Yeh Hai Bakrapur fails to live up to its early promise due to lacklustre direction.

The film is also shabbily edited with abruptly cut scenes in several places.

Tthe film is as unique as superstar Shah Rukh Khan, but it lacks his charisma. Editing is a major flaw. A few scenes end abruptly while the rest go on forever, making you wonder if the director forgot to say ‘cut’. A slow build-up and a comparatively hurried climax are spoilers too. Even the dialogues are not as funny as they should ideally be.

This Bakrapur makes a bakra out of those expecting something above the ordinary.

I did not leave the hall with a smile after Yeh Hai Bakrapur for the simple reason that I saw there was lot more potential entrapped in the story than what came out on screen. The frenzy for filmstars in our country left unexplored despite being hinted on repeatedly.

The flat climax and dissatisfaction after the ending left me dull. There was so much matter put to so little use.

Naming the goat in the film Shah Rukh seems amusing and quirky. Still, it is unlikely to get you to rush to theatres the way you do for a SRK film. Ultimately, Yeh Hai Bakrapur turns out to be a lost cause. Watching it on TV may make better sense.

There are some moments that are fun filled but they are very few and far between. The camera movement has some few but what the film lacks is taut screenplay to keep it going. For example those romantic songs have no space if the intention is to make a satire. In process of trying to please everyone, it ends up making very few happy.

Yeh Hai Bakrapur has a very interesting premise. However it falls short of becoming a really good film. It will make you smile nonetheless at the inane situations that can actually become a reality in the country.

A slow satire that will put you to sleep.

The story about this miraculous goat heads nowhere. The satire is too consistent, and the same ignorance repeats itself in different ways. Inexplicably, there is no third act. It feels like the filmmakers ran out of unconventional characters, and didn’t even bother to end on an ambiguous note.