Chhichhore !!
Page-3 it is people; one more time.
Better late than never, as I always believe.
Chhichhore?!!
You go there because of the lead cast, Sushant and Shraddha,
but you stay there only because of the support cast.
Lemme explain.
To count some of the obvious pluses of the movie are the
comedy, the premise – college life has always been the in thing, good looking
lead cast, competition, championship, somewhat the music etc.
Now after the pleasantries, I want to recount the things
that actually forced the procrastinator in me to gear up and go about writing
this.
Whenever possible I read the reviews of a movie before
actually going to view it. Luckily Chhichhore was one of them. Luckily I say
because otherwise how would I compare with the general or critic opinion of it.
The first reaction I gave just as the title of the movie and
its cast hit my ears was, Chhichhore? Sushant, Shraddha and Varun sharma? Varun Sharma? Oh, then it must be no
more than another Fukre. I kind of wrote it off already in my head.
Then I read the reviews which too were not encouraging giving
it a two and a half stars then. So what I inferred at the outset is going to be
what it is, I boasted to myself and smiled at my analysis.
Then why should I go and waste my time on it, a precious two
and a half hours? I asked me. Okay, at least it would be a family time, I persuaded
myself when children coaxed.
And there I was, sitting in a super-comfy recliner with
salted pop-corn cone and my family hustling-bustling around me. I might as well
take a short nap once it starts and everyone gets settled, I gave a
conspiratorial smirk to myself.
It eventually did. The hostel scene, half naked boys running
amok with water filled buckets throwing water hither and thither… There they
go, I yawned; satisfied at my being
proven right. I adjusted myself in a position fit enough to silently doze off.
The present day Papa-Sushant Singh Rajput comes home to his
son. His zero-wrinkle balding forehead with the specs, barred even the fringes
of expressions that might have appeared otherwise and I felt like crying in
dismay. Moreover, I know not how, it reminded me of our recent Chandrayan-2
debacle, pushing my spirits even lower.
How would I tolerate the next one twenty plus minutes; I pitied
myself.
Raghav’s turmoil about his entrance exams made my eyes dart
open and caught my failing attention. Thence I was there. The whole segment of attempted
suicide took the acting, screenplay and cinematography to a different level.
Raghav and his friend resuscitated the dying movie for good.
Then started the entries, the volley of the so called ‘supportive’cast…
Varun Sharma aka Sexa at his best ever;
Navin Polyshetty, the surprise package, as perfect as Acid could
be;
Mummy- Tushar Pandey, even his US accent;
Tahir Bhasin- Derek;
Saharsh Kumar Shukla-Bevda;
The Aces, Prateik Babbar-Raggie and Mohammad Samad- Raghav
The Superr se bhi Uparr, over the above were,
Ranjan Raj the 42 kg weight-lifter, Mummy’s Father, Pandu-the
Kitchen guy-Nalneesh Neel, and Saanand Verma of ‘Bhabhiji ghar par hain’ fame, even Rohit Chauhan – Chriss Cross.
Not for a single moment do you believe they are not what
they portray.
Generally, it’s the lead cast that has the maximum screen
time which is why they are called the lead cast in the first place. And it’s
the luck of the audience what they get dished out because that’s what they have
to suffer or relish all through the movie. But Chhichhore was entirely the
opposite. Like a well made papdi-chat,
you get a differently flavoured taste each time an actor is doing his part
appeasing every variety of your taste buds. They come with their exclusivity
and leave their mark on you.
To add cherry on the top the movie doesn’t let you forget
its purpose. The theme is so apt for todays youth and so very well presented. It’s
the hero that bungles in the end and the audience is very well convinced of his
efforts.
He doesn’t cease to be the Hero &
The movie doesn’t cease to impress.
It motivates, emphasizing on the strategy of solving a
problem, an issue, an exam to be focused and give relentless but smart efforts towards
success yet not to get overpowered by either success or failure of that one
issue or exam, nor to let it dictate your happiness.
Compared to the ends of such college drama movies, may it be
jo jeeta wahi sikandar or student of the year,
the end of Chhichhore dares to be the opposite &
the end of Chhichhore inspires positivity.
It teaches us that Happiness is a Choice, we need to Choose
it every single moment of our life.
What a tough task, yet how beautifully and smoothly hitting
home…..
The reviews said, you don’t always get a 3 idiots,
I say Chhichhore surpassed it.
Hats off to Nitesh Tiwari the Director [Dangal fame]. It was
completely your baby and you did a perfect job of it.
Well, that’s what I have for you from Page-3 here.
Do go watch the magic and decide for yourself people.
And do lemme know what you feel.
Till then its tata, bye-bye, cheerio from me at Page-3
