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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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BOLLYWOOD CHAAR DIN KI CHANDNI
EDITOR'S PICK
Rating: ** 1/2
Don`t ask who`s who, what`s what, and why things happen here. And your life will
be much easier while watching this utterly scrambled comedy. A homage to those
magnificent maestros of mirth David Dhawan, Anees Bazmi and Rohit Shetty, Chaar
Din Ki Chandni(CDKC) takes the theme of outrageous festivity to a new
high.
Characters, all 27-28 of them, are either screaming, guffawing, burping or
performing one or the other bodily functions that we are squeamish about when
not watching a boorish comedy.
So what`s this Chandni about? There`s a wedding at the centre of the bustling
canvas. As in Karnik`s earlier comedy Yamala Pagla Deewaana you`d be
well-advised to focus hard on that wacky wedding because that`s where the army
of characters, some loud others cacophonic, congregate in a combustion of comic
compulsions.
Be warned. If you are allergic to toilet humour then you might find Karnik`s
comedy a pain in the you-know-what. To his credit Karnik doesn`t let go of the
sur of chaotic satire from the first to the last blast. His actors too are
completely soaked in the hilarity. Anupam Kher and Om Puri as the two
patriarchal heads of two demoniacally dysfunctional families go through the
motions of free-falling slapstick without tripping over the jokes.
The rest of the vast cast features some surprising actors, like Chandrachur
Singh and Anita Raj both of whom return after quite a gap. Regrettably the
tightly-packed canvas allows no room for any actor to shine beyond the cheesy
lines written by Amit Masurkar and Nishant Hada.
Miraculously, the love story between the star-crossed couple survives. Tusshar
and Kulraj are no Romeo and Juliet. But then this is no epic love tale. The pair
here is entertaining. Tusshar`s Sardar act is amusing. The packaging and
presentation of the comic ambience throws forward a certain quicksilver quality
of humour that isn`t meant for all tastes.
As far as ensemble comedies in Bollywood goes Char Din Ki Chandni is
spunkier more energetic than what you`ve probably seen in the other recent
ha-ha-thons.
CHAAR DIN KI CHANDNI is a comedy laced with romance and is set against the backdrop of Rajasthan at a four-day wedding. A complete family entertainer, the film revolves around a Rajput family and a family from Punjab, who are caught in a situation which creates comedy of errors.
While both are SINGHS, only the film will decide who is the real KING.
