Barfi! (2012) Theme analysis | Screenwriting analysis

Welcome to the theme breakdown and analysis of Bollywood film Bari! starring Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra!

This wonderfully whimsical film written by Anurag Basu, Tani Basu, and Sanjeev Datta provides a mezmerizing cinematic experience that makes the audience suspense all disbelief while they’re glued to their seats, wondering how these phenomenal characters will escape their damning fate!

In this episode of the Breakdown Besties, your film-school level screenwriting class experience, we analyze the theme in the script, to make the film come alive on the screen.

What is your theme?

Theme is your perspective on the world that you put forth as an artist. You have come and become a writer because you believe that the world has to be seen a certain way and you want to express that and your writing, your films, your movies are a medium of expressing your point of view into the world. And how do you do this? You do this by asking a central

question and the resolution of your film will answer that central question and tell you whether what you're saying is a yes or a no to your worldview.

What does that look like? Watch this clip to understand that, using Barfi! as an example.

And after you’re done watching the theme analysis, we recommend you head over and watch the complete Barfi! breakdown episode to learn everything this superhit film has to offer: https://youtu.be/k5ycJuV_sUA?si=2Ge3DThNDhIRqEyR

Then watch Barfi! again, now with all the awareness of the techniques, and see how they’re executed to bring entertainment to life.

So whether you’re in the heart of Bollywood in Mumbai, refining your craft for your next gig, or making your way here from near and far – we’re sure the Breakdown Besties Podcast will further the course of your screenwriting craft and career.

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