India, Nov. 12 -- I was expecting nothing from the movie Bala, majorly because of two reasons. Firstly, I had checked Twitter and found people with negative reviews (well Twitter is negative about everything these days), and secondly, I had to walk out of the movie Dreamgirl. I like Ayushmann, but I found Dreamgirl to be a pretty average watch, and the movie felt more like a culmination of comedy circus scenes. Thus, I was skeptical.

I was totally wrong. Bala is an Ayushmann Khurrana-trademark movie. Of course, the director Amar Kaushik and the entire cast are responsible for the success, but this movie is not merely about good script selection. Ayushmann did a marvelous job of portraying a frustrated insecure balding guy. I could relate t...