Movie: Chhalaang
Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Saurabh Shukla, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Ila Arun, Satish Kaushik, Jatin Sarna
Writer: Luv Ranjan, Aseem Arrora, Zeishan Quadri
Director: Hansal Mehta
Our rating: 3/5 Stars (Three stars)
Official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY-0SbSF2dE
Chhalaang movie stars Rajkummar Rao and Saurabh Shukla. The film doesn’t have any underline message. The fun element in the script sports is average and its predictable.
The story is about THE man in Montu (Rajkummar Rao) who falls in love with a woman in Neelu (Nushrratt Bharuccha). Both are teachers for the same school with Neelu being the Computer teacher & Montu being a useless Physical Training Instructor (PTI). Using the Government’s scheme of making sports a compulsory subject, the school hires a more professional PTI. We also see the entry of IM Singh (Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub) and behind that name because writers included a joke on that name. Singh becomes a threat to Montu’s professional and also love life. This takes him to do what most men would – challenge your opposition in a mini-Olympics session by putting your career at stake. This ensures matter who wins, male ego won’t & I guess that should be the underlining part of this story.
The film gets its Haryanvi flavour & commercial elements from Luv’s co-writers Aseem Arrora and Zeishan Quadri. We see Rajkummar Rao who is able to nail the look. A refreshing act by Nushrratt Bharuccha and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub is good to showcase Raj’s heroics as the lead. Ila Arun owns a sweet little space in the film.
Chhalaang has Hitesh Sonik give an impression of a musician over the years now. The songs are good and it is required to have a more powerful title track for the impact.
Chhalaang is a casual film that will make you laugh.