B FOR BOLLYWOOD #9

4084 Chaalis Chauraasi

RELEASE DATE:
13th January,2012

GENRE:
Thriller,Comedy

PLOT:
The film revolves a gang of 4 friends who come together and plan to loot a house which exchange real notes and fake cash.Under the impression that only two people guard the house and that soon the all the fake notes will be exchanged with real notes they prepare to loot the real ones remaining at the end by becoming fake police and scaring them away. The worst thing is that they don't have a plan. What follows ahead is a comedy-of-errors-sort-of tale. Then why is the movie named so? Its not until the climax you'll get to know why.

TEAM AND PERFORMANCE:
Superb acting by all. All film lovers will agree to the fact that Kay Kay Menon, Naseeruddin Shah and Atul Kulkarni choose only the best offered. Imagine all of them together. To add to this Rajesh Sharma( Special 26 fame) and Ravi Kissen add spice to it. Hriday Shetty failed with Plan(2004), his debut movie as a director.no wonder these characters in the movie have no PLAN ;-) Zakir Hussain(Johhny Gaddaar fame) delivers yet again this time. The Hariyanvi goons too are fun watching. Overall a superb performance by the whole cast.

MUSIC AND PROMOTIONS:
The music album has Hawa Hawa, a Pakistani song, whose rights were brought too. Two versions of the song make it the only catchy song of the movie while the others are average. You might disagree to this. The promotions of the film weren't that good considering the big cast of the film and comparing it with other big budgets, the promotions were the worst.

COLLECTIONS:
Owing to the less publicity and no hit song in the album, the film suffered in its collections and only managed to collect Rs 14 Crores net gross in the opening week. Due to positive word of mouth, the business did pick but only to return the budget it seems.

USP/WHY IT SHOULD HAVE WORKED OUT:
The acting, the cast and the silly errors they do are worth watching. Stellar performance by all. It should have worked as the other big movies released that day(Ghost and Sadda Adda) were both total flops. But surprisingly it didn't work out.

FLAWS/WHY IT DIDNT WORK OUT:
Less promotions(maybe because of the budget as seen on many websites).The only flaw in the movie is a loose plot. I mean how the character met, how are they so close friends is not clear throughout the movie though it doesn't affect the plot as we have a clear insight in their life.

WHY SHOULD YOU SEE IT:
You will enjoy the small punches in between. You will love the acting of all the cast. You will enjoy Atul Kulkarni as Bobby and Kay Kay Menon as Alber Pinto the car thief. They both deliver a superb performance worth watching

RATING:
3.5/5