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‘Bachelor’ movie review: A labyrinthine romantic tale that tries to delineate love from lust

Filmmaker sathish selvakumar’s debut is promising on several aspects, but is let down by a slightly-haphazard second half.

Updated - December 03, 2021 06:56 pm IST

GV Prakash and Divyabharathi in ‘Bachelor’

Sathish Selvakumar’s debut, Bachelor , begins with a laugh riot. We see a guy, living in a typically-messy bachelor pad, giving an online interview in formal shirt and boxers. It is night. He sits outside, perhaps not to disturb his sleeping roommates. But one of them, sloshed, wakes up, opens the door and starts unzipping his pants, thinking it is the restroom. The interviewee helplessly tries to send him away. But the roommate continues to unzip, with the shocked friend still watching, and pees on the laptop. This roommate is our protagonist, Darling (GV Prakash Kumar).

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Idle and irresponsible youth is not new to Tamil cinema. But instead of employing a lazy narrator’s voice-over that says something along the lines of “ Ivar dhaanga namma kadhai oda hero; onna number somberi (this is our story’s hero; he’s a number one sloth)” that we have heard in many comedies, Sathish prefers to show Darling’s idleness and irresponsibility. When his friend laments to the rest of the gang about how he ruined his interview, Darling lazily takes a tumbler of tea and soaks in four biscuits, stirs it with a spoon and slowly eats it as the wet Macbook from the previous night hangs on the clothesline. The laughs are not just in the lines, they are in the visuals as well.

The scenes also move along unhurriedly, reflecting the protagonist’s perspective. The director employs a lot of close-ups and slow-motion shots, for instance, to show the preparation of chicken biryani in one scene and sweet pongal in another. These leisurely paced slice-of-life scenes, accompanied by a delightful background score, also make the film seem more real.

By now, we know that Darling is hardly aware of anything else apart from his own needs. He and his gang of close-knit friends from Coimbatore work at an IT firm in Bangalore. When he meets Subbu (Divyabharathi), a coworker and his friend’s flatmate, he immediately desires her. He coaxes the friend to let him stay in their flat. When the friend and his partner goes abroad, he comes home, with an expectation to sleep with Subbu and, well, a condom.

Subbu, however, does not like him initially. Darling pursues her. It is convenient for him that they both work at the same office and stay in the same flat. He does not have to stalk her. At one point, she asks him if he is in love with her. After a pregnant pause, Darling says no.

But when she falls sick, he takes care of her, which makes her like him... and then at some point, they get physically intimate. The intimacy is not always shown through the perspective of the guy thankfully, and we even get a shot of her kissing his feet (I laughed, thinking about a particular Tamil filmmaker; you know who).

• Director: Sathish Selvakumar
• Cast: GV Prakash, Divyabharathi, Bagavathi Perumal, Munishkanth
• Storyline: An irresponsible youngster gets into a relationship with a girl he desires... and eventually things unravel dramatically

It is also rare and refreshing for women characters in a Tamil film to not be shy about sex. We witness a game of Never Have I Ever, where a girl casually says, “Never have I ever masturbated four times in a day”. At this point, a male character takes four back-to-back shots. And, the hall I was in, erupted.

Meanwhile, Subbu and Darling continue their relationship for several months... until she gets pregnant. The drama peaks at this juncture. She wants to keep the child. He does not. He calls it an accidental, unnecessary pregnancy, which needs immediate abortion. Even as she tells him in anger that she can take care of it without his support, he insists on abortion.

After this mid-way point, the film transforms from a romantic comedy to a relationship feud. But this quickly turns into a courtroom drama, when she informs her family about the relationship. Her brother-in-law, a criminal lawyer, decides to avenge not just Darling, but also his family (his mother, sister, and brother-in-law) because Darling insults him over a call.

The women in the film, including Subbu, seem like mere pawns in the court case that follows. Subbu is shown to feel bad for dragging Darling’s mother and sister to the court. But she is helpless in front of her aggressive brother-in-law.

Things get more convoluted and the screenplay turns somewhat messy. You also get a feeling that the film’s main characters are pushed to the background; we hardly get to see Subbu in the second half, and don’t know how or what she feels.

By the time we arrive at the climax to all this drama, you feel more relieved at the movie ending than cheer for its female lead’s deserving— yet fleeting — moment of empowerment.

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Published - December 03, 2021 06:55 pm IST

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Jimmie Shannon is a confirmed bachelor who enjoys his freedom. One by one his friends all get married. Although he has a special woman in his life, Anne, he’s too fond of bachelorhood to follow their lead. He does finally get around to popping the question over a romantic dinner, but he botches it. Anne knows his heart isn’t in it. Then his eccentric grandfather dies, and a videotaped will stipulates that Jimmie can’t inherit the $100 million estate unless he, 1) gets married by 6:05 p.m. on his 30th birthday (only two days away), 2) has children, 3) makes the marriage last at least 10 years, and 4) stays close to his bride for the duration (he can only be apart from her one day a month). Jimmie’s desperate to fulfill all the conditions so he re-asks Anne. She refuses. Afraid he may lose his inheritance, he, accompanied by a priest and a friend, travel around the city hoping to marry a past girlfriend. They all decline. But when his story gets front-page newspaper attention, hundreds of prospective brides turn up at the church, hoping to be the one chosen. Alas, Jimmie realizes he truly loves Anne, and time is running out.

Positive Elements: In the end, marriage is extolled as a positive institution (the priest explains to Jimmie the purpose and joy of marriage), but for much of the film a convenience-marriage for the sake of money appears justified. Jimmie realizes that he has a responsibility to his employees (who would lose their jobs if he loses his inheritence). The parents of Anne’s best friend have a strong marriage, and although the couple gets carried away with public displays of affection, their relationship leaves the impression that lasting marriage is possible.

Spiritual Content: For most of the movie the priest is portrayed as a dimwit, ready to perform the marriage ceremony for Jimmy and anyone that might say yes. But ultimately, this man of the cloth is the one that sets the record straight regarding the importance of matrimony. When the prospective brides turn out in mass at the church, they demand to know the criteria Jimmie will use to pick one of them. Weight? Looks? Language? When one prospect asks, “Is religion a criteria?,” Jimmie responds, “Absolutely not!”

Sexual Content: It’s noteworthy that The Bachelor does not contain any sex scenes or nudity (although plenty of cleavage is displayed among those hopefully decked out in bridal gowns). Also, there is no indication that Anne and Jimmie have been sexually involved. When Jimmie asks Ilana to marry him, she declines by saying their relationship was not deep enough (“we screwed a couple times”). A lot is made about how the giving of flowers is really a symbolic giving of the “plant’s vagina.” When a heavy-set woman asks at the church whether weight is a criteria in Jimmie’s decision, he responds that he wants a woman under 150 pounds. The prospective bride grabs her breasts, saying small women don’t come as well endowed. Another bridal prospect, when realizing she would not be chosen, exclaims, “Thank God I’m bisexual.”

Violent Content: Hundreds of spurned, prospective brides unsuccessfully chase Jimmie (presumably to hurt him in some way). A few brides fight (pulling, not punching) each other over who would make the best bride.

Crude or Profane Language: The s-word and f-word are used close to a dozen times. “Godd–n” and other offensive uses of God’s name get a bit of a workout as well. A vulgar expression for masturbation is spoken once.

Drug and Alcohol Content: Champagne is consumed at dinner. Anne and her best friend go out drinking at a salsa club. Anne gets inebriated. A cigar is smoked.

Summary: If you’re aboard an aircraft someday which offers this film, it might be worthwhile renting the headset. A well-edited version—one excising the problematic language—could be entertaining. As it is, rampant profanity breaks up any hopes of a happy marriage for The Bachelor .

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Bachelor movie review: This romantic drama, starring GV Prakash and Divyabharathi, is engaging in parts

The film is a slow-paced emotional drama which touches upon the complexities faced by a couple in live-in relationship. Had the makers concentrated more on its screenplay and duration, it would have been a compelling film   

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Last Updated: 05.54 PM, Dec 03, 2021

Story: A youngster with an orthodox mindset starts a live-in relationship with a bold girl. The former gets the shock of his life when he knows that his partner is pregnant. Quite concerned about his conservative family members, he forces his partner to abort pregnancy. However, she refuses to do the same and starts living separately. The girl's parents decide to take the legal route to deal with the issue. What will happen to the panicked youngster? 

Review: Sathish Selvakumar's Bachelor takes its own sweet time to establish its premise and lead characters. The story of a live-in couple is not new to Kollywood, but the director has tried to narrate it with different set of characters and conflicts in this film. Set in the backdrop of Bangalore, the story begins only after its lead characters get to know each other. 

But do they even understand each other despite having spent several days together? The long-drawn-out emotional drama with a few funny episodes has interesting moments. But is that enough to hold the attention of the viewers?

Darling (GV Prakash) is a Coimbatore-based IT employee, who works in Bangalore. Hailing from a conservative family, he lives along with his friends in the Garden City. As someone who is clueless about his needs and priorities, Darling has been leading quite a mundane life.  

His life witnesses a roller-coaster ride after Subbu's (Divyabharathi) entry. Though she is his colleague, Darling slowly gets to know her only after they get some time to spend with each other at her home. But little did they know that they would become physically close in a few days' time.      

One day, Darling, who goes to attend a family event at his native, gets overwhelmed when Subbu tells him that she is pregnant with his child. He rushes to be with her, but forces her to abort the twin babies. However, a determined Subbu decides to nurture the children.

With no option left, they part ways and Subbu's parents decide to take the legal route against Darling. Subbu's father, a criminal lawyer, comes up a slew of with fabricated evidences to trap him. Upon his friends' suggestions, Darling, on the other hand, is forced to prove that he is impotent. 

The plot, which has a partly engaging screenplay, entertains the viewers in a few sequences. The complex relationship between Darling and Subbu begin interestingly, thanks to their convincing chemistry, and the actors are apt in their roles. But as the story progresses, the director seems to have sidelined Subbu's issues.

A lot of time has been spent on highlighting Darling's family issues and the legal hassles he goes through. But we get only little on Subbu's state of mind and the trauma she goes through.

An interesting part of the screenplay is the manner in which the director portrayed the difference in the behaviour of a couple in a no strings attached relationship before and after they are about to become parents. A few sequences involving Bagavathi Perumal and Munishkanth bring the house down, thanks to some of the witty one-liners ad hilarious situations.

The entire stretch of sequences where the two actors and other friends of Darling go all out to prove his impotency to help him in the legal case is quite funny. There are a few other breezy and comic bits, too. But the problem is many of these scenes are over-stretched. 

Theni Eswar's cinematography and Siddhu Kumar's background score stand out. With a duration of close to three hours, the film tests our patience at times. The staging of few scenes remind you of some of the moments from Premam, Arjun Reddy and Ishq. The movie ends up as a long-drawn-out romantic drama with partly engaging moments.    

Verdict: Bachelor is a slow-paced emotional drama which touches upon the complexities faced by a couple in live-in relationship. Had the makers concentrated a little more on its screenplay and duration, it would have been an engaging film. 

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Bachelor: Release Date, Trailer, Songs, Cast

• Release Date 3 December 2021
• Language Tamil
• Genre Drama
• Duration 2h 56min
• Cast Divya Bharathi, G. V. Prakash Kumar, Munishkanth, Bagavathi Perumal, Mysskin, Monica Chinnakotla, R. K. Vijay Murugan, Jayann, Muthu Prasad Shanmugasundharam, Nakkalites Arun, Nakkalites Dhanam, Brindha, Victor Nirmal Felx, Manoj Beads, Kotravai, Prem Kumar, K M Rasheduzzaman Rafi, Sasi kumar, Kiran R, Sriram Manivannan, Sam Isaac, Surya Veerarajan, VJ Mubashir, Mathuram, Subash Selvam, Tamizh, Prankster Rahul, TSR, Karthik Gunasehkaran
• Director Satish Selvakumar
• Writer Satish Selvakumar, K M Rasheduzzaman Rafi
• Cinematography Theni Eswar
• Music Siddhu Kumar, Dhibu Ninan Thomas, A. H. Kaashif, G. V. Prakash Kumar
• Producer G. Dillibabu
• Production Axess Film Factory
• Certificate 18+

About Bachelor Movie (2021)

Darling (G. V. Prakash Kumar), who has behavioural issues and hails from a conservative background, relocates to Bengaluru in search of a job.

He gets into a live-in relationship with a modern girl, Subbulakshmi a.k.a. Subbu (Divya Bharathi). As they live together, Darling's amateurish behaviour leads to a series of problematic events.

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Bachelor Movie Review: A takedown of toxic masculinity that isn’t

Rating: ( 2 / 5).

Darling (GV Prakash Kumar) in Bachelor is hardly a darling—the name, an evident attempt at a joke. He urinates on laptops, endangers friends with reckless riding, barely goes to work, lies to friends, ogles at women, gets petulant when he won’t get immediate sex… I could go on. The film seems to believe—under the mistaken assumption that duration is detail—that it is a revealing three-hour portrait of this toxic, chauvinistic man—and that it stands against him. I might have got on board, had the film’s creative choices not betrayed a desire to ingratiate itself with the ‘youth audiences’ at the cost of its subject matter. When Darling ogles at the heroine, Subbu (Divyabharathi), the camera too does this, introducing us to the woman’s posterior first. When Darling is nice to her, the film romanticises his decency. Subbu, interestingly, tells Darling, “People like you who come to the big city, romanticise even innocuous relationships.” When Darling, yet again, chooses silly aggression over common sense by threatening a lawyer, the film, with its music, celebrates this as a gesture of machismo. When Darling cons his friends, or worse, maims them, the film advertises this as comedy. It’s impossible to shake off the notion that the film likes him, even if it wants us eventually to buy that it stands against him. To buy into it, you must be as naïve as Subbu—who develops feelings because Darling, her roommate, helps her when sick, and later, makes her a thengaai barfi . During this early sequence, I gave the film the benefit of doubt, telling myself that it could be commentary on how women like Subbu are surrounded by so many unkind men that even the slightest, most polite gesture feels so grand. However, there’s only so many times that you can make arguments on behalf of a film that doesn’t seem to care as much as you do.

Director: Sathish Selvakumar

Cast: GV Prakash, Divyabharathi, Bagavathi Perumal

For a while, I wasn’t even sure if this film was going anywhere. We get long, indulgent shots of Darling dipping biscuits in tea, eating biryani, refrigerating mango juice… He’s chattering away with friends, publicly admitting to vigorous masturbation, showing great proclivity towards alcohol… For how long this film is, it’s neither a deep exploration of Darling—which perhaps is its purpose—nor a deep account of his relationship with Subbu. Perhaps most problematically, I didn’t care a lot for Subbu either, as she is not at the centre of this film. This means that when you feel catharsis at the end, it’s not because she makes a gesture; it’s because the film has come to an end.

After three hours of Bachelor , all we really know about Subbu is that she isn’t the greatest judge of character, and that she has backward notions about abortion. Strangely, despite all the focus on Darling, we don’t know much about him either, except that he’s a sociopath who likes alcohol and sex. Perhaps that’s the film’s scathing view of the average chauvinist, but such generic descriptions hardly make for engaging interpersonal dynamics. There are barely any likeable men in this film, except, I suppose, Darling’s friend who stands up to him towards the end. Just as I was beginning to like him, he makes a statement—equalising Subbu’s interest in children, with her interest in Darling—putting paid to it.

Perhaps the only really interesting portion in this film is when matters of a court come into focus, and a ‘domestic abuse’ case gets debated. There’s some comic commentary on how lawyers often exaggerate their client’s positions to win judgments in their favour. Even before you can make your peace with this flawed romance turning into a courtroom drama, the film moves on to milk castration for comedy. The very notion that castration could be punishment for a toxic man feels like it justifies the exaggerated pride men seem to take in their sexual potency in the first place. For a film that attempts to be a takedown of masculine ego, this is a strange solution to make peace with. By the time Mysskin, in a cameo, was performing varma kalai on Darling for reasons I don’t even want to get into, it had become clear that good intentions or otherwise, Bachelor had long lost its way—and worse, had done so willingly.

Trailer Video

Bachelor Tamil Movie

Bachelor is a 2021 Indian movie directed by Sathish starring G. V. Prakash Kumar, Divyabharathi, Bagavathi Perumal and Arun Kumar. The feature film is produced by G Dilli Babu and the music composed by Dhibu Ninan Thomas.

Director: Sathish Producer: G Dilli Babu Production Company: Axess Film Factory Music Director: Dhibu Ninan Thomas Song Lyrics Writer: Nithish Cinematographer: Theni Easwarr Editor: San Lokesh Art Designer: M Lakshmi Dev Original Story Writer: Sathish Song Choregrapher: Azar