Love blooms after forty...

Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi (Shirin-Farhad made it,Hindi;2012,)

Ferhad Pastakia is a 45 year old goody two shoes Farsi man who is living with his over-domineering and constrictive mother and grandmum. He has cordial relations with his aunt and cousins. The only problem is that everybody is trying to get him married desperately. He feels that his chances are getting slimmer as he gets older and the ladies he is introduced to are getting younger. And the embarrassing problem to the prospective brides is that he is employed as a sales assistant in a ladies' undergarment shop, which is not a problem at all to Ferhad.
A chance meeting of a 40something customer, Sherrin Fuggawalla who happened to be a secretary at the Parsees' Trust Association just clicked the right button. After a few dates, Farhad brings her to meet her mother, just when she discovers that Sherrin was instrumental in destroying a certain illegal water tank in their ancestral home. Ferhad's mother goes ballistic.
Basically he was left with a choice of needing to choose between his mother and his beau.

A famous Farsi

Sherrin has her set of problems with a comatose bed ridden father. After a yo-yo of ups and down, with not much imagination and as predictable, the couple tie the knot after the hero makes a stand and sheds off his 'push over' image in front of his mother and aunt.

The film is nothing new on its storyline. The only refreshing thing in its storyline is that for a change, a Hindi movie is not all about youth, music and flashing of the flesh. There is still hope for 40 somethings for love and starring role in a major movie. Maybe the fact that these two main actors are big names in Bollywood made the difference. Farah Khan, a famed choreographer, did not particularly shine as a leading star. Boman Irani, a accomplished comedian fared well as a Mommy's boy. Farhad's mother role, played by Daisy Irani, a common feature in Singapore's sitcom, 'Under One Roof'.

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