Karan (Pavail Gulati) flies down from US with spouse Daisy (Elli AvrRam) who orders a ‘hindu’ meal because she 'loves the spicy Indian chicken'. Tara ( Rashmika Mandanna), a lawyer who's won her first case, is drowned in guilt for not taking her mother's last call or replying to her message. Soon after the news of Gayatri's death reaches her children, they all make their way back home in Chandigarh. Unfortunately, Goodbye just doesn't leave that impact or doesn't even get close to it. The last two aspects have been beautifully shown in last year's films Ram Prasad ki Tehrvi and Pagglait and those, I must say, served a good benchmark. Is it a satire on the death rituals that are prevalent in the society? Or fake tear-shedding relatives. Is it a story about four siblings who are settled in different parts of the world and come together to say the last goodbye to their dead mother? Or a dilemma between faith and science. In fact, for the entire first half, I kept asking myself, what is it that Bahl is trying to show though his story and characters? Is Goodbye the story of a grief-stricken dysfunctional family? Or a rebel daughter who refuses to believe in the outdated and orthodox rituals and traditions. (Also Read | Goodbye song Jaikal Mahakal: Amitabh Bachchan, Rashmika Mandanna are heartbroken ) But as you watch the story unfold in Goodbye, it really is a confused tale wanting to say so much but is so stuck in its flaws that it never rises beyond a funeral. Pardon me for saying funeral and drama in the same breath. Well, this is just 0.1% of the insensitivity and absurdity writer-director Vikas Bahl throws at us in this emotional rollercoaster of a funeral drama called Goodbye. The so-called group of friends pose for a smiling selfie, after all a new WhatsApp group calls for a new profile picture. Why? Because Gayatri called the group by this name and her memories should live on. 'Gone Gayatri Gone, Lonely Harish ji, Harish ji needs us' are some of the suggestions said out loud before they reach a consensus to call it 'Chandigarh Bubblies'. As Gayatri's family and husband Harish Bhalla ( Amitabh Bachchan) wait for their turn at the cremation ground, her neighbourhood ladies are busy thinking what to name the WhatsApp group they're making in the memory of the deceased. The matriarch of a family, Gayatri Bhalla (Neena Gupta) has suddenly died. Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Rashmika Mandanna, Neena Gupta, Pavail Gulati, Sahil Mehra, Elli AvrRam
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