Another Onam comes to an end as Mahabali makes his way back
to the netherworld after his annual visit to meet his subjects. All of us look
forward to this festive season for various reasons with one of them being the
release of big banner movies. Incidentally,
I haven’t been able to watch them yet though I did check out Nitesh Tiwari’s “Chhichhore”.
Millennials has faced the brunt of the blame from the Finance Minister for the
economic slowdown in the automotive sector. Well are they really responsible for
it? Hmm…it’s something that needs to be analysed & I will give my view on
that in FB. However, the question that is equally important is whether elders
have equipped millennials to deal with failures. It doesn’t seem so considering
the rise in number of suicides & that’s the subject that is tackled here by
Tiwari which kinda interested me.
Anirudh Pathak/Anni (Sushant Singh) was a successful man
& father to a teenage son, Raghav (Mohammad
Samad) who was eagerly awaiting the results of the engineering entrance exams. Though
Anirudh tries to instill confidence in his son, the latter always felt the
pressure to perform as his parents were elite students in their days.
Eventually when the result doesn’t pan out in the manner that Raghav had expected,
he commits suicide. To the relief of his parents, he does escape but the
prognosis of his medical condition was poor. In order to ingrain into Raghav
that it was fine to falter in life, Anirudh tells him about his experiences in
college & calls on his buddies to help him out in this difficult time.
With a movie like “Dangal” in his resume, Nitesh Tiwari is
someone who doesn’t need an introduction. It’s been almost 3 years since the
Aamir Khan starrer had released & I have to say that both the flicks had a
certain degree of similarity in what they wanted to convey. If Mahavir Phogat forced
his daughters to realize his dream, Anirudh wanted his son to pursue his dream
without getting bogged by the pressure of expectations. It also has shades of “Jo
Jeeta Wohi Sikandar” where we saw Model & rajput colleges lock horns. Nitesh
had penned the script in the company of Piyush Gupta & Nikhil Mehrotra and
it does work fine for most parts. I am pretty sure many of us would relate to
the events that unfold in hostels & it does give a sense of nostalgia.
However, everything isn’t as endearing as the makeup department has done a
pathetic job with the actors looking as if they were participating in some
mediocre fancy dress competition.
All of the actors without exception struggled to portray
their older self convincingly which was aggravated to a certain extent by the woeful
makeover. However, in their normal avatar Sushant Singh along with Tahir Raj
(as Derek) were my personal favourites. As for the rest of the cast, Varun
Sharma rocked as Sexa while Naveen Polishetty, Tushar Pandey & Shraddha
Kapoor did their parts aptly. Saharsh Kumar as Bevda felt miscasted while
Prateik Babbar was reduced to a stereotypical role.
Verdict: As per the latest box-office reports, it is headed
for 100C which more than amply proves that the audience had connected with the
movie. Apart from keeping us in good spirits, it also talks about the need to applaud
our failures, so that it gives us the impetus to rise from the doldrums. In
short, do check it out!!!
Rating: 3/5
Regards…Ben
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