Movie: Khichdi - The Movie
Director: Aatish Kapadia
Cast: Supriya Pathak, Anang Desai, Rajeev Mehta, Nimisha Vakharia, Jamnadas Majethia, Kirti Kulhari
Special Appearance: Farah Khan, Satish Shah, Deven Bhojani, Paresh Ganatra
The story is narrated by the only two ‘normal’ people of the Parekh family; Jacky and Chucky. The hilarious beginning of the movie sees Satish Shah playing God and explaining how the people in this family are so ridiculously stupid. The main plot of the movie revolves around Himanshu (JD Majethia) and his desire to have a ‘legendary’ love story. The search begins. Unfortunately, no family can tolerate the Parekhs and Himanshu is left bereft. Babuji (Anang Desai) consoles Himanshu saying that for each Praful, there is a Hansa. Finally, Himanshu manages to strike a chord with a family as ridiculous as his, the Parminders, where all 50 members of the family are named Parminder. The romance between Himanshu and Parminder is hysterically funny with a song sequence in a market.
Both families are in tandem and things are going smoothly, too smoothly in Himanshu’s opinion. A love story without struggle is not a ‘legendary’ love story and since everyone in the family is trying to fulfill the last wish of Himanshu’s late father; which was to fulfill Himanshu’s dream, they start coming up with plans to disrupt the wedding. What follows has to be seen to be believed.
Supriya Pathak as Hansa and Rajeev Mehta as Praful are superb and play the buffoons brilliantly. Their trademark ‘Praful, What is’, ‘Hello, How are, Khana khake jaana huh’ and ‘Babuji main hoon naa’ incite laughs. In fact, most people in the theatre spoke along with the characters. Babuji (Anang Desai) is irritated as ever, the food obsessed Himanshu is endearing and Jayshree, played by Nimisha Vakharia does a commendable job in replacing the original Jayshree from the show.
Don’t go looking for sense. Expect to be thoroughly entertained. Go with a bunch of friends and laugh at every stunt pulled. A treat for Khichdi enthusiasts, Khichdi - The movie manages to NOT disappoint.
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