Review of the film: Ghanchakkar
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Overall rating: 3/5
summary: comedy-thriller with stellar performance but doesnt impress in the end
type: small-budget independent, smartly-made films with talented team
similar to: Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron
strength: acting, good dose of comedy & light suspense
weakness: lack of focus on the legitimate ending and loosely-knit script
The trailer of the movie had created quite a buzz among all kinds of movie-goers: movie buffs, movie fanatics, good movie seekers, interesting movie seekers, movie connoissuers, friday time-passers, after-office-romancers, weekend-celebrators, theatre-corner-heat treating couples, hot dog munchers and many other un-identified categories of hindi movie goers; needless to mention the Vidya Balan's fans (for whatever reasons! as I always doubt the stated reason for being a fan!) and both the segments of Emraan Hashmi's fans ('fans' looking for some steamy scenes to flag off the weekend on 'warm note' and 'newbie fans' who have taken interest in Hashmi after watching his meatier performance in films like Shanghai). Finally, the film might satisfy all segments to some extent. the credit goes to the popular genre of comedy-thriller which goes down well with Indian movie going segments. And for the fact that, with commendable ensemble of cast and technicians, the film's genre and the underlying story have been treated well with a smart take on new-age indian film making or story telling.
The film revolves around a recently married couple: Sanju (Emraan Hashmi) & Neetu (Vidya Balan) and a bank robbery which Sanju helped two petty underworld novices Pundit (Rajesh Sharma, a veteran actor from Kolkata) and Idris (Namit Das, a known face from ad world) with his skill of decoding and breaking bank lockers. The problem ( and all the fun) starts when Sanju refuses to recognize them for his alleged amnesia when they are supposed to distribute the money! Balan's challenging role as a loud punjabi house-wife with weird sense of fashion has been pulled off to a large extent with Balan's acting prowess. The hangover of dirty picture prevaled all over in a light way thanks to the role's requirement, but forced punjabi accent couldnt do the full justice to the character Balan has been cast for! Hashmi, in a brooding-lost, couch potato, serious looking new married husband character has proved that he has the potential for a great actor; may be he was too busy in kissing before to discover himself. Other two major characters of pundit and idris have been given equall importance and undoubtedly Rajesh Sharma & Namit Das have done the justice with a stellar performance adding to the comedy quotient of the film script! The detailing of the every day life of the weird couple Sanju & Neetu, stupid antics of the novice goons, quirky introduction of small characters with powerful impact due to the performance and well-thought of characterization will keep you entertained, whatever your taste of movie is. The script goes here and there, gets diverted, stalled and lost somewhere from the main stream for all these not-so-connected characters and the not-so-necessary sequences but all these finally make the film what it turns out to be!
The basic storyline is refreshing and is capable of keeping the audience engaged throughout. Its reported that the new comer Script Writer Pervez Sheikh has given birth to the story. The "Aamir" & "No one killed Jessica"-fame director Rajkumar Gupta's touch has made the final script. Cinematography has been handled by Setu of Kahani-fame and editing has been done by award-winning Aarti Bajaj of Black Friday, Dev D fame! Music has been composed by Amit Trivedi who doesnt need any introduction, I guess! The film has been produced by the duo Ronnie Screwala & Siddharth Roy kapoor of UTV Motion pictures. When all the talented technicians with recent success come together there has to be some impact on the film's presentation. this film can be classified as a director or technicians' film as well as the actors' film. The back-end team has been well-formed and promises us to churn out really good films from a film making perspective. The treatment, style of presentation, dialogues all have been smartly designed with a flavour of new independent film making which might remind us the products like "Jaane bhi do Yaroon" from talented FTII grads.
The only flaw, and what finally turns out to be the main flaw, which may have clipped the wings for probably a successful flight of a great endeavour by a group of telents, is its inability to reach a impressive climax, unearthing a surprisingly big void in its otherwise very interesting script and story! It finally couldnt deliver what it had started off with. As if, the service of a promising restaurant fell flat after the appeatizers and the main course! Though it was true to a thriller genre keeping the audience clueless about the truth till the end, the audience is simply disinterested in accepting the final end. The director and script writer may have lost interest in the middle and the urge to complete the film in stipulated 2 hours may have influenced them at the last moment. The film makers were mainly interested in taking the audience through a journey without being bothered about the destination. They catered to all minute details of the journey but just droped us in the space and ran away with their own space shuttle leaving us orbiting the planet!
Ghanchakkar is definitely watchable for all kinds of movie lovers but you may not come out of the theatre fully satisfied; the same way in a bedroom scene in the film where Sanju forgets what he was searching in the middle of the make out with his wife Neetu wanting to complete it with a "pre-cautioned climax" and they couldnt reach the 'climax' !
Overall rating: 3/5
Acting: 3.5/5
Direction: 3.5/5
Script: 2.5/5
Story: 3/5
Editing: 3/5
Cinematography: 3/5
Music: 3.5/5
Other reviews:
Zee news
HT
Indian Express
TimesOfIndia
(see the details)
Overall rating: 3/5
summary: comedy-thriller with stellar performance but doesnt impress in the end
similar to: Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron
strength: acting, good dose of comedy & light suspense
weakness: lack of focus on the legitimate ending and loosely-knit script
The trailer of the movie had created quite a buzz among all kinds of movie-goers: movie buffs, movie fanatics, good movie seekers, interesting movie seekers, movie connoissuers, friday time-passers, after-office-romancers, weekend-celebrators, theatre-corner-heat treating couples, hot dog munchers and many other un-identified categories of hindi movie goers; needless to mention the Vidya Balan's fans (for whatever reasons! as I always doubt the stated reason for being a fan!) and both the segments of Emraan Hashmi's fans ('fans' looking for some steamy scenes to flag off the weekend on 'warm note' and 'newbie fans' who have taken interest in Hashmi after watching his meatier performance in films like Shanghai). Finally, the film might satisfy all segments to some extent. the credit goes to the popular genre of comedy-thriller which goes down well with Indian movie going segments. And for the fact that, with commendable ensemble of cast and technicians, the film's genre and the underlying story have been treated well with a smart take on new-age indian film making or story telling.
The film revolves around a recently married couple: Sanju (Emraan Hashmi) & Neetu (Vidya Balan) and a bank robbery which Sanju helped two petty underworld novices Pundit (Rajesh Sharma, a veteran actor from Kolkata) and Idris (Namit Das, a known face from ad world) with his skill of decoding and breaking bank lockers. The problem ( and all the fun) starts when Sanju refuses to recognize them for his alleged amnesia when they are supposed to distribute the money! Balan's challenging role as a loud punjabi house-wife with weird sense of fashion has been pulled off to a large extent with Balan's acting prowess. The hangover of dirty picture prevaled all over in a light way thanks to the role's requirement, but forced punjabi accent couldnt do the full justice to the character Balan has been cast for! Hashmi, in a brooding-lost, couch potato, serious looking new married husband character has proved that he has the potential for a great actor; may be he was too busy in kissing before to discover himself. Other two major characters of pundit and idris have been given equall importance and undoubtedly Rajesh Sharma & Namit Das have done the justice with a stellar performance adding to the comedy quotient of the film script! The detailing of the every day life of the weird couple Sanju & Neetu, stupid antics of the novice goons, quirky introduction of small characters with powerful impact due to the performance and well-thought of characterization will keep you entertained, whatever your taste of movie is. The script goes here and there, gets diverted, stalled and lost somewhere from the main stream for all these not-so-connected characters and the not-so-necessary sequences but all these finally make the film what it turns out to be!
The basic storyline is refreshing and is capable of keeping the audience engaged throughout. Its reported that the new comer Script Writer Pervez Sheikh has given birth to the story. The "Aamir" & "No one killed Jessica"-fame director Rajkumar Gupta's touch has made the final script. Cinematography has been handled by Setu of Kahani-fame and editing has been done by award-winning Aarti Bajaj of Black Friday, Dev D fame! Music has been composed by Amit Trivedi who doesnt need any introduction, I guess! The film has been produced by the duo Ronnie Screwala & Siddharth Roy kapoor of UTV Motion pictures. When all the talented technicians with recent success come together there has to be some impact on the film's presentation. this film can be classified as a director or technicians' film as well as the actors' film. The back-end team has been well-formed and promises us to churn out really good films from a film making perspective. The treatment, style of presentation, dialogues all have been smartly designed with a flavour of new independent film making which might remind us the products like "Jaane bhi do Yaroon" from talented FTII grads.
The only flaw, and what finally turns out to be the main flaw, which may have clipped the wings for probably a successful flight of a great endeavour by a group of telents, is its inability to reach a impressive climax, unearthing a surprisingly big void in its otherwise very interesting script and story! It finally couldnt deliver what it had started off with. As if, the service of a promising restaurant fell flat after the appeatizers and the main course! Though it was true to a thriller genre keeping the audience clueless about the truth till the end, the audience is simply disinterested in accepting the final end. The director and script writer may have lost interest in the middle and the urge to complete the film in stipulated 2 hours may have influenced them at the last moment. The film makers were mainly interested in taking the audience through a journey without being bothered about the destination. They catered to all minute details of the journey but just droped us in the space and ran away with their own space shuttle leaving us orbiting the planet!
Ghanchakkar is definitely watchable for all kinds of movie lovers but you may not come out of the theatre fully satisfied; the same way in a bedroom scene in the film where Sanju forgets what he was searching in the middle of the make out with his wife Neetu wanting to complete it with a "pre-cautioned climax" and they couldnt reach the 'climax' !
Overall rating: 3/5
Acting: 3.5/5
Direction: 3.5/5
Script: 2.5/5
Story: 3/5
Editing: 3/5
Cinematography: 3/5
Music: 3.5/5
Other reviews:
Zee news
HT
Indian Express
TimesOfIndia
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