There is always a hope that if it is a Vidya Balan movie then it must be a great story and a brilliant performance from the actress, but unfortunately this can not be said totally about Vidya's last two movies. Same thing is true for "Bobby Jasoos" too. The basic concept of the movie is very refreshing to introduce a female detective but the execution of this concept is not so good.
This is a story of not so young girl Bilkeesh aka Bobby(Vidya Balan) who is the elder daughter of a conservative Muslim family from Moghalpura Hyderabad. She wants to be a big detective someday but her father is totally against her dreams and wants her to get married and be settled. During her struggle to be a successful detective on her own, one day suddenly Bobby gets her big break from a mysterious rich man Anees Khan (Kiran Kumar) who wants her to search some missing persons with some strange clues like their name and some birthmarks. Bobby gets a huge amount as her fee and she happily agrees to do the job. After searching two girls Bobby realizes that she should verify the background of her client as well as she should track down the motive of Anees Khan behind the search. During her investigations she took help from Tasawur (Ali Fazal) who is a TV anchor and her client cum friend who turns out to be her love interest too at the end. In the climax Bobby gets answer to all her queries as well as the audience too gets the answers of the mystery but unfortunately the answers are not convincing enough.
The main problem with the screenplay is it is confused whether it is just a story of the struggle of an independent girl to make her own name going against all the odds or it is a conventional suspense thriller. If it will be considered as a thriller then it must be said it lacks the required pace of a thriller as well as the when the secret unfolds it lacks the shock value too. The audiences will surely feel cheated with such a loosely developed secret revelation at the climax. The romantic track between Bobby and Tasawur is also half backed as result it add no extra value to the main story.
As a director Samar Sheikh has taken a brave step to tell an unconventional story but his narrative style is inconsistent there are some tracks which are quite enjoyable like the light hearted scenes in the first half but over all the total impact of his story telling is not so good. But for this he is not totally responsible as the script itself has lots of loose points. But one credit should be given to the director that is his perfection for the detailing. The background and body language of the characters look perfect. Also the the total setup of Moghulpura is very much authentic.
In the supporting casts Ali Fazal has acted very nice in his limited scope. Kiran Kumar is good as the mysterious man Anees Khan. Rajendra Gupta is good as Bobby's Father. Supriya Pathak and Zareena Wahab have very small role but they have done their job perfectly.
In the technical department the person who has shined is the production designer Tariq Umar Khan. He has created the locations very authentically. The dialogues are also well written and has a beautiful touch of Hyderabadi language.
There is not enough scope for songs in the movie. The only song which goes well in the movie is the song "Jashn". Apart from that "Tu" is a very nicely composed song, but the song has not been used properly in the movie.
Overall "Bobby Jasoos" is a film made with good intention but has not been executed properly. Still it can be enjoyed in parts specially for Vidya Balan. You will like Bobby but not her Jasoosi.
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