Sunday, April 26, 2009
Director Robby Grewal, who in recent times gave us the intense suspense thriller Samay followed by the romantic college drama Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar, returns with yet another film that boasts of his versatility.
Sadly Aloo Chaat doesn’t live up to the expectations created by Samay and MP3. Even though the film possess all the traits of a typical entertaining family drama such as an over dramatic mother, an overpowering father, a suspicious unwanted family member and an ideal son torn between his dreams and those of his family’s, it still fails to strike the right chords amongst the audiences.
Attempting to strike a winning tune with the audience is Nikhil (Aftab Shivdasani), an American returned Indian hailing from a Punjabi family that simply cannot wait to get him married off to an ideal Indian girl. Unfortunately for this family, Nikhil has other plans in mind. Whilst studying in America he fell in love with Aamna (Aamna Sharif) who may just have the traits the family wants in their ideal daughter in law except one - she’s not Indian. Far from it. She’s a Muslim. An absolute no-no in the family. So to change the perspective of his family Nikhil brings home a fake fiancé, an American girl. Now if all goes according to plan Nikhil’s family should realise that a Muslim daughter-in-law may not be such a terrible idea. After all, she’s still a Hindustani. How this plan fares is the crux of the story!
Now you ask, how can a movie with such an intriguing and entertaining storyline be a letdown? The answer to that is an absolutely flawed screenplay which promises to put you to sleep within the first half hour.
An entertaining film, most importantly an entertaining comedy film, is one that gets to the point instantly. In a day and age where time is money, audiences simply do not have the patience and time to sit for almost 40 minutes because a film gets to the point. That is Aloo Chaat's biggest and most influential flaw.
To conclude Aloo Chaat was a great thought that simply didn’t turn out as envisioned by the makers. The story fails to entertain abysmally and without performances to boast off the film remains quite a must-miss for this season!
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