CHAL CHALA CHAL
Fails to provide any laughs
by Vishal Verma

A K Sera Sera Productions presentation with Priyadarshan & Mrs. Manna (Sunil) Shetty. Producer: Vijay Kumar. Writer -Director : T.K. Rajeev Kumar. Genre: Comedy. Target Audience: General.

Starring
Govinda...... Deepak
Murli Sharma...... Union Leader Mr. Singh
Reema Sen...... Payal
Rajpal Yadav...... Sundar
Om Puri
Asrani...... Lawyer
Manoj Joshi...... U.U. Upadhyay
Upasna Singh...... Chhaya
Amita Nangia...... Aprana
Razzak Khan...... Basantilal
Asif Basra...... Harilal

Technical Analysis
In my humble opinion, it's very hard to make a good comedy, but it's really easy to ‘try’ to make a comedy. If you try and fail, you get a passing grade for the effort. But if you don't even try, if you just churn out crap for the people that will pay to see a movie. Somebody should punish them.

This movie was in cans for quite some time and came out after Govindaji got a new lease of life after ‘Partner’ & Sunil Shetty along with Priyadarshan stepped in to make this release possible.

One thing people always forget, Govinda’s success story is incomplete without David Dhawan and a second lead either as a friend or as a father or any character. Anybody can go through the actor’s filmography and see that without David Dhawan or the support of a strong second lead or character actor, the refined version of Dada Kondke has not delivered at the B.O. ‘CCC’ is a waste of time, money, and concept.

Let's run down the list of things that are out of place here: 1) Govinda doesn’t do what he is suppose to do. 2) All the other actors ham, they don,t deliver their dialogues, they shout their lines. 3) There is no drama, melodrama, romance, and comedy…nothing in the script credited to the narrator T.K. Rajeev Kumar. 4) The movie has editing jerks which are very much evident. 5) And of course there is no humour.

Sadly, ‘CCC’ holds no good memories in spite of having to marvelous entertainers like Govinda and Rajpal Yadav. Talent like Om Puri is completely wasted.

That’s the level of screenplay we're dealing with here. It is utterly unfunny, and the unfunniest aspects of it are Mr. Govinda and Mr. Yadav himself.

The Story
Deepak (Govinda) is a simpleton. He has been switching jobs as he does not want to succumb to the corrupt system. Since years, with unwavering efforts, financial hardships and an unshaken faith in the judicial systems, he has bee helping his father, Omkarnathji, in a legal matter.

Omkarnathji, the ex-principal of a private school, is fighting a court case against the school to get his due provident fund and pension. He later wins the case and the school is ordered to give a part of its property as compensation, if there is no money in its funds.

And thus Deepak's life gets an addition: a bus.

Instead of selling it off, acting on his father's advice, he decides to run the bus. While the rest of the family members - two sisters: Chhaya and Aprana (Upasana Singh and Amita Nangia) and their Ghar-Jamaaee husbands Vinayak Agrawal, a Lawyer (Mr. Asrani) and U.U. Upadhyay (Manoj Joshi) are against it. They feel it's a low profile job. Their primary interest is in selling off the huge bus and devouring their share of property.

But Deepak has immense trust in his father's judgment. Sundar (Rajpal Yadav) a jolly good sweetheart, who is desperately trying for an American Visa, is also an age old friend. He comes in handy with initial investments and they establish a company, Chal Chala Chal transport.

The bus is in a dilapidated condition and much of money is gone for the repairs.

It's a roller-coaster ride where mishaps are more than the commuters. The bus driver, Basantilal (Razak Khan) wears thick glasses and the conductor Harilal (Asif Basra) has a sugar factory in his mouth and an eye for cash... adding to it like a cherry on the triple-decker pastry- Sunder's enmity with a rat which has eaten his passport.

Corruption chases Deepak in transport business as well U.U. Upadhyay is a chief vehicle inspector. He tried his level best to harass Deepak and extort money, raising troubles.

These workers are messing up Deepak's life and business, but he can't raise a finger against them, for they are under the cushioned wings of the Union Leader Mr. Singh (Murli Sharma).

They only relief should have been the lovely lady on the bus Payal (Reema Sen), but the bus hits her fracturing her leg. Now she is also in the vengeance mode, extorting money from Deepak.

Promotion
Outdoor publicity designed by Narsu is fair. Media awareness by Dwapar promoters has been reasonable.  

Business
At the B.O. its weak script and narration makes it run very difficult even in single screens & pockets.

Other Credits
Music: Anu Malik, Anand Raj Anand. D.O.P. Madhu Neelakandan. Editor: Arun Kumar. Dialouges: Manish Korde. Choreography: Prasanna. Stunt: Thyagarajan. Sound: Raja Krishnan. Art: Razi. Costume: V.Sai. Background: Sharath. Media Planner: Dwapar Promoters. Publicity design: Narsu. Previewed at Star Preview Theatre, Mumbai, February 05, 2009.

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