Love Khichdi -Film review
Love Khichdi
A; DRAMA/COMEDY
Dir: Shrinivas Bhashyam
Cast: Randeep Hooda, Sada, Sonali Kulkarni, Divya Dutta, Riya Sen, Rituparna Sengupta, Saurabh Shukla
*u00bd
What's it about: One Haryanvi sous chef. A bevy of beauties. One life, many 'loves'. He's got the looks, the lies and the confidence. They've got the looks (well a few do; there's that 'in the eye of the beholder' caveat, no?), time to kill and one question: What's your sun sign?
'What do you think it is?' is his consistent counter-question. Several replies crop up. Sahi jawaab? I am whatever you say I am.
He has one constant BFF, this sweet Tamil gal called Sandhya. She secretly loves him and waits for him to get over his womanising ways. She waits the duration of the film. He's a man, runs the argument. We're like that only, he adds. 'Hell, yeah!', affirm the other women in his life.
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What's hot and what's not: Randeep Hooda tries and tires. The knowing glances, the camradarie with the camera shows, almost like an acquaintance with a well-worn friend. He knows it won't last. The film's a vehicle for him, but its the beauts that catch your eye.
Sada as Sandhya sounds a lot like Amrita Rao. But the latter hasn't dubbed for her. Turns out Sada is an Andheri chica and knows to talk the talk. Voice twins, anyone?
Sonali Kulkarni is au00a0 bright spark, love handles et al. Her Shantabai and catchphrase (a terse, resounding 'Hatne ka!' ) is a standout in a slew of okay performances. Her observation on men may well sound lucid to some, while lurid to others: main jhuki ki woh khade ho jaate hain.
Riya Sen plays a sex-starved kitten who's a stalker with no substance
What was hilarious, though, was Rituparna Sengupta spouting Neruda. I was straining my ears to understand her very accented angrezi.
Sex comedy delusions aside, there is little that's witty or sexy here. The film makes no bones about painting all guys with the same broad brush as leches. But it is the women's characters that add the tadka to this otherwise bland khichdi. Sadly, half-hearted writing swallows up the potentially watchable moments of this film.
At 2hrs 15 mins, it's a stretch of your time and your patience.
What to do: Watching women go cuckoo over a cook doesn't make for easy viewing. Indeed, forgetting lasts long. This one's best forgotten. For now.
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