FilmSaas Bahu Aur Sensex is Directed by Shona Urvashi & Produced by Jayshri Makhija abd supported by Kirron Kher, Masumi Makhija, Farooq Shaikh, Tanushree Dutta, Ankur Khanna, Lilette Dubey, Sharon Prabhakar, Sudhanshu Pandey
Saas Bahu Aur Sensex thankfully excuses us from all saas bahu style drama. It also excuses us from any sense whatsoever! With this preachy unrealistic ramshackle of a film, director Shona Urvashi proves why there are so few women directors because they can't make a film to hold even a woman's interest, let alone the country's.
some brilliant performances, some hilarious dialogues and a satirical portrayal of women have you in splits in bits and pieces. Whether the funny moments are worth the stupidity the film takes you through is arguable though.Binita Sen (Kirron Kher) is the perfect mom, neighbour, friend, advisor (a little too perfect maybe). She's just moved into the colony after divorcing her husband. She now lives in a relatively musty looking apartment with her bitter daughter Nitya (Tanushree Dutta), who looks at her as the sole problem in her life. Both jobless and penniless, Binita decides to find a job as a nursery school teacher but fails. She has no choice now but to pull out some shares that were passed on to her by her father.
The documents take her to an old and rather clientless broker, Firoz Setna (Farooq Shaikh), who thinks all women mean trouble. Even though its love at first sight, he does not hold back his dislike for women and angers Binita into taking up the challenge of investing in the stock markets. It's only a matter of days before she gets more women from her colony to join her. One gem of a scene has Setna furious at Binita for taking the markets lightly. He asks his assistant to put a board outside his office – 'Salesmen not allowed. Women absolutely not allowed'. Only moments later Binita returns with reinforcement consisting of the entire colony's women. Setna's expressions are priceless.
Too many twists and turns, random scenes that are just not necessary, lack of focus and more importantly sickeningly preachy. Oh, and the most important point - the film treats the stock markets as a joke. Clearly director / writer Shona Urvashi doesn't know a thing about the stock markets. So the sum total, an ambiguous story
Ask prominent lensman which actress is a perfect combo of sex appeal and innocence and most opine that it's Sophie Chaudary. An ace photographer said, "Sophie has body that's absolutely sexy and the way she carries herself makes it even more sexier. At the same time her expressions and eyes exude innocence.
