Chhatriwali Review – Rediff.com movies

The jury is out on Chhatriwali‘s flimsy public service, however Rakul certain passes the standard verify, applauds Sukanya Verma.

It is 2023, however Bollywood’s steadfastly holding on to that awkward feeling demonstrated by a newly married Rishi Kapoor in 1977’S Doosra Aadmi or Shekhar Suman in 1986’s Anubhav, once they stood earlier than a medical retailer and struggled to purchase condoms.

Not less than their pharmacy man was pleasant and did not add to their embarrassment however in Chhatriwali, Rakesh Bedi performs the type able to wage a struggle over husbands speeding to his retailer for contraception.

Like Aparshakti Khurrana’s tacky Helmet, the place condoms act as a catalyst in voicing its considerations about inhabitants explosion, Rakul Preet Singh’s Chhatriwali crusades to advertise intercourse training and secure intercourse in small city Karnal.

However in making an attempt to suit its public service aims inside rom-com cliches, Director Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar can neither convey the hypocrisy of society nor tackle why intercourse should not be handled as taboo.

Condom ko condemn mat kar, appeals Satish Kaushik (the person can put on essentially the most hideous wigs and nonetheless come off as essentially the most humane in a room), who runs a plant of the identical however desperately seeks a top quality management head — he is simply misplaced an worker as a result of nobody will marry a man with condoms on his resume.

Enter Rakul’s jobless chemistry geek.

Regardless of her preliminary ‘Ram Ram’ response to the provide, she takes up the job on the sly. Neither her teen patti obsessed mum (Dolly Ahluwalia) nor her pooja provides retailer proprietor beau (Sumeet Vyas being Sumeet Vyas) realise the pun behind her claims of working for an umbrella firm.

The sham continues even after she marries and earns her brother-in-law’s (Rajesh Tailang, a terrific actor in a tediously written half) awe and admiration as Karnal’s Indra Nooyi.

The latter is a prudish biology instructor of a co-ed faculty, suggesting his college students skip the reproductive system however oblivious that it’s precisely what’s ailing his perennially under-the-weather spouse (Prachee Shah Pandya).

Between Rakul’s superficial revolution and realisation of what makes her line of labor important or the eventual disclosure of her deceit whereas defying her brother-in-law’s stubborn conservative methods, Chhatriwali would not set up a lot past its noble intent.

Deoskar goes behind-the-scenes to showcase the science behind condom manufacturing and the way ‘tensile energy aur ductile energy kamzor hone se hote hain aapke oops‘ in addition to the widespread disgust its use evokes amongst ignorant and hesitant shoppers.

However Rakul’s dramatic makes an attempt to propagate intercourse training in class amidst uninteresting pubescent curiosity lack objective and data. Most absurd although is why Rakesh Bedi’s native medical store proprietor is so averse to the thought of promoting condoms.

Chhatriwali goes simple on the innuendo, however can’t resist cringe-inducing strains like ‘Humare pati home made rasgoola khayenge woh bhi jaisa unhe pasand hai‘ in context of unprotected intercourse.

One misses the model of sass colouring Rakul’s gynecology intern in Physician G.

Although Chhatriwali‘s writing might lack the smarts, the actor’s upfront strategy builds on her character’s optimism by unflinching sincerity. It is not simply the spirit of her activism, however the spontaneous impulses of a spouse concealing her reality and making lies as she goes that Rakul communicates somewhat believably.

The jury continues to be out on Chhatriwali‘s flimsy public service, however Rakul certain passes the standard verify.

Chhatriwali streams on ZEE5.

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