Aloo Chaat
Hrishikesh Mukherjee started a trend.
Simple stories narrated in the most simplistic manner.
His movies inspired a generation of film-makers and a
lot of storytellers even today pay homage to Hrishi-da
through their movies. Robby Grewal does so with ALOO
CHAAT. Only thing, the film lacks the sweetness
associated that you expect from it.
 ALOO
CHAAT makes you smile sporadically. At most times it's
like watching a TV serial that's not hard to predict. 20
minutes into the film and you know what the culmination
would be.
Robby's last outing MP3: MERA PEHLA PEHLA PYAAR was an
interesting experience, but ALOO CHAAT tries too hard to
be a Hrishikesh Mukherjee kind of a film. Its execution
brings back memories of the illustrious film-maker's
several films as also Rajshri's DULHAN WAHI JO PIYA MAN
BHAAYE [Prem Kishen, Rameshwari], but falls flat.
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Verdict? This aloo chaat is spiceless!
What do you do when your entire family is against the
bride of your choice? Do you replace your family? Or do
you replace the bride?
Nikhil [Aftab Shivdasani] hails from Delhi and is
visiting his family in India. His parents start showing
him Punjabi girls for wedding. Knowing the temperament
of his father Purshottam [Kulbhushan Kharbanda], he
feels hesitant to disclose about his love affair. Hence,
he approaches his father's best friend [Manoj Pahwa],
who has a great influence on his father. Together they
plot to bring Nikhil's girlfriend [Aamna Sharif] into
the family.
ALOO CHAAT suffers due to one major reason: It just
doesn't hold your attention. The screenplay [Divya Nidhi
Sharma] relies on the same old tricks and the same old
situations that we've watched over and over again. You
do smile at times not because the scenes are funny, but
because the dialogues are witty.
Robby Grewal is letdown by a below-mediocre script.
Music [Mehfuz Husain, RDB, Vipin Mishra] is soothing and
a couple of melodies are tuneful. The video towards the
end credits [RDB] is eye-catching. Dialogues are well
penned.
Both Aftab and Aamna are limited to a few expressions.
Not their fault frankly because the writing hardly gives
them scope to perform. It's the supporting cast that
works wonders. Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Manoj Pahwa and
Sanjay Mishra sparkle. Dolly Ahluwalia is okay.
On the whole, ALOO CHAAT just doesn't work. Below
average.
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