Vibe

Vibe Movie Review Rating:

Star Cast: Kunal Kemmu, Sparsh Srivastava, Preity Zinta, Dinesh Lal Yadav “Nirahua”, Yashpal Sharma, Vanshika Dhir

Director: Kunal Kemmu

What’s Good: Everything that makes an accidental-hero comedy shine -chemistry, chaos, and a director who finally seems to trust his own punchlines.

What’s Bad: A second half where the film slightly slows down to turn into a serious mission!

Loo Break: Maybe once, right during the interval!

Watch or Not?: Oh, absolutely, yes. This is your dose of laughter this weekend!

Language: Hindi

Available On: Theatrical release

Runtime: 2 hours 21 minutes

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When Salman Khan arrived years ago with Ek Tha Tiger, no one knew that the Spy Universe would become one of the most talked-about cinematic events of the next decade! However, amidst the brooding, gritty spy thrillers, Kunal Kemmu enters, trusting his directorial instincts more than anyone else as he flips the Spy Universe genre completely and decides to bring a hilariously comical Spy world! Vibe is a spy parody that does not go wrong anywhere and delivers the prime purpose of cinema – entertainment!

The film revolves around two accidental spies who find themselves indeed in a high-stakes intelligence operation. Led by a hopelessly optimistic yet surprisingly resourceful rogue agent played by Kunal Kemmu, the team must intercept a national threat. Along for the wild ride is a tech-obsessed rookie (Sparsh Srivastava), a lethal senior officer with endless swag (Preity Zinta), and her assistants with extremely confident screen presence (Nirahua and Yashpal Sharma). As expected, nothing goes according to plan, turning a global espionage mission into a comedy of errors.

Kunal Kemmu clearly thought a lot after Madgaon Express pondering, what if I did this again, but with spies and villains? And honestly, thank god he did, because Vibe takes that same route but bolts a national-security plot into it, and the whole thing just works brilliantly!

Vibe Movie Review: Script Analysis

The plot is tricky and fun. Hardik is a drug addict who is taken care of by his childhood friend, Bugs – Bhagirath Bhargav. Bugs sends him to a rehab, and then makes sure to give him a job in his company’s advertising and marketing department! Hardik is warned to keep a safe distance from women here, until he falls for Kareena, an intern in the same office! Things go south after Hardik and Kareena’s first date, as he gets abducted by the National Security Agency and is planted as a spy in a National Mission, after intel suspects a terrorist attack is being planned on India!

Why was Hardik chosen? How does he become the right man at the wrong place or the wrong man at the right place? How Preity Zinta’s Madam H & her subordinates, Nirahua and Yashpal Sharma, lead this mission is something that turns into the whole hilarious plot of this film!

Vibe Movie Review: Star Performance

Kunal Kemmu, both in front of and behind the camera, is clearly having the time of his life. As Hardik, he leans fully into man-child energy without ever making the character cringe! There’s a specific skill to playing useless and still being likable, and Kemmu has it. Sparsh Srivastava is the film’s quiet USP. After an outrageous performance in Dupahiya, he is yet again a panicky guy. However, he is the reasonable one here and turns increasingly reasonable in dramatic situations! He is a genuine treat to watch on screen! Preity Zinta as Madam H gets the comeback she deserved! She’s commanding with a bit of dry humor and clearly enjoying being back on screen in a role that lets her be both an action figure and a boss. Every scene where she has to deal with Hardik and Bugs is fun!

Nirahua and Yashpal Sharma, as the agency’s actual competent agents, are used well as a contrast – their scenes together have a nice deadpan rhythm, though the film could’ve given Nirahua a bit more to do beyond this! Vanshika Dhir, in her debut, is phenomenal! She has an impeccable screen presence and never overdoses it! She knows what she is doing! Sharmila Tagore’s brief cameo is a lovely surprise that the film doesn’t overplay.