Dir: Vikas Behl, Nitesh Tiwari Cast: Naman Jain, Sarath Menon, Roshan Grover, Chinmai Chandranshuh, Aarav Khanna, Vishesh Tiwari, Vedant Desai, Irfan Khan, Ranbir Kapoor (special appearance)
Chillar Party
U: Children, Comedy
Dir: Vikas Behl, Nitesh Tiwari
Cast: Naman Jain, Sarath Menon, Roshan Grover, Chinmai Chandranshuh, Aarav Khanna, Vishesh Tiwari, Vedant Desai, Irfan Khan, Ranbir Kapoor (special appearance)
Rating: ***
A bunch of kids and a dog, fighting against injustice meted out to their lesser-privileged friend. Is your heart already melting? Then Chillar Party is definitely for you.
A simple film, too naive at times, about the kids of middle-class families, which live in Chandan Nagar Society. Into their society walks Phatka, a poor boy with his dog, Bhidu. His job is to clean the cars of the society and he makes an old, abandoned car his home. Kids don't like Phatka too much but eventually they make him their friend. Soon after, a politician and his wily ways enter their blissful lives and suddenly the situation turns into a conflict between the kids and the politician Bhide.
This movie makes you laugh, moves you to tears and tickles at your maternal instincts more often than once. But then, hold it, is it not a given when you have some adorable and real kids (unlike the typical Bollywood oversmart brats) and a helpless dog thrown in? Director Vikas Behl has a winner in his hand even before the story begins. The story is not really a big deal. The villain and his sycophant of an assistant are predictable. What is refreshing and contemporary, however, is the way the kids decide to take on their enemy. The film casually touches upon child labour, parents' apathy towards children's needs, etc. but thankfully, not in a preachy way.
The children, especially Irfan who plays Phatka, are so real and endearing that at times I felt like reaching out to them and giving them a 'good job done' hug. Most importantly, these kids behave and react like kids do, and not like dwarfed adults. The climax, however, was unconvincing and veering away from the general mood of the film.
Chillar Party is a children's film so simplistic that it could have been very well made by a child. But then, I guess that's quite an achievement too in an industry where children's film generally means yet another moral lesson for the hapless kids.
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