Minia's Mundane Musings

Chhalang This is not a great movie like Dangal or even a good one like Chak de India, but it is one that you could watch because you do not let a Hansal Mehta - Rajkumar Rao combo go unwatched or because you have FOMO! So I did watch it ( I leave it to you, to figure out why I watched it 😂😂😂 ) and found it a pleasing watch, a lighthearted one that acts as a palate cleanser.  Hansal Mehta directs this sports caper with a light hand, and has a good cast. Saurabh Shukla, Satish Kaushik are delightful as always. Jatin Sarna was not given his due. The lady playing Rao's mother is very good. Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub is a total delight to watch and Nusrat Bharucha was good in this role. Though she could have avoided the towering heels on a kabbadi ground. Rajkumar Rao is competent, not excellent though. The writing is a bit lackadaisical, and it was strange that for a sports film, where the focus should have been on the players, the writers felt no compulsion to develop stronger character

  Oh Betaji!(starring Bhagwan) is just not going to leave my brain anytime soon. And it wont leave yours either if you watch this fun ride called Ludo. It is a roller coaster of silly antics and dark humor and improbable coincidences. A heist movie and a gansta flick all rolled into one. Anurag Basu leads us on a merry caper and I for one did not want to get off. He has gone back to interwoven stories, just like Life in a Metro, and of course there is an underlying weave of love and emotions that is well integrated into the main plot, whatever there is of it. I quite enjoyed it and will certain revisit it. First off let me start with the theme itself, it is rare in hindi cinema to have such a well-etched theme. Here the colors of the Ludo ki gittis are assigned to each story and the art director has even customized the license plates of vehicles to spell out the word. Also, Anurag Basu himself plays Yama and the narrator, and you are always aware that people are going to be dying