Rating- **
Futile & Implausible Premise!
Inspired by Hollywood film Groundhog Day, Karan Sharma has written the story which is set in a non-metropolitan city. The sermon by Bhagwandas in the climax fails to have the desired impact or even half of it! While some comic portions are entertaining, the futility and implausibility of the drama hits the viewers, more so in the post-interval part.
If you ask me about the insipid story, I will only draw a blank. The film is about two hopeless romantics, Ranjan (Rajkummar Rao) and Titli (Wamiqa Gabbi) who are desperate to get married. When they pull all the strings to make it happen, Ranjan finds himself stuck strangely in an unbelievable time loop and keeps waking up on the same day, that too thrice -- a day prior to his wedding day.
Otherwise jobless and irresponsible, Ranjan promises his would-be father in law that he will find a government job in just about two months. This is her father’s only condition. Ranjan happily spends Titli’s money, which she borrows from her parents and doesn’t aspire to be self-sufficient until he is forced to. Having no care in the world, the couple resorts to ‘jugaad’ and succeeds until Ranjan finds himself tangled in the time loop which forbids him to proceed to his wedding day.
The first half takes rather too long to get to the point with innumerable songs added for no rhyme or reason and it really tests your patience a lot. Though the film has elements that are obviously strikingly different, especially those that set out to follow a different template, the film sets out to deliver a relevant message of its own too.
Though Karan Sharma fails in execution with repetitive scenes, performances wise, I’d give full credit to both Rajkummar Rao and Wamiqa Gabbi for lending a touch of sincerity to their roles as well as Raghubir Yadav for portraying the middle class father of Rajkyummar Rao and Yashpal Sharma for depicting the role of the father of Wamiqa Gabbi.
All said and done, I’d still say that Bhool Chuk Maaf isn’t a major groundbreaking film for Rajkummar Rao that way, though he ensures that he essays the role of Ranjan with all his flaws and heart intact.
- Review by Jyothi Venkatesh
Producer- Dinesh Vijan
Director- Karan Sharma
Star Cast- Rajkummar Rao, Wamiqa Gabbi, Raghubir Yadav, Seema Pahwa, Zakir Hussain, Vineet Kumar, Sanjay Mishra
Genre- Comedy
Platform of Release- Theatres
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