Movies Review: Aloo Chat

Aloo Chat : Aftab Shivdasani, Aamna Shariff, Linda Arsenio, Kulbhushan


Movie Name :	Aloo Chat
Director By :	Robby Grewal
Starring :	Aftab Shivdasani, Aamna Shariff, Linda Arsenio, Kulbhushan
Music :	RDB, Xulfi, Vipin Mishra, Mehfuz Maruf
Lyrics :	RDB, Xulfi, Vipin Mishra, Syed Gulrez
Review Date :	20 March 2009
Reviewed By :	Nikhat Kazmi (Times of India), Martin D`Souza (Glamsham)
Source :	Times of India , Glamsham
Rating :	3/5 (Times of India) ,1/5 (Glamsham)

Times of India
What would you call an ethnically hybrid India? Mirch masala, chutney samosa or simply aloo chat? Now that's a lip-smacking definition of a society that draws its zing from diversity. And Aloo Chat succinctly captures this metaphor, transforming it into a charming comedy of manners with a potent message: India is and can exist, only if there is unity in diversity.

The drama hinges on a typical Lajpat Nagar family that is sent into a tizzy when the America-returned son, Aftab Shivdasani falls in love with a Muslim girl (Aamna Sharif). But Aftab can hardly break the news in this traditional household ruled by a firm and disciplinarian Papaji (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), his ritualistic mom and grandmom and his trouble-maker mamaji (Sanjay Mishra). Aftab takes the help of family friend and sexologist, Hakim Tarachand (Manoj Pahwa) to resolve the matter, which gets even more complicated when the duo decide to do a DDLJ (Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge) part ll. The Muslim girl is supposed to win the Punjabi family's heart, while the son threatens to bring a bikini-flaunting 'gori' (Linda Arsenio) as their bahu.

So what do we have here? A spoof on the East versus West debate along with an effortless plea for integration. While Aamna Sharif does manage to make a charming transition from TV to films, it is stalwarts like Manoj Pahwa, Sanjay Mishra and Kulbhushan Kharbanda who keep the momentum flowing. Appetising fare.

Glamsham
The headline says it all, Dhimaag Chaat! Mirchi Movies have come up with yet another dud! The story is weak, the acting below average and the cast just not upto the mark.

Get a load of this: The story is based in Delhi. The family is happy that their boy is returning from America. Unknown to him, preparations are on to find him a bride. But boy already has a Muslim girlfriend back in the US. So boy and uncle decide to stage an act where they will hire a firang girl to play his girlfriend, and get his actual girlfriend to come to his house as her friend, and make her win his parents heart while the firang runs riot and makes his family hate her.

All this is done by the girl to make the boy's family accept her. But what about the girl's family? Don't they have to accept the boy? Does not her family have any say in the matter? Or does she have no family at all? Director saab, did you not look into this aspect of the film?

Actually, there is not much the cast could have done; there was no script in the first place.

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