Badhaai Do (Congratulations Awaited)

 Movie Review (Hindi)

I was happy to see Rajkumar Rao cast in a role that I would have expected from Ayushmann Khurrana (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan).

Rajkumar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar are excellent in their roles as both try to deftly negotiate their love lives and avoid a marriage that could be catastrophic for them. In the face of a society mired with prejudices, what better way than to have a marriage of convenience (lavender marriage)? Hopefully, in the real world, marriage and adoption will not be a no-no for the LGBTQ community in the near future. 

Though the film has its comic moments, at its core it remains a tragedy.