| Khosla Ka Ghosla (Hindi Movie) |
| | Producer | Ronnie Screwvala, Savita Raj Hiremath | | Director | Dibakar Banerjee | | Music | Bappi Tutul, Dhruv Dhalla | | Writer | Jaideep Sahni | | Lyrics | Jaideep Sahni | | Release Date | 22-Sep-2006 |
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Cast
Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Ranveer Shorey, Tara Sharma, Navin Nischol, Kiran Juneja
Movie Report
Anupam Kher vs. Boman Irani is what Khosla Ka Ghosla is all about. A novel concept in Indian cinema, it takes the property issue and ownership versus possession as its basic premise, with doses of humour and dollops of satire added to give an entertaining fair that outstays its welcome a bit till the end credits role.
Kher is K.K Khosla, a basic, middle-class working man who pours all his life¡¦s earnings into a plot of land with the intention of setting up his ¡§ghosla¡¨. However a crooked land grabber, by the name of Khurana (Boman Irani), takes unlawful possession of Khosla¡¦s land and demands ransom money for freeing the premise. This being the basic premise, the film takes digs at the legal system and the prevailing property laws of the country, emerging as a colourful satire.
Khosla¡¦s family is an eclectic mix of Ranveer Shorey as the ¡§bekaar¡¨ son delving in stocks, Parvin Dabas is the other son, a software engineer with designs on a job in America. They also have a dutiful sister for company who represents womankind in her fashionable way and of course Kiran Juneja as the sweet mother, torn between her duty towards a noble husband and her love for the rebellious son.
On the other side, pitted against Khosla, is Khurana, the conniving land-grabber who exploits the lacunae in the legal system to unfair advantage. Khosla¡¦s trials and tribulations to get back his prized land with sons in tow is the heart of the film. While the first half has the acquisition of the land and its subsequent illegal possession outlined, the second half has the rebellious software engineer son turning defiant and deciding to be ¡§one-up¡¨ on their conniving antagonist, playing a bigger on him than he ever envisaged. The film is funny in parts and the screenplay interesting, but a bit stretched. A small premise like this, without meandering subplots, is stretched across the length of the film.
The acting is extremely competent and Anupam Kher as Khosla versus Boman Irani as Khuran is reason enough for the film to be experienced on the big screen. Khosla¡¦s family, especially Ranveer Shorey as the bekaar son who suddenly finds new cause for standing by his father, be it sharing a drink on his brother¡¦s whimsical need to change his name from the rather absurd Chiraunjilal, christened by dadi dear herself, to sitting by the principled but meek father in the very first confrontation against Khurana are worthy of mention. As a respite, there is no respite ƒº with the occasional Bollywood song breaking the narrative, and the action flows seamlessly, once scene leading into another. The screenplay by Jaideep Sahni is eventful and interesting; its strength is the fact that it¡¦s unpredictable and its weakness is the fact that it tries too hard to be unpredictable. The director, Dibakar Banerjee deftly puts together the proceedings, letting the veteran actors have a field day in their well fleshed out roles. The only flaw in this entertainer is the editing, which pauses at too many places to let the rather simple action sink into the viewer.
Khosla Ka Ghosla is a small film that tries to be ambitious owing to its novel nature, and goes beyond the demands of the genre in order to achieve either cult status or commercial success. In its attempt to draw the attention of the movie going audience a bit desperately, it plays to the galleries in moments where subtly was a better alternative in the directorial treatment. Even in the film¡¦s commercial exploitation, the same holds true. As a result, Khosla Ka Ghosla emerges as a small ambitious film which that gets a bit over ambitious. Unlike an Iqbal or a Bend It Like Beckham, it doesn¡¦t become the sweet winner that it could have been destined for. The closest parallel of this school of filmmaking would be Hrishkesh Mukherjee¡¦s gems that took a slice of life and entertained audiences. While Hrishida¡¦s films remained heartfelt and genuine to the core, refusing to press buttons at any stage of the goings on, Khosla Ka Ghosla makes the one mistake of desperately trying to press the humour button, in forced instances. As a result, this entertainer remains an average fair with a little heart; wish it would have all the heart and charm that Hrishida managed in his possibly smaller films. If comparisons were not the order of the day, then Khosla Ka Ghosla stands well on its own feet but unfortunately doesn¡¦t stand as tall as it could possibly have.
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| Viewer's Review |
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| Bindaas ! Jhakaas ! First Class ! |
| by Asif Ali (posted on : 26-Sep-06) Rating: (Excellent) |
Bindaas ! Jhakaas ! First Class ! Hasi Ka Tazaa Phuwara hai Khosla Ka Ghosla !Agar haath tight hai to mujh se paisey udhaar le kar is picture ko dekh lena ! Jo bhi ho is picture jo jaroor dekhna ! Agar tumey yeh picture achee na lage to mera naam badal dena !
Khosla ka ghosla bole to ek dum mast . Booman irani aur ranvir kya acting kiya hai , ek dum mast ! Abhi aur kya bolega, mujhe to samajh mein nahi aa raha ki aur kya likhoon. Bas itna kahungaa ke jo is picture mein dikhaya gaya hai wo sach mein hota aur aisa kabhi aapke saath agar ho to aap is picture se Kuch Lesson Le Sakte Hain
Main to dobara dekhne jaa raha hoon ! Aaa Rahe Ho Kya ?
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| Very Good Movie |
| by Neelanjan Basu (posted on : 26-Sep-06) Rating: (Very Good) |
A very good movie by Dibakar Banerjee's and that also in his very first movie. A feat in itself and so is the movie. Such movies are very rare. I hope more of such movies are made which take a Social issue like Land Grabbing and blend it with comedy. A real treat to watch especially for those who love comedies.
Anupam kher has once again lived up to the expectation. But it's very repeat role which he has done,that of a helpless and frusturated old man. And he has mastered his acting skills for such particular type of roles. Booman irani has proven his verstality as an actor. Give any type of role and he'll give you the best.
I think one should watch this movie not just because of THE SOCIAL ISSUE But Also It Gives You A Valuable Lesson On Family Unity which is Very Rapidly Decreasing In Our Homes.
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| Total Paisa Vasool ! |
| by Shweta (posted on : 25-Sep-06) Rating: (Excellent) |
Total Paisa Vasool ! That's what you'll call this movie when you step out of the theatre after watching this Slick Flick. A Very Unique Name For a Unique Movie. It's a Social Comedy with a very real portrayal of Real Estate Scenario prevalent in india.
Set in the urban locale of delhi,it tells us the story of retired, middle-class man Kamal Kishore Khosla (Anupam Kher) who along with his family comprisng of his wife(Kiran Juneja),2 sons-Balwant Khosla /Bunty (Ranvir Shorey) and Chiraunjilal Khosla /Cherry(Parvin Dabbas) and a daughter Meghna (Tara Sharma) whose land has been ocupied by Khurana (Boman Irani). And how the Khosla family family Tries to Save Their Khosla is the crux of the story.
Khurana demands 15 lakhs for vacating the plot which is already belongs to Khosla. But just when khosla, tired of going Pillar To Posts to get his land vacated is ready to give up, his 2 sons come to his aide. In their efforts to get thier land back are a bunch of Nautanki actors who help the Khosla's get their plot of land back. And it's how these Nautanki's help the kosla's add up to the Comical element of the movie.
This is Director Dibakar Banerjee's first attempt and he's proven his prowess by dealing with a very real Land Grabbing problem by adding Comedy to it. Very relavent issue which is really needed to be addressed.
Not much scope for Music although 'CHAK DE PHATTE' is a good Punjabi Number to look and listen to.
Every actor in this movie have lived upto the expectations of the respective characters.Ranvir shorey is the one to look out for in this movie. He's given full credibility to his Loud mouth and No Good type of a character.Booman Irani once again proves his acting skills. Full marks to him especially for Scratchng his Crotch. Anupam kher as usual portrays his character as well as you can expect of him. Tara Sharma and Parvin Dabbas have also given good performances.
Nothing to criticise about this movie. Everything is as good as it can be.
So don't miss this movie and as i said before it's Total Paisa Vasool !
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