Galwakdi review: Love heals in Tarsem Jassar and Wamiqa Gabbi's latest

Galwakdi review: Punjabi Mania present before you the full movie review of recently released Punjabi movie titled ‘Galwakdi’.

Cast: Tarsem Jassar, Wamiqa Gabbi, BN Sharma, Raghveer Boli, Rupinder Rupi, Honey Mattu, Sukhi Chahal, Seema Kaushal, Prakash Gadhu, Harby Sangha.

Director: Sharan Art.

Producers: Manpreet Johal, Ashu Munish Sahni, Aniket Kawade, Savin Sarin.

Music: MixSingh, Pav Dharia, Deep Jandu, R Guru, Mr Rubal.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romantic.

Running Time: 130 minutes (U certified).

Galwakdi review

Galwakdi throws light on the importance of family relations and explains why these inestimable bonds should be taken care of with utmost "balance" in a bid to generate an inexplicable healing power.

Central character Jagteshwar Singh (Tarsem Jassar) owns Punj Aab Library in Birmingham. An epitome of cleanliness and authoritarianism, Jagteshwar takes pride in how his library is famous for not having the best collection of books but for being unsoiled. Jagteshwar is categorically methodical in all facets of life and puts on display signs of suffering from OCD on more occasions than one.

A tough nut to crack for everyone including his parents, Jagteshwar isn't just committed to living by principles of his life himself but also forces everyone around him to live by them. His robotlike well-planned and well-executed lifestyle and behaviour doesn't help but remind one of a hook line from Jassar's song titled 'Asool' - Kabbe bade jatt de asool ne. Frankly speaking, all of this works for the movie.

Amber (Wamiqa Gabbi), on the other hand, is free-spirited, loud, informal, insouciant and muddled. Literally a live wire, Gabbi delineates the character with a lot of conviction in a movie which isn't just a story about the coming together of two individuals but of two personalities.

Debutant script writer Randeep Chahal is aided by comparatively experienced Jagdeep Warring (screenplay and dialogues) in the writing department. Kudos to both of them for creating Jagteshwar and Jassar for executing it so well that it results in becoming the pinnacle of the movie. There are multiple nuances, hand gestures and expressions to Jagteshwar which are unique and funny in a highly unintentional manner.

Speaking of unintentional comedy, watch out for a character named Lashkar Singh (Parkash Gadhu) who makes a mark in spite of just a couple of scenes.

There comes a period in Galwakdi where the story appears to be travelling on a straight line without any destination. In simple words, you know that the movie is playing out in front of you but nothing really happens as far as the story moving forward is concerned.

In what is his second attempt at a feature film, director Sharan Art doesn't let the viewers down. Galwakdi might not be as good as his directorial debut titled 'Rabb Da Radio 2' (2019) but it is indisputably a decent film to watch.

Sharan and DOP Jaype Singh, who have worked together as a director-DOP in Jassar's multiple music videos, confer the viewers with a visual treat to the extent even the occasional substandard writing doesn't impede the visual experience.

On the face of it, 'Galwakdi' might appear to some as yet another love story between its two lead characters. However, it is only after watching the movie that one realizes how the movie has more to offer than just being a lovey-dovey flick.