Imagine watching a film in 20th week in today’s times and that too in a packed show! I had this rare experience while watching urbane, contemporary Gujarati film Bey Yaar! And surely, this is a film that deserves to run for many, more weeks to come. It is an excellent, clean entertainer that would be loved by audiences across all age groups. I had no idea about the plot at all, didn’t even bother to check the trailer and simply went because of the terrific word of mouth. And this approach definitely helped since I could never guess what would happen next. Great to see Gujarati cinema finally waking up, smelling the coffee and moving away from making outdated dramas that it used to churn out at one point! Performances are exemplary by all the main actors like Manoj Joshi, Darshan Jariwala, Divyang Thakkar, Prateek Gandhi, Amit Mistry (who rocked in 99, Shor In The City), Kavin Dave and Aarti Patel. Technically it is as good as any A-grade Bollywood film. Sachin-Jigar’s music is highly effective. The film is running successfully in Mumbai (with English sub-titles) and Gujarat and is also getting screened for a week or a day at foreign cities. Go for it, if you get a chance! Highly recommended!

My rating - **** out of 5!