Ghanchakkar, directed by RajKumar Gupta relates to every genre be it comedy, drama, suspense or thriller. Yet, in all this potpourri it loses its very essence, entertaining the audience.
Sanju(Emraan) is a dim-witted husband having a lackadaisical attitude towards his garrulous and outlandishly dressed punjabi wife, Neetu(Vidya). They are poles apart in their personalities which creates subtle situational humour. He pulls off a grand bank robbery(in ABI Bank, a spoof over SBI) with two of his accomplices, Pandit(Rajesh Sharma) and Idris(Namit Das) and makes away with Rs. 35 crore. Quite foolishly, the mastermind of the plan gives him the task of hiding the booty till the dust settles over the matter. Three months down, when the duo contact their partner, Sanju fails to remember them, the loot and the place where he stashed the loot money. Voila!!
With such an interesting first half, the expectation skyrockets to see an equally absorbing second one. However, an impoverished script takes its toll on the movie which essentially relies on only four characters (read foursome act) and thus fails to reach its high(read orgasm).
The scene where Sanju draws a blank face when enquired about the loot money, reminds me of the writer who would have reacted the same way when penning down the second half. Blank!!! The second half feels like an overly stretched Test match after an edgy T-20 like play in first half. The same question of "paisa kahan hai" meeting with similar fate,"Mujhe nahi pata". Gosh! And to talk of the climax, it's a big big let-down. A typical reminiscent of a shoddy attempt to quickly wind off the suspense when you are out of idea.
Performance wise, except Emraan, there is nothing to boast about the remaining trio.If in his earlier movies, he has shown the talent of his heavy lips and tongue, this time its his sulky face and heavy eyes.
At the end, one question keeps resonating in my mind; if these crooks were so adept in looting a bank without getting caught, then why didn't they pulled off a similar heist again instead of running for a blanked out treasure.
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Sanju(Emraan) is a dim-witted husband having a lackadaisical attitude towards his garrulous and outlandishly dressed punjabi wife, Neetu(Vidya). They are poles apart in their personalities which creates subtle situational humour. He pulls off a grand bank robbery(in ABI Bank, a spoof over SBI) with two of his accomplices, Pandit(Rajesh Sharma) and Idris(Namit Das) and makes away with Rs. 35 crore. Quite foolishly, the mastermind of the plan gives him the task of hiding the booty till the dust settles over the matter. Three months down, when the duo contact their partner, Sanju fails to remember them, the loot and the place where he stashed the loot money. Voila!!
With such an interesting first half, the expectation skyrockets to see an equally absorbing second one. However, an impoverished script takes its toll on the movie which essentially relies on only four characters (read foursome act) and thus fails to reach its high(read orgasm).
The scene where Sanju draws a blank face when enquired about the loot money, reminds me of the writer who would have reacted the same way when penning down the second half. Blank!!! The second half feels like an overly stretched Test match after an edgy T-20 like play in first half. The same question of "paisa kahan hai" meeting with similar fate,"Mujhe nahi pata". Gosh! And to talk of the climax, it's a big big let-down. A typical reminiscent of a shoddy attempt to quickly wind off the suspense when you are out of idea.
Performance wise, except Emraan, there is nothing to boast about the remaining trio.If in his earlier movies, he has shown the talent of his heavy lips and tongue, this time its his sulky face and heavy eyes.
At the end, one question keeps resonating in my mind; if these crooks were so adept in looting a bank without getting caught, then why didn't they pulled off a similar heist again instead of running for a blanked out treasure.
Source:www.vjmoviews.com