by the interval. Interval should have happened when Daljit and Kiara move to Mumbai. 

Second half is supposed to be serious and emotional. Director needed more time here. The timing of interval puts pressure on second half and hurries the director. This results in second half being shallow when the director had an opportunity to make it really profound. He misses it. Add a result the film does not make intended impact. I think the director did not manage the speed correctly. 

Kareena looks beautiful, absolutely gorgeous. On the other hand, age shows on Akshay in some scenes. Kiara does well in unglamorous role and makes a space for herself. Daljit with his loud cloths and joker character shows potential of an actor. 

Music is nothing write about except "Sauda khara khara". Cinematography is good. 

Some more attention and some more focus by director and writer could have made this movie more watchable. 

Not a must watch.