Popular sitcom hit screens this week through Khichdi-The Movie, with bling and dandiya outfits galore. Gujarati pronunciations and their cute demeanour take the world by storm and fond recognition. With the gang of Praful in colourful kurtas, Babuji with his grey safari suits, Himanshu with well... let’s just say prints don’t go with stripes and patch work sweaters (fashion dies a quiet death in this film).
The icing on the cake is however cute Hansaben, the mirror image of the strutting bahu of the household. Done up with gajras (flowers) in her well set bun to bandhni saris all the way with at least 18 bangles on each hand along with layers of chunky American diamond necklaces she is the only one managing a smile through the plot of this film. Even though today’s youth may laugh at the attire for a simple Sunday afternoon you can’t help but smile at the eagerness of her innocently and adorably dumb character portrait of the oblivious housewife and her struggle with a western accent through her ‘What is?’ dialogue (Interpretation of What’s the matter or What is it?) that she so confidently greets the audience in.
As for the entertainment value this film fails to deliver sufficient storylines focusing on how Himanshu the eligible Gujju bachelor wants his love story with Parminder (the pretty heroine in colourful patialias and parandas) to be legendary and therefore goes about spoiling the well set match to add a little spice and make it into the love struggle and triumphant story. With a murder and a slapstick courtroom scene roped in, you can just leave your brains at home and smile ever so often at the unity in dumbness this family portrays through the film. Loud and bright orange with a sprinkle of stripped purple sweaters would be the best way to describe the essence of Khichdi.
My Rating: 1/5
By: Lily Shroff
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