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