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Release DateNov 02, 2012
CastKunal Kapoor, Huma Qureshi
DirectorSameer Sharma
ProducerRonnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur and Anurag Kashyap
GenreComedy
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Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana Reviews

Jodhpur City, Rajasthan, India India
Best movie of Kunal Kapoor
Aug 12, 2016 12:38 AM 1592 Views (via Mobile)

Luv Shuv tey chicken Khurana is best movie of Kunal Kapoor. He done a good job in the movie. As always Huma Qureshi looking fabulous in this movie.


Titu mama's role is awesome. Kikli Kaler di is a good song.  It's a  good story wich is run between generator& Kunal Kapoor for money and between cook& Kunal Kapoor for the formula of chicken Khurana& no one knows how to make it. in short this one is a good movie.


Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana : Aroma of life :)
Nov 14, 2012 12:16 AM 2493 Views

As two mega films hit the screens of all theaters in my city today (from as early as 6:00 am), I consider myself lucky that I got to watch this delightful piece of cinema called Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana. Based on the life of Omi Khurana (Kunal Kapoor) who returns to his home in Punjab after getting into trouble with a loan shark in UK, LSTCK traces the journey of a man who loses and rediscovers family, love and food in one crazy yet magical journey back to his roots.


Omi Khurana comes back to Punjab, back to the once famous Chiken Khurana dhaaba that his grandfather used to run to realize things are not the way he had left them. He has a lot of money to return to the loan shark and realizes that his grandfather’s famous chicken recipe is the only thing that might save him and let him return.  But how can the story be so simple? Once back, he has to deal with the girl he had abandoned years back, and his dysfunctional family, full of wonderfully eccentric characters.


Like a good dish that has all the ingredients in just the right measure, left to mingle with each other and simmer on their own, first time director Sameer Sharma has let some unique characters in some unique situations – making for really enjoyable cinema. Some of the characters are the pot-smoking godwoman, played by a effortless Dolly Ahluwalia and a man who pretends to be mad just to freeload on his sister, played by the very talented Rajesh Sharma. Another refreshing thing about the movie is the complete departure from the usual way Punjabi families are portrayed in Hindi cinema. Sameer Sharma’s take on Punjab is much more realistic and eccentric, not sticking to the done-to-death stereotypes that everyone is quick to adopt.


The film is an indulgent piece of work, with even flashback scenes shot in beautiful shadow frames. This means that the movie goes on at a leisurely pace, but because of the great performances, you are least likely to mind it. While the first half of the movie goes into establishing the premise and the relationship between Omi and his childhood sweetheart Harman, played by the stunning Huma Qureshi, the second half sees all the action and twists, all leading to the hilarious climax. The highlight of the movie is the level of performance put in by all the actors, with a special mention to Rajesh Sharma, who stands out with his act as the whacky Tito.


Adding to the enjoyability of the film is Amit Trivedi’s music. Both the songs and the background score evoke the required emotions from the viewers, with a very distinct Punjabi rustic feel. Watch out for the ‘Luni Hasi’ song that keeps playing in the background.. the singers impress with a soothing rendition. Amit Trivedi shows us once again why he’s a force to reckon with.


All in all, LSTCK reminds one of the Hrishikesh Mukherjee brand of cinema that focused on emotions and treated stories with immense simplicity and deep attention. The movie will move you, make you laugh, cry.. it will make you fall in love with food and the beauty of how it connects a family together. LSTCK works because it is so simple, proving that a focus on the essentials is more than enough for good cinema. Go watch LSTCK, for this little gem has its heart at the right place.


Punjab, Kashyap, Trivedi Da Fan Purana
Nov 09, 2012 06:31 PM 1959 Views

Anurag Kashyap wouldn't have put in his bucks just like that. Udaan and Shaitaan are perfect examples. AKFPL, a co-producing banner here, can obviously be banked upon for good cinema. After some whacky lineage of films, now, with this Punjabi family drama, Kashyap just widened the horizons of how we see makers like him. Though not an ounce of the typical Kashyap cinema, Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana is good, slice of life cinema.


A movie that only a handful will end up seeing and of course not everyone would just love it straight, I saw it on Day 8 with 6 people in the auditorium, all because I had followed the soundtrack, the promos and the banners and they were promising. But, to all those who know what Amit Trivedi is capable of doing with the background score in a Punjabi setup, the soundtrack is enough a reason to watch it in the cinemas irrespective of any other fact that may change your mind, be it the rather unheard of first time director Sameer Sharma or the low profile casting. The music is easily the best thing about the movie, only second to the fact that the soundtrack takes the screenplay forward smoothly enough, which in turn never loses the gas in the 135 minute run except for a couple of moments in the second half.


Yes, holidays are up and you probably have nothing better to do or watch before 13th, the D-day for the biggies. Here is your excuse to go out with old friends back in your hometown on the pre-Diwali days.


For the unbelievably realistic dialogues, bulls-eye of a casting, interesting script-connects garnished generously and the ever so charming Punjab-da-ik-pind setup, LSTCK makes for an immensely watchable affair.


It is worth your buck and most probably, it won't stay at the theatres come 13th November. Carry lesser expectations, like you might have done with the other two films mentioned in the beginning of this write-up and you would least regret.


3.5 stars.


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Chicken Khurana is missing!!
Nov 04, 2012 11:08 AM 3437 Views

Luv Shuv Te Chicken Khurana in short is a one tine watch, has the desi mitti di mehak of Punjab, good acting, but a simple feel good movie with nothing special, simple plot, but could be better. Everybody played their roles upto the mark, with special mention about Rajesh Sharma, the odd pagal type character. This film is directed by Sameer Sharma, and this is his first film as director, and he is good for the first attempt, and produced by UTV and Anurag Kashyap, had the story and presentation become tauter, probably it will also have that taste which was missing.


Omi Khurana (Kunal Kapoor) has taken some money from Shanty (Manish Makhija), a UK gangsta, and he now wanted it back, so Omi comes to India to steal some money from his family, which composes of an ill Darji  (Vinod Nagpal), his chacha (Rajendra Sethi), loving Chachi, young brother Jeet (Rahul Bagga), a love whom he left while running away from home Harman (Huma Qureshi), and now a new character is also there – Titu Mama (Rajesh Sharma), who is kaam ka na kaaj ka, dushman anaaj ka types. Omi knew that his Darji’s dhaba was a famous dhaba because of his Darji’s special dish, which he called as ‘Chicken Khurana’, so he thought that he will get money from the earnings, but found Darji ill (unable to speak), and Dhaba closed long ago. Now he has to decide what he has to do to pay money back to the Motorwala gangsta – Whether he should find out the secret recipe and sell it to the competitor dhabawala Kehar Singh (Vipin Sharma), or start the dhaba again. See and check out for yourself.


Well, let me point out the positives and negatives of the movie simultaneously, the biggest +ve thing here was the feel and the set, it has the authentic smell of Punjab village, and a Punjabi family, the togetherness, big family with everybody loving everybody else, and everybody caring everybody else. The real sets and the khusboo of Punjab as beautifully captured, great work by the art direction and the DOP units. Characters too are chosen well, though I felt that some characters doesn’t comes out that much well, like the character of Buaji, played by Dolly Ahluwalia, the character was not developed fully, and it seems that the expectation I set after watching the trailers, was not fulfilled fully. Yes, but the character of Titu mama was the best, he looked wacky and tacky and mad, with the one-liners given to him are good ones, and played wonderfully by Rajesh Sharma. Kunal and Huma did their roles as per the demand, kunal is a fine actor, and he shows it here as well. He just doesn’t do drama-shama, just act it simple (like Abhay Deol). The music was good, especially the two songs which I liked ‘Kikli Kalerdi’ (sung by Amit Trivedi, Pinky and Yo Yo Honey Singh), and the other ‘Motorwada’ (Tochi Raina, Amit Trivedi), lyrics were written with pure regional smell in it (by Shellee), and once again its Amit Trivedi with the different kinda music (he can be put alongwith the other different music generation stars like Sneha Khanwalkar). I liked the use of ‘Motorwada’ song as the theme music for the Gangsta Shanty’s entry, the line I liked was ‘Bhag Bhag Bhagat Bhagat BHAAAG!”, lyrics were wacky. Story was simple but still different (Sameer Sharma, Sumit Batheja), but I felt that the film could be better with such a story, Director Sameer make the film as simple, but something was missing, it does not have that spark which some other movies of the same genres was having like ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla’ or ‘Oye Lucky Lucky Oye’. The movie took off slowly and went at the smooth pace the whole its running time which was around 2 hrs 15 min. 2nd half was better than the 1st one. Some dialogues irritated me, like the one which comes 3-4 times in the movie “Pound deja, Dreams leja”.


The movie can be watched once for the Punjab di khushboo and backdrop. And the movie is a god family movie, where you can even look for the crow’s attempt of helping the characters. Just like in the family, the characters are trying to make the signature dish of ‘Chicken Khurana’ but was not able to since that special Darji’s ingredient was missing, similarly I will say that even Sameer here tried the same with his film but missed it too, had the movie have that special ingredient, it could have been better. My take 3/5.


GRuchirG.


Jai Raam ji ki :)


GASTRONOMICALLY Entertaining!
Nov 03, 2012 02:38 PM 2867 Views

Every second person I know well is a foodie. Food is an intrinsic part of our lives in our country. Guests are not expected to leave the host’s residence without having the customary meal. Food assumes maximum importance in weddings. One will forgive the ladkewaale and ladkiwaale for apology in the name of marriage venue, lights, flowers, seating arrangements etc but would not forgive them for apology in the name of food. Then there are restaurants that turn legendary for serving the most delicious and ‘exclusive’ food dishes. Many of them have their own recipes which are kept secret and any rival restaurateur might be ready to go to any length to get hold of that secret. Funnily and strangely enough, in a country so obsessed with food, there are hardly any films that completely revolved khana khazaana. Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana attempts to be the first one in this regard and does a fairly neat job. Interesting watch!


The story of the movie: Omi Khurana (Kunal Kapoor) is based in London. After getting into the wrong books of gangster Shanty (Manish Mukhija), Omi goes back to his hometown – Lalton, Punjab – and gives a totally false picture about his financial status to his family. Omi soon realizes that times have changed for the Khurana family. Darji (Vinod Nagpal), Omi’s grandfather, who used to run a popular dhaba, has gone senile and has lost memory as well. As a result, the secret recipe of Darji’s Chicken Khurana – the mouthwatering dish that made their dhaba ‘world famous in Punjab’ – is lost too. Subsequently, their much-adored dhaba had to close down. Omi can solve all his problems and end confrontation with Shanty if he finds the lost recipe of Chicken Khurana. Would he able to do so, especially when time is running out?


Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana is funny, sweet and a complete family entertainer. One will definitely leave the theatre with a smile. But this smile could have been broader if the pace was consistent. The initial portions were shaky and move at a snail’s pace. There are moments in the first hour where the film goes on a high but falls down soon enough! One feels cheated and curses the makers for misleading promos! But fortunately, film gets on track gradually. The intermission point is outstanding and revives interest in the film. The second hour is a fun ride and the manner in which viewers find out about the secret recipe is howlarious! Hats off to the writer-director duo! The climax is touching and raises lots and lots of laughs! One comes out of the theatre feeling refreshed for having seen a witty, out-of-the-box, ORIGINAL and at the same time grounded family entertainer!


Kunal Kapoor gives a fine performance. The actor has a great screen presence and dialogue delivery and plays his part well. Huma Qureshi (Harman) looks stunning and was apt for the role. Her bitter-sweet bond with Kunal was lovely. Rajesh Sharma (Titu Mama) was undoubtedly the best performer in the film. He gets to essay a very interesting character and he performs it with panache! After Ishqiya, No One Killed Jessica, The Dirty Picture and Chaalis Chauraasi, here’s one more superlative performance from this talented actor! Great going!


Rajendra Sethi (Omi’s chacha) was great and good to see him getting a little lengthier role. Vinod Nagpal hardly mouths dialogues and yet leaves a mark. Rahul Bagga (Jeet) was fabulous and has a significant part in the film. Anangsha Biswas (Shama) looks beautiful. Vipin Sharma (Kehar Singh) as always leaves a mark. Munish Mukhija was too good as the evil guy. Seema Kaushal (Omi’s chachi), Herry Tangri (Lovely), Dolly Ahluwalia (Bua ji) and others too play their respective parts well.


Amit Trivedi’s music is soulful. Except Kikli, rest of the songs is beautifully integrated with the narrative. Luni Hasi is the best of the lot followed by the title track. Trivedi’s background score works and great to see the composer getting into this aspect of music as well. Mitesh Mirchandani’s cinematography is stunning. Somehow, one feels that one is almost there in then dusty bylanes of the Punjabi town!


Sumit Batheja’s story, screenplay and dialogues are what make the film a complete winner. Dialogues are superb and raise hordes of laughs. Story is refreshing while script has loose ends but works in entity. Characters look real, even though they commit buffoonery acts. Rajesh Sharma, for instance! One takes an instant liking to his character and even sympathizes with him in a scene. My favourite Titu Mama scene has to be the one when he passes ‘Oye Saira Banu’ comment! Damn funny!


Debutant director Sameer Sharma does an overall great job, though he falters in the starting scenes. However, he soon gets hold of the plot thankfully. A director should make things seem convincing and that’s where Sameer succeeds. Audiences have got used to seeing Punjab in full glory where people are always celebrating and doing bhangra. Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana attempts to show a real and somber side of the state and succeeds to a great extent. Moreover, all scenes involving the crow could have gone wrong but Sameer handles it well. Not the best directorial debut but certainly a good one and hope Sharma does even better in his next projects!


Some of the best scenes:




  1. Omi returns to his house in Lalton




  2. Omi’s flashback




  3. Omi goes to buy underwear with Titu Mama




  4. Omi meets Shama




  5. The intermission point




  6. Omi attempting to make Chicken Khurana




  7. The last 30 minutes






On the whole, Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana is a whole-hearted family entertainer that surely deserves a watch. The performances are praiseworthy, dialogues funny and story-script-dialogues refreshing despite having rough edges at places. Most importantly, it’s a film about food and has loads of ‘mouth-watering’ scenes that make Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana stand out. It’s unfortunate that the film opened to poor houses. Hope audiences go for this film in hordes and make it a huge success that it rightfully deserves!


My rating-* * * ½


Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
Oct 31, 2012 06:33 PM 1922 Views

Kunal Kapoor is an excellent actor & we all know that. Since there were no scripts matching his demand, he was away from Bollywood & now he is back with a movie which has a weird title & that is "Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana". This film also stars the Gangs of Wasseypur fame Huma Qureshi, who again is an awesome actress. So this brings me to the conclusion, that this movie will be good one.


The plot of this movie is unpredictable but it is a story about recovering the recipe of a dish called as "Chicken Khurana" which made a dhaba named "Khurana dhaba" famous across Punjab. And the lead of the movie tries to recover this recipe through much hussle and bussle.


The film is relesing on 2nd November & its a comedy film made by the team which gave hits like "Khosla ka Ghosla" & "Dev D". So, it could be a another hit !!!!


Luv shuv tey chicken khurana- hit ya flop??
Oct 23, 2012 07:22 PM 3246 Views

Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana is an upcoming Hindi movie produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur and Anurag Kashyap and directed by Sameer Sharma.


Not making much move on the box office, this movie isnt expected to take off!!!


But history has proved even dull movies which havent been promoted takes off and blast a bang on the box office.. Theres nothing much special abt the movie..the star cast is pretty new with the lead as the same in london dreams.


New directions, songs also not that attractive. Il surely hold back my emotions and wait for the reviews and then go an watch it in theater if its good..neways all the best for this movie!!!!!!!!



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