Director: K. Balki
Producer: Orion Films
Cast: Amitabh Bacchan, Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Zohra Sehgal.
Rating : ****
REVIEW
Sometimes some films have such a charisma as if a soothing rain after 5 months of scorching heat. Though not surprisingly, cheenikum is such a movie. Sweet enough, but not diabetic. Almost perfect blend of emotions. Arrogance, love, friendship, hatred, this film has a perfect recipe of all. Truly natural, truly cinematic, truly subtle, and truly effective.
Firstly the film has a story and to add it’s a fresh one. The characters though true to life, situations are not very common. A 64 year old, London based Indian restaurateur (Amitabh Bacchan), thanks to his arrogance, bumps into a 34 year old woman (Tabu), who has come for a vacation to London. They get to know each other. They fall in love. But the problem his madam’s father back home in Delhi, who cannot accept a son-in-law 6 years elder to himself.
The main plot of the film works and so do the sub plots. Chef’s mother constantly nagging hgim to go to the gym. His friendship with the next door girl (sexy), who is a cancer patient, the chef at work bossing over his subordinates and Tabu and her friend in London.
The film flows from one conflict to another. Starting from the chef’s unacceptability about a spoilt dish, to the couple’s inability to accept each others’ food preferences, the father’s un-acceptance of ‘damaad’. And the impactful climax at the Qutub Minar. The film flows like a river.
Half the battle is won when the script has so much of potential. The other half also did not seem any difficult coz of presence of the Big B, Tabu and Paresh Rawal. The performances are top notch and subtle to the core. Amitabh Bachhan in magic. Tabu is par excellence. Paresh Rawal does his part with ease. So do Jameel Khan and Zohra Sehgal. The young sexy is really sexy to say the least. Music is upto the mark and so are other technical departments.
If at all there had to be any shortcoming of this cinema, it was that Paresh Rawal’s role was slightly shorter than expected. That is because Mr Rawal is such a wonderful performer that you want more of him.
Hope we have more of such films in future, where there is no bang-bang but pure content to engross you for 130 minutes.
Producer: Orion Films
Cast: Amitabh Bacchan, Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Zohra Sehgal.
Rating : ****
REVIEW
Sometimes some films have such a charisma as if a soothing rain after 5 months of scorching heat. Though not surprisingly, cheenikum is such a movie. Sweet enough, but not diabetic. Almost perfect blend of emotions. Arrogance, love, friendship, hatred, this film has a perfect recipe of all. Truly natural, truly cinematic, truly subtle, and truly effective.
Firstly the film has a story and to add it’s a fresh one. The characters though true to life, situations are not very common. A 64 year old, London based Indian restaurateur (Amitabh Bacchan), thanks to his arrogance, bumps into a 34 year old woman (Tabu), who has come for a vacation to London. They get to know each other. They fall in love. But the problem his madam’s father back home in Delhi, who cannot accept a son-in-law 6 years elder to himself.
The main plot of the film works and so do the sub plots. Chef’s mother constantly nagging hgim to go to the gym. His friendship with the next door girl (sexy), who is a cancer patient, the chef at work bossing over his subordinates and Tabu and her friend in London.
The film flows from one conflict to another. Starting from the chef’s unacceptability about a spoilt dish, to the couple’s inability to accept each others’ food preferences, the father’s un-acceptance of ‘damaad’. And the impactful climax at the Qutub Minar. The film flows like a river.
Half the battle is won when the script has so much of potential. The other half also did not seem any difficult coz of presence of the Big B, Tabu and Paresh Rawal. The performances are top notch and subtle to the core. Amitabh Bachhan in magic. Tabu is par excellence. Paresh Rawal does his part with ease. So do Jameel Khan and Zohra Sehgal. The young sexy is really sexy to say the least. Music is upto the mark and so are other technical departments.
If at all there had to be any shortcoming of this cinema, it was that Paresh Rawal’s role was slightly shorter than expected. That is because Mr Rawal is such a wonderful performer that you want more of him.
Hope we have more of such films in future, where there is no bang-bang but pure content to engross you for 130 minutes.
2 comments:
hey i totally agree vid ur review of cheeni kum ..its indeed a well made film...
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