Mar 06, 2010 06:13 PM
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(Updated Mar 06, 2010 06:30 PM)
ATITHI…… Family Film With Moral Lessons.
Our Indian culture believes guests are equal to God. But today due to fast changing lifestyles in cities guests are considered as hindrance to our private space.
Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge a movie based on renowned Hindi literature legend Sharad Joshi's article Tum Kab Jaoge Atithi. I have read this movie is copied from a Marathi Film Doghaat Tisara aata sagala visara. I have not seen the Marathi movie, so I am not sure how far it is true.
The film revolves around three major characters played by Puneet (Ajay Devgan) a scriptwriter & his wife, Munmun (Konkona Sen Sharma) interior designer live happily with their little son. Life is routine for them until Chachaji (Paresh Rawal) the uninvited guest arrives from Gorakhpur. The couple hesitatingly tolerates Chachaji & extends their hospitality at first, but only to regret it later when Chachaji makes himself very comfortable & refuses to leave their house, despite an extended stay. The couples are worried & irritated with guest. They start planning to throw the unwanted guest from their home, but none of their plans work.
The first half of the film goes in establishing all the characters, and does a pretty good job of it. There are many funny situations in the first half, all handled with the help of comic situations. The second half is bit lengthy. The editor could’ve easily cut the unwanted flab to make the narration in shape.
This is a simple family oriented comedy. This is not a laugh riot movie, but displays comedy with the help of witty dialogues & situations. Just reminds of old classic comedies of Hrishkesh Mukherjee & Basu Chatterjee, but never find a place in the all time classic comedies list.
It is Paresh Rawal as Atithi is the scene stealer with his flawless comic timing. He remains the driving force of the film till the very end. The versatile actor easily outshines the rest of the cast. Does tend to overact quite a few times, but his comic timing is still intact.
It seems like Ajay Devgan would continue his successful spree after Goolmaal series & All the Best.Ajay has a good sense of comic timing and effortlessly carries off his role. Ajay is one of the few versatile actors who have excelled in all the departments, action, romance, emotion and comedy. In recent times he has given Importance to comedy movies, specially after success of Gool Maal series & All the Best. I think it’s important to keep doing something different.
Konkona Sen is spontaneous and a complete natural. Shows good comic timing. Satish Kaushik and Sanjay Mishra are impressive & chip in good performances
Ashwini Dhir, the director who made one of the finest comedy serial “Office Office” succeeds in telling a simple story, and extracts great performances from the lead cast.
Pritam's music is average but goes well with the mood of the film. The songs fit well in the narrative. Aseem Bajaj's camerawork is brilliant & Dialogues by Ashwni Dhir are very funny & witty. Robin Bhatt and Tushar Hiranandani pick a predictable story with some interesting twists & turns.
In spite of a predictable storyline, the movie is away from multiple plots & characters. This movie is not for people looking for intelligent or classic Cinema. If you go in expecting this to be another comic classic made by legendary film makers like Hrishkesh Mukherjee & Basu Chatterjee you will come out disappointed.
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