When I went to watch Barfi , I was solely looking for another brilliant performance from Ranbir Kapoor. Anurag Basu, I had low expectations from. I was irked by the fact that he got bogged down by stars, the mega production set up, the crossover film idea and Spanish market exploration attempted in Kites . For me, Kites was a failure to see a great Hritik performance. To me, it was one of his worst performances since his debut. How that happened with a performer's director was beyond me. It still is. I like PC's looks. She isn't terrible. I knew from Fashion she could act. But she has consistently produced banal performances relying too much on her looks. She lacked the Vidya Balan abandon, which was so important to producing and enjoying a performance. Barfi blew my mind. Like Pritam's music, frankly I don't care if bits and pieces of Barfi was picked, referenced, etc from other films. I am not trying to be politically correct. How can I deny I loved t...