Vidya Balan adopts the comical Punjabi fashionista wife character (Neetu) and her accent is one of the few things of the movie that will stay with the audience even after the movie is over. While it’s refreshing to watch Balan in yet another avatar, Emraan Hashmi (Sanjay) is also not short on his acting skills in the movie. In fact, the strength of the movie is in the performance given by all its cast including Pandit, the villain played by Rajesh Sharma and his accomplice, Idrish, played by Namit Das.[break]
The bank-robbing scene where the three, Sanjay, Pandit and Idrish, put on masks of famous Bollywood faces to cover up their identity, is perhaps the most laughter-inducing and clever part of the movie. Apart from that, the expectation as the audience that is formed at the beginning of the movies is never met.
The storytelling is quick in the first half. We know that Sanjay has successfully cracked open a bank safe and lost his memory after that. Pandit and Idrish track him down to get their share of the money and the movie pretty much beats around the bush after that. There are feeble attempts at comedy but the movie might bore and irritate you towards the end.
The verdict is that although ‘Ghanchhakar’ has good acting, and a story that could have been quite gripping, it’s like food that lacks salt. It’s up to you whether you want to eat it or not.
Screening at QFX Cinemas.
Related story
The pressure of leading a TV series is crazy: PeeCee
