Produced by Amazon Prime, Dharma Productions, and Leo Media Collective, ‘Bad Newz’ is inspired by true events and features actors Vicky Kaushal, Triptii Dimri, and Ammy Virk. Directed by Anand Tiwary, the film introduces the term "heteropaternal superfecundation," which describes the rare occurrence of a woman bearing twins with different fathers. The storyline is not too complicated, though.
What could have been a crazy laugh riot with two sophisticated Punjabi men and a Christian-Hindu girl falls flat in many places because of poor writing. Talented writers Ishita Moitra and Tarun Dudeja have given some of the funniest lines to Vicky Kaushal. Hogging every frame, he is present in and owning his character with panache and buffoonery, he walks away with all the credit for lifting the film.
Ammy Virk is good too, and it makes you feel for his helplessness. Pencil-thin Triptii, as Saloni, looks ravishing and looks more like a model than a qualified chef in the film. Not that a chef cannot be good-looking, but it’s Saloni’s styling and looks that attract your notice more than her role. In a few scenes, though, she does prove her acting skills adequately. It's the melodrama that mars an otherwise entertaining, slightly adult rom-com.
The cinematography by Debojeet Ray is fine, but special mention must be made of editor Shan Mohammed, whose cuts at the right places make the viewing pleasurable, with dull moments, if any, quickly moving on to other scenes. Peppy and foot-tapping music by Rochak Kohli, Vishal Mishra, DJ Chetas-Lijo George, Prem-Hardeep, Karan Aujla, and Abhijeet Srivastava will appeal to the teenyboppers, though they can recall which of the many songs has a long-lasting charm. (IANS)
