Even for those who know nothing, but Khichdi was a serial aired on Star Plus, this movie is such a stress buster from all that masala Bollywood releases of the recent time.[break]
Starring: Supriya Pathak, Anang Desai, Rajeev Mehta, Nimisha Vakharia, Jamnadas Majethia and Kirti Kulhari
Director: Aatish Kapadia
Producer: Hats Off
Production House
Genre: Comedy
Rating: * * / * * * * *
After a bad hang over of Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra’s bad chemistry in Anjana Anjani, which was released last week, it was such a relief after watching Khichdi, which doesn’t give much stress to your mind and just leaves you laughing even after the film is over.
The Parekh family, who earned place in people’s heart as the best sitcom characters are still filled with laughing gas, which once spread cannot stop people from laughing genuinely. Comedy though seems one of the easiest genres to pick; to make people laugh genuinely is certainly a Herculean task. And, when it comes to the Parekh family, mayhem is not far behind.
While Khichdi had already gained enough popularity as one of the best comedy sitcoms in India, the director Aatish Kapadia took a big risk in making a movie with these characters of the teleserial. With Khichdi sitcom already lent everything to make people laugh, many had though that this movie would be nothing, but the combine screenplays of its series. Director Kapadia has proved everyone wrong.
What makes this movie seriously funny is that it doesn’t just use the stereotype funny lines, like the ones you hear in other Bollywood movies; it rather focuses on deadpan humor, like that of Simpsons and the witty lines that this movie rich with is its primary selling point.
At a time when the entire small screen industry of India was so obsessed with the overly exaggerated women centered daily soaps, Khichdi sitcom came as a sigh of relief for them. Similarly, with the cheesy romantic flicks like I Hate Luv Storys and Anjana Anjanai trying to catch eyes of the college goers, Khichdi – The Movie comes as a relief to those film goers who had forgotten what a true humor is in a film, since a long time.
The story is narrated by only two members of Parekh family (Jacky and Chucky).
Actor Satish Shah plays a God’s role to explain that he made everyone equal, spare this Parekh family in front of whom all wits are failed.
The story in the film completely revolves around finding a true love for Himanshu (Jamnadas Majethia). The household characters of Khichdi – Hansha, Jaishree, Babu Ji and Prafool do all sort of goof-ups to get Himanshu fall in love. And when does fall into mutual weirdness called love, they cook up problems to add up spices in this love chemistry.
It’s not for the story why you should go to watch this movie. Cinematic elements like soundtracks, cinematography, editing and screenplay are also not that vital when it comes to Khichdi. It’s for the dialogues why this film is a must-see. The dialogues go beyond the barrier if wittiness and seriously funny. The poker-faced expressions on characters’ face carry the stupidest of the dialogues creatively.
Definitely Khichdi is a family entertainer. So take your family and friends with you as Khichdi is definitely a paisa wasool. Screening at Kumari Cinema Hall
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