Bhool Chuk Maaf movie review: Maaf

Bhool Chuk MaafUA Romance comedyDir Karan SharmaCast Rajkummar Rao Wamiqa GabbiRating 25Since the film itself is titled Bhool Chuk Maaf mdash as in sorry for mistakeserrors or lsquono offence meantrsquo mdash I instantly overlook the typos in the subtitles of the song that this picture opens withNever spotted such kinda errors in a proper theatrical release Or that dialogues in a particular scene carry on while the actors are no more on the screenBut then again minor gaffes hence all maafWhat follows to start with is a pretty neat midbudget entertainer the sorts Hindi cinema was known for prepandemic mdash headlined by the dependably topclass Rajkummar Rao with Wamiqa Gabbi in the female leadTheyrsquore surrounded by equally firstrate ensemblesupporting cast the likes of Zakir Hussain Sanjay Mishra Seema Pahwa Raghubir Yadav populating this picture as Tiwaris Mishras Shuklas of the upper caste middleclass smalltown worldThe heroheroine regularly step in for a song or two at suitable moments Both are naturals before the camera Their chemistry works alrightAll of it put together in the romcom space feels like a sufficient valueproposition for the audience mdash as theyrsquove settled into their seats for what will be a film no longer than 120 minutes anywayOnly that there are few examples of a movie whose valueproposition so secularlyprogressively declines with its clocktime Until we reach a point that there are actually two scripts in this picture for the price of none Yoursquoll obviously value neitherLet me explainThe filmrsquos hero is Ranjan from Banaras He seems a bit bizarre in his own right but there is something intrinsically adorable about him that canrsquot be ignored eitherRao has played parts in such a zone several times in the past Chhalaang Ludo Badhaai Do why even Stree for that matterHis lifersquos goal is to somehow marry the heroine There is only one hitch The girlrsquos family wants a boy with a government jobThe couple has also attempted to elope once but got intercepted by cops Whatrsquos the plain and simple mission for the hero thenTo land a government job Deadline two months Frankly it would be far easier to convince parents than find easy employment let alone sarkariIf you may the film directly addresses Indiarsquos job crisis The young face it The old donrsquot seem to care You can kinda tell from a mile where this movie is headed mdash once the premise mentioned above is made clear within the first 10 minutes of the filmAnd thatrsquos what Irsquove described so far mdash wholly looking forward to the rest of the film Except thatrsquos not the frickinrsquo film What is it thenAs might be accessed from the trailer that I didnrsquot remember Bhool Chuk Maaf in its own way is essentially Groundhog Day 1993 isnrsquot that crayAs in a picture about the protagonist who lives out the same date on the calendar similarly plus differently again and again The present has got stuck for him He has no escape How did the goal shift along with the goalpost What does this have to do with the government job or marriage Well unless you stretch it nothing reallyHersquos basically been cursed by Lord Shiva in the city of temples Har Har Mahadev To make amends hero goes around drinking gomutra cow piss and feeding gau mata roti and gur jaggery Which will save him how I donrsquot knowWhat I can see is August 29 Repeating itself So is the movie I wanted to move on As must the hero Too late nowThe beauty of being in a theatre for a pic thatrsquos not particularly ambitious hence inherently unpretentious is you join in on the some of the laughter emanating from the seats behind Irsquom always on the secondthird rowLikewise you chill out on the tracks including Love Aaj Kalrsquos Chor bazari reprised in the closing creditsSaying this because the producers Maddock had decided on taking this film directly to OTT Prime Video while the IndoPak tensions were onGonna always pick the cinema mdash so long as itrsquos near me and doesnrsquot cost a bomb On TV yoursquoll probably miss the kinda effort the performers have put in to save this schizophrenic script from spilling out of the screen altogetherYou feel greater empathy for Rao the lead in particular As per the title bhool chuk maaf thenatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params

Bhool Chuk Maaf movie review: Maaf

Bhool Chuk Maaf
U/A: Romance, comedy
Dir: Karan Sharma
Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Wamiqa Gabbi
Rating 2/5

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Bhool Chuk Maaf movie review: Maaf

Bhool Chuk MaafU/A: Romance, comedyDir: Karan SharmaCast: Rajkummar Rao, Wamiqa GabbiRating 2/5

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Bhool Chuk Maaf
U/A: Romance, comedy
Dir: Karan Sharma
Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Wamiqa Gabbi
Rating 2/5