This would have been an awesome Bhojpuri potboiler, but only if it was one
Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke
U/A; Drama/Comedy
Dir: Rahul Aggarwal
Cast: Rahul Aggarwal, Om Puri, Paresh Rawal, Neena Gupta, Ravi Kissen and Narayani Shastri
**
What's it about: This would have been an awesome Bhojpuri potboiler, but only if it was one. Because if a dud like Deshdrohi made any money (did it?), this one definitely should simply by virtue of having a far superior cast and a halfway decent story.
Of course, that story begins only after Devaki Nandan Tripathi (Aggarwal) gets the family to bring the wifey, Mithilesh (Shastri) to Mumbai and she gets jailed soon after when she's assumed to be a bar dancer.
The cop-in-charge of the area he lives in, demands proof that they are who they say they are. Of course, he's being obstinate and it takes the village to rescue her!
What's hot: Neena Gupta is refreshingly different as the trademark Bollywood maa who sends her son packing to the big city. with jars and jars of pickles. The film has some inevitably bittersweet moments that captivate, but these don't come too often.
What's not: Even after living in Mumbai for a few months, Devaki is none the wiser for it. The only explanation I see is this: you can take the man out of the village, but you can't take the village out of the man. Devaki's face fuzz seems frozen in time and makes you wonder how it is only the mouche that grows and not the stubble.
Paresh Rawal plays bad cop for the nth time. Ditto with Om Puri (dreary dad from remote village is a tad overdone).
Sitcom cliches, filmi stereotypes, toilet humour, ad nauseam dialogue repetition, a stuck-in- the-80s-rut soundtrack and a very loud tapori buddy (Kissen) mar the likeability of the film.
What to do: Aggarwal's effort -- as actor and director -- seems sincere enough to warrant at least one watch.
The 'common man' touch is evident throughout.
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