Good Newwz Movie Review: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Diljit and Kiara film is preachy but bearable,

Kareena Kapoor Khan, Akshay Kumar, Diljit Dosanjh and Kiara Advani in a poster of Good Newwz.


HIGHLIGHTS

  • With Good Newwz, Akshay Kumar promises to bring the serious issue of IVF into commercial cinema.
  • Good Newwz also stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Diljit Dosanjh and Kiara Advani, apart from Akshay.
  • Good Newwz is Akshay's fourth release of 2019, after Kesari, Mission Mangal and Housefull 4.
Movie Name:Good Newwz
Cast:Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Kiara Advani, Diljit Dosanjh
Director:Raj Mehta
Deepti (Kareena Kapoor Khan) is lying on a hospital bed contemplating an abortion. The doctor (Tisca Chopra) gives her a final ultrasound before starting with the abortion procedure, and breaks the awkward silence in the room, "Can you see that grey dot on the monitor? That's the baby's heart. It's beating." Deepti, immediately defensive, responds, "Yeh aap mujhe kyu dikha rahin hai?" She's here for an abortion. Setting your moral compasses aside, it is the mother's choice. Even today. At least in India. So, is the doctor trying to manipulate her?
This particular scene in the Akshay Kumar, Kareena, Diljit Dosanjh and Kiara Advani-starrer Good Newwz had us shake our heads. No, it wasn't technically a manipulation, because Kareena's Deepti actually wanted the baby. But it is moments or scenes like these, that Hindi cinema thinks it should deliver for the greater good of society, that ruin cinema itself.
Good Newwz has its fair and unfair share of preachy dialogues. From "tumhare andar ek jaan pal rahi hai" in the context of abortion to "apna khoon toh apna hi hota hai" in the context of IVF vs adoption, look closely, and Good Newwz will disappoint.

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