He wants Banjo to be a film celebrating the talent of the forgotten street musicians, a romance, a buddy comedy and a big musical. Of the lot it only succeeds as a film that presents the male bonhomie and verbal swag in the slums of Mumbai. Put Taraat (Riteish Deshmukh), an extortionist cum musician-singer, and his band members Paper (Aditya Kumar), Grease (Dharmesh Yelande) and Vaaja (Ram Menon) on screen together and the film comes alive. So much so that even the romance between Chris and Taraat, who is her tour guide, falls flat. Banjo limps to its 137-minute running time leaving the viewers not high on great music but low on a listless outing.

Source: India Today September 23, 2016 10:07 UTC