Chaar Din Ki Chandini

Char Dir Ki Chandini:

You are caught in the midst of a wedding prep at this royal family headed by a gun trotting Papa Singh (Anupam Kher) The family has a gang full of gen next heirs who have not gone to even a finishing school leave alone a school in the first place. They behave like they have all graduated in lunacy and keep exhibiting one facet of their moronic being or the other.
The script also seems to be part of a new experiment, where the Director first assembles all these guys and gals and then gives them the liberty to just walk into the script at will and behave in a manner they believe will take the script forward. Falling out of the closet are characters which include the wife (Anita Raj), the many guys (Chadrachud Singh, Sushan Singh, Mukul Dev and Harish.) the youngest of them Veer (Tushar Kapoor) brings in his fiancé Chandini (Kulraj Randhava) into this melee. She passes off as a part time journalist from London seeking to cover a royal marriage.
Pappa Singh is impressed with Chandini like the audience was with the original (remember Yash Chopra) simply because she is truly full of fizz and fun. He resolves to get her married even before he does the kanyadaan of the ongoing proceedings at home – his daughter’s wedding.
Walking into this high octave, heavy wattage, high voltage marriage asylum are Chandini’s parents (Om Puri and Farida Jalal). They however cannot be introduced as her parents because, Chandini is not Rajput and royalty and hence marriage with Veer is a complicated affair.
Every one of the four brothers fall in love with Chandini and it is her task to hoodwink them all and keep her romance with Veer under wraps. With Chandini’s parents coming in as Decorators for the wedding, we have enough confusion (read humour) .They all go ballistic. The defence being: the success of outings like Jab We Met and Tera Naal Love Ho Gaya. Also since this a Rajput Punjabi shaadi ghar, you have the ghagras and dances sprouting out from nowhere and for no purpose. Papa Singh in the process of keeping his promise as the marriage broker for guest Chandini hit on a character who should be imprisoned for lunatic behaviour but is embraced with affection. Resultantly we head to a climax that only increases the octaves and noise levels. Tushar and Kulraj Randhava do their best to keep things going but sadly that is simply insufficient to make the movie viewable. A few tickles which catch you unawares also add to the positive.
This supposed entertainer first attacks your ears, then your eyes and if you are still watching it attempts a few tickles. Frolic is the excuse. Excuse is what you need to see the film. The earlier Chandini weaved magic with the audience, this time the Char Din version is char pal too much.
L. Ravichander