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‘Evoking silent film-era charm in its often wordless tale of a deaf man and the two women with whom he shares life-long affections, this beguiling, beautiful film celebrates the purity of true love in the most adorable of ways, reflecting a style more often associated with whimsical European cinema, the most obvious influence being Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amelie. (Pritam Chakraborty’s use of non-traditional instruments like accordions in his terrific soundtrack is a giveaway, too). But to deny Basu credit for a grasp of his craft that is quite wondrous at times would be doing the writer-director a great disservice. Barfi! shows the filmmaker’s further growth after the lauded character-driven drama Life in a Metro 2007 and the commercially-minded Kites 2010.’ SBS