Bala
U/A; Comedy
Director: Amar Kaushik
Actors: Ayushmann Khurana, Yami Gautam, Bhumi Pednekar
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To start with, you know there's a great script playing out on the screen before you (credited to the hit TV show Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma writer, Niren Bhatt) when, as an audience, you find yourself strangely developing empathy, even for the lead female character (Yami Gautam, in such fine form).

She is so vain and fame-hungry as a small-town Tik Tok star that for her looks, selfies, likes and followers matter more than love, marriage, real life, or real relationships. You'd otherwise feel sorry for such a floozy character. Or find her incredibly funny. There's that as well. Yet, for all her flaws, you know where she's coming from. And which is a pretty warm place still.