Brahman Naman (2016)

Brahman Naman: Directed by Qaushiq Mukherjee. With Shashank Arora, Tanmay Dhanania, Chaitanya Varad, Vaishwath Shankar. This homage to 1980s teen sex comedies follows a college quiz bowl champion who knows almost everything, except how to talk to women.

“Brahman Naman starts of extremely well. Set in 80s Bangalore and being a Bangalorean all my life I enjoyed the setting, its about Naman and his gang of friends who are all into quizzing but are equally sex crazy and want to lose their virginity at the earliest. This leads them into some hilarious situations and some badly failed attempts.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIts a great idea on paper and could have been the Indian geeky version of American Pie but somehow Mukerjee (the director) and Ramachandran (the writer) donu0026#39;t know which tone to keep the film moving.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie does become a serious affair in the last half hour when Naman and his friends start looking for love and sex together which made me confused. Frankly, the comedy was so good that didnu0026#39;t require them to take such a serious turn. The rule is simple folks – Sex comedies should never become serious, keep it simple and light.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you are a quizzer like me you will love this film because there is so much quizzing here. I loved the idea of the director putting a question to audience between the film. There is a lot of Shakespearean English here , so donu0026#39;t get lost. And if you are a Kannadiga Brahmin or want to see a Brahmin way of living, this movie is decent watch.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe performances are top notch. Shashank Arora is an actor to watch out for. He is extremely good as Naman the sex crazy quizzer who objectifies women, is very selfish and thinks he is some hero but actually is coward. Its not easy to portray such a character. His partner in crime is Tamanay and they share a nice chemistry on screen. The rest of the cast does a nice job.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall, its a confusing film and watch it if you love sex comedies and quizzing.”