Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi Movie Reviews

KUKU MATHUR KI JHAND HO GAYI is a light entertainer that’s simple-n-sweet, charming and most importantly, entertaining for most parts.

Kuku and Ronnie are childhood chaddi-buddies. In their late teens, life takes a turn and they grow up and grow out of each other. But will their dosti be back after a short break?

It’s a sweet film. Give it a chance.

Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi Movie Review | What’s Good: The spontaneity of the characters and the dhaer saara D...

The film ends up being a strictly average, and mostly bland, slice of Delhi life. There’s a great deal of Punajbbi Hindi, but that’s par for the course of this kind of template-y film. For variation, we get Bihari, from a guard and his ‘sari’-loving wife whom he has left behind in Darbhanga, and Kanpur Hindi, from Kuku’s ‘badmaash mama’. Sit.com territory, stretched out to accommodate a film.

It gets the odd chuckle but nothing more than that. The new kids on the block are sincere and with a better story line surely the director will be able to give us a superior product next time.

Perhaps this film lacked scope from the beginning, but its shortcomings are definitely not a result of less effort. Also, credit to the producers for making sure that every viewer grins at least once-while having to name the film at the ticket window.

KMKJHG makes for a decent home video watch. I could definitely check out the shots of Kuku cooking – chopping vegetables and making milkshake – clearly inspired by the opening montage of American TV series Dexter. Else this film holds no promise.

Siddharth Gupta and Amit Sial are the only ones you’d remember after you walk out of the theater. And maybe Pallavi Batra for the loud character she plays annoyingly and aptly. None of this enough to make Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Lag Gayi a watchable film.

There’s a lot of dramatic and comic potential in Punjabi Delhi and Bollywood has been using it to the hilt for a few years now. Band Baaja Baraat, Fukrey, Vicky Donor being just a few examples of how it needs to be done. Kuku Sharma Ki Jhand Ho Gayi, alas, is not one of those films.

A quirky, distasteful title alone does not make a film hit. Production houses like Balaji Motion pictures should have known that. This kind of putrefying titles might gain a bit of curiosity but without the content to match that expectation, there’s no chance of recompense.

Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi is a dull fare and cannot hope to do much at the ticket windows despite some good comedy. Its very low cost is probably its biggest plus point.

Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi has many rough edges, patches of amateurish staging and acting, misguided attempts at humour, and an ear-splitting and disposable Amar Mohile background score, but it is also good-natured, warm-hearted, and finely observed. Its characters seem right at home in the Subhash Nagar, west Delhi, location in which the movie plays out.