Flaws and contrived acting aside, '102 Not Out' is a witty take on old age

What is most striking about the film is its minimal cast, besides being thankfully devoid of any superfluous song sequence

Bollywood is fast accepting the shocking reality that actors age, that there is life beyond colleges and pained stories of young love. and that overage actors need not play teenage college students. There was once a time when Baghban was a lone star in the universe of films depicting senior living. But after Shoojit Sircar’s Piku and Shakun Batra’s Kapoor and Sons, 102 Not Out is a worthy addition to this suddenly robust genre of Hindi cinema.

Starring Amitabh Bachchan as Dattatraya Vakharia and Rishi Kapoor as his son, Babulal Vakharia, Umesh Shukla’s slice-of-life dramedy is a commentary on life, presented