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Ayushmann Khurrana is an unglamorous but excellent reason to watch Bala

Film review of Bala

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Ritwik Sharma
Ayushmann Khurrana is like a moulting reptile. He appears to grow out of one unique character into another with every new movie. It's a great bait to pull in audiences looking for an actor rather than a star. But it also makes you fear that he is getting strangely typecast as the unglamorous everyday Indian male who is caught in desperate situations that reveal our society's worst prejudices.
 
After watching his latest act as an insecure balding youth in Bala, I'm willing to shed all such fears. Khurrana is at the peak of his powers, and is bankable as