I wanted to watch this movie mainly because of its interesting title and promos. But couldn’t catch it in the theatres. Last weekend, finally rented it. Arvindh wasn’t too keen but finally enjoyed the movie. Yes the movie is very enjoyable. It kind of reminds me of the simple-theme movies, portraying the Indian middle-class, made during the 70’s and early 80’s. Something like the Hrisikesh Mukherji-Basu Chatterji type movies. Chalo, lets meet the Khoslas…
First there is the father Kamal Kishore Khosla/KK Khosla (Anupam Kher), a retired govt employee who has bought a plot in the outskirts of Delhi and wants to build a big house there – with a floor for each of his sons. Next there is the elder son, Chironjilal Khosla/Cherry (Parvin Dabbas), a workaholic software engineer, who wants to change his name and chases the American dream. The second son, Bunty(Ranvir Shorey) is idle-minded and lives to eat. Then there is mother (Kiran Juneja) who always is the sandwich between the son and father and finally a tom-boyish daughter to complete the Khurana khandan.
The plot that Khosla senior has brought is unfairly encroached by the manipulative KishenKhurana (Boman Irani). All their efforts – complaining to police and getting goondas to help them, to get the plot back goes for a toss. The visa agent of Cherry, Asif Iqbal(Vinay Pathak) offers to help. He was an old aide of Khurana and knows how to handle him. Cherry and Asif along with Cherry’s theatre artist girlfriend, Megha (Tara Sharma) and her theatre troupe lead by Bapu (NavinNischol), fool Khurana and get the plot back. The second half revolves around how they plot and win against Khurana.
What makes KKG charming and lovable is the screenplay and the actors. The script is almost flawless. Kudos to Jaideep Sahani for he has got the problems, emotions and also the helplessness of the middle-class family perfect in the script. Debutant director Dibakar Banerjee has done well too.
Coming to the actors all of them deserve a mention. Anupam Kher as the father portrays the helplessness and emotions very well. Boman Irani plays the bully encroacher in his own characteristic style. Its nice to see Navin Nischol back. Pravin Dabbas and Tara Sharma too do well. But a special mention has to be Ranvir Shorey. His earthy accent and comic timing is amazing.
All in all a must watch mainly because of its unusual plot and realism.