Cheeni Kum has a feel good factor attached to it..the witty
one liners of Budhadev (AB) and Neena (TABU) are the highlight of the film and are humorous..the
slow and the steady romance which develops between them is too cute and looks
convincing..The mother and son chemistry between Budhadev and Zohra Sehgal is
too damn sweet and will surely remind u of ur relationship with your
mother..the chemistry between Budhadev and Sexy is amazing too and the
director brings it out in a beautiful manner..Neena and Budhadev add an element
of fire in every frame when they are together..but Paresh Rawal disappoints a
bit but may be because of the character given to him in the film..i mean the
gandhian belief of his is fine in the film but implementing satyagrah for his
own personal usage is a bit not digestible..the writer director needed to be
clear on a fact that Gandhiji’s satyagrah was meant to be for the whole society
and not for a single person..had the gandhian angle not been a part of the
film and if it would have been Paresh’s decision to go on a fast until death
would have carried some meaning as the satyagrah of Paresh fails the moment he
breaks his fast and lets Neena go to Budhadev whereas the satyagrah of Gandhi
was a success..
Whatever said and done the film has a lively feel to it
which puts a smile on your face every now and then the director has done a good
job by keeping the film tight though in the second half it looks a bit
stretched for about 10 minutes odd not much..
The music of CK by illayaraja is good..soft..but not the one which
u will remember for ever..other than the opening lines of the title song..
Amitabh shows
his acting excellence at 64..you have to see it to believe it..its a famous
saying that a man returns to his childhood when he touches 60..its the same
character of Amitabh through out the film and especially in the climax..
Amitabh once again excels in his performance..and yes I am
totally against the people who say that he should not do such films arre why
should he not do..he is a professional and he has the experience of years
behind him to decide which films to do and which not to and he is dong the
films which suit his age..if bachchan will not do these films then who
will..Saif? Aamir? Shahrukh? Sanjay Dutt? Kamala hai na..when he did films with
younger heroines like Jaya Prada (Sharabi..Ganga Jamuna Saraswati) Rati
Agnihotri..etc etc..people said he should work as per his age and now when he
has started working his age people have a different opinion..i mean leave the
man alone yaar..let him do what he enjoys the most and that is ACTING..you can
actually feel what Budhdev might be going through in the film such is the aura
of this genius called Amitabh Bachchan..the one liners are so witty that u r
bound to laugh..like in the scene where its raining and bachchan is walking
with his umbrella and he sees Tabu standing and saving herself from rain he
invites her into the umbrella but she says that she was going in the opposite
direction so he also says that he too was heading in the same direction and
Tabu questions but he was going straight..Bachchan replies “who actually mujhe
us saamne waale light pole ki shakal pasand nahi aayi isiliye ab is taraf jaa
raha hun”..look at his body language when he goes to meet Paresh Rawal for the
first time..Amazing..though Amitabh behaves like a teenager most of the time
in CK but his character’s sensibilities are in place this is visible in the
scene when he gets angry on Tabu (Halka sach and Bhaari Sach wala scene)..The
scene where Gunda’s tease Tabu and Amitabh Shouts is also good and you will
feel that all of a sudden you are looking at that old Amitabh from a film like
Mr.Natwarlal..Naseeb..or Suhaag..
Tabu rocks big time in the film guys and performs with a
total ease she is natural to the core..maska performance..koi jawab hi nahi
hai performance ka..looks that age which she is portraying in the film with a
good sense of humour..amazing is too small a word for her..notice the interval
scene where she is angry and walks off and when Amitabh calls her she turns and
he says “Koi bhi bulaayega toh mudh jaaogi kya?” and tabu comes running and
hugs Amitabh..watch the way she has acted it out..a woman totally in love..too
good..there are so many scenes where she has proved that she is the most
versatile actress check out the scene where she gets upset on Amitabh when he
asks her out to the comedy circus..
Zohra Sehgal is superb..she fits the role like it was
written with her in the mind..
Sexy is too good..i mean she is the surprise package of the
film..this girl has some confidence man..look at her performing with Amitabh
she looks pretty neat haan..the interesting part is that she knows that she has
this killing disease and she is going to die and still she tries to keep away
from sadness and learn as much as at the same time..her wish to see the A
rated dvd’s her wish to have boyfriends..her understanding for human
emotions..is all too good..such matured attitude at such young age is only for
her own benefit..she makes you laugh..and cry in the film..when she calls
Amitabh while he is in India and has just had a fight with Tabu and sexy inquires
about Tabu..Amitabh says he is taking it easy and she says tere paas bahut time
hai kya toh fir thoda mujhe de de na..kya ladki hai yaar really sexy..
Paresh Rawal disappoints a bit..first time I found him not
upto the mark..may be he has done so many loud films in the days gone by that
something of those films is still lying somewhere with him which I noticed in
Cheeni Kum..
The few doubts and complaints after watching the film are :
the only thing which is left unanswered is the reason of
Budhadev being a bachelor till the age of 64..its ok that he is shown as a workaholic
and a perfectionist but that’s not enough reason for him not to marry all these
years..also observe the scene where Amitabh and Tabu are sitting on the
bench in the Park and Bachchan asks Tabu’s age..notice a big brown shoddy
looking patch on the left arm of the coat of Bachchan what was it as it looks
dirty..and three shots later when Amitabh is dragging Tabu this patch suddenly
vanishes..a sure shot costume dept error..also The scene where bachchan goes to the chemist and is
embarrassed to ask for condom..woh thoda sa digest nahi hua..but then I feel
its ok for a person who has not been in a relationship for years together..but
that chacha ko durex dena waala punch was too good..and how it irritates
Amitabh..
Cheeni Kum has a livlier screenplay with a good flavor of dialogues
and yes the other thing which I need to mention here is that the concept of
showing elder people falling in love on screen is a fairly new one in India and
is not easily accepted..but isn’t it prevailing in our society – yes it
is..so I mean that in cinema too the time will
change it all..that day is not far off when these subjects will be accepted in
India too and will have a wider audience..
CK is a film which will make you smile and make you feel
good when you walk out of the theatre..A full on paisa vasool film...In short Cheeni Kum is a must watch..