Aloo Chaat - Chatakdaar

The title of a movie being 'Aloo Chaat' itself brings a smile on our faces. The movie live up to its name and is more than a giggle or two. Its a khatta meetha comedy which has amazing one liners. Director Robby Grewal who had directed one of my favourite movies 'Samay' has done a wonderful job yet again.

Aloo Chaat has a hoard of comedians who are true to their genre. A special mention for Sanjay Mishra who is growing to be an extremely funny actor in hindi cinema. If you thought his 'Pinto(s)' character from the movie 'One Two Three' was funny, then watch out for him in this movie.

Nikhil (Aftab) has returned from the US after completing his education and his family decides to marry him off. Nikhil doesnt have a good rapport with his dad, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and hence confides to his uncle(Manoj Pahwa) that he actually loves a Muslim girl, Aamna (Aamna Sharif).

His uncle helps him to devise a plan to make Aamna win over the family members' hearts. Their plan is based on transpose DDLJ logic. They decide that Aftab will fake his love with an american girl, Niki, and Aamna will come in as her friend and win over everyone, much like SRK wins over Kajol's family.

The rest of the story is based on this plot. Theres a twist when Nikhil's father gets a heart attack and he decides to get Nikhil and Niki married the next day. Watch how Nikhil gets out of this one.

The movie is full of very funny one liners. The dialogues are simply awesome. Hats off to Divy Nidhi Sharma. But there are a couple of minuses too. The build up to the love between the lead pair of Aftab and Aamna is missing and hence you do not feel for those characters as much as you felt for a SRK and Kajol in DDLJ. The music is very boring and one can easily fast forward them without losing too much narrative in the movie.

Of the actors Manoj Pahwa and Sanjay Mishra lead the pack. Their comic timing is awesome. Kulbhushan Kharbanda is good in certain scenes but for the rest of the part he adds more ham scenes to his repertoire. I guess we should call him 'The Hamster' by now. I guess some one like Om Puri would have done a much better job. The rumored real life love birds Aftab and Aamna are okay in the movie. They do not get a meaty part of the funny lines. Aftab is much more capable and should select roles carefully. Aamna Sharif looks drop dead gorgeous.

Director Robby Grewal is joining my favourite director's list. So far all his three movies have been successful at entertaining me. 'Samay', 'Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar(MP3)' and this one. Good job Mr. Grewal. Stand up and take a bow. I just wish he could get as much hype and recognition for his work as his counterparts do.

Rating: *** (Do watch it. Very entertaining. Paisa vasool)