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By Joginder Tuteja, January 22, 2009 - 17:56 IST
MOVIE DETAILS
Voices: Ashish Vidyarthi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Asrani, Anjan Srivastava
Director: R.D. Mallik
Animation Director: Shantanu Pal
Producer: Elcom Fiesta Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Music: Jeet
THE FILM
Close to dozen odd movies have come after the success of Hanuman and while some of them have boasted of a good story (if not good animation), a few have seen good animation (if not a good story). There also have been the likes of Roadside Romeo that did well in both departments but then turned out to be plain unlucky. However, in case of Cheenti Cheenti Bang Bang, one simply feels that completely let down and wonders whether there are actually any serious film makers out there who wish to dabble into animation market?
The opening credit sequence itself totally puts you off as it turns out to be a slideshow, something that was abandoned by films at least a couple of decades back and even Doordarshan a decade or so back. While it doesn't merge into the narrative anywhere, the moment the actual film begins, you know that Cheenti Cheenti Bang Bang is going to be one frivolous piece of cinema. Well, did I say cinema? It isn't any cinema either because both the story as well as animation belong to the kind that would have 'probably' befitted small screen but by no means does it qualify itself for big screen presentation.
Even the basic pretext of the movie, that of two kingdoms (led by black and red ants respectively) getting into a war due to an old ant breaking the pot of a young woman isn't amusing either. Okay, so the film is made for children and hence one has to leave behind the logic but how about some effective presentation? Why to hold audiences in such low esteem that they would accept anything and everything that comes their way in the name of animation?
Two kingdoms getting on a war, one king being powerful and other meek, a prince falling in love with the princess, a character giving away secrets to both the kingdoms, allies coming into picture and then eventually an old intelligent creature bringing in reconciliation but not before blurting out some gyaan - all of this turns out to be one long boring exercise in spite of the film's duration being a little less than 1.5 hours. There are hardly a couple of scenes that stand out but that too isn't good enough to sustain your interest!
In fact the basic characters of ants themselves are more repulsive than exciting hence turning out to be major put offs. Moreover, the way they behave and the situations they find themselves befit that of humans than the ants. The question that comes here is - 'If at all the situations were meant like these, why not have human characters rather than ants? What's the purpose of getting such characters if you can't demonstrate one single instance that justifies the inclusion of ants?'
PACKAGING
The DVD comes in an ordinary packing though freebies like stickers, tattoos, puzzle game and book labels are thrown in. None of it is too exciting though and with the film itself being hardly impressive, the added freebies do not seem enticing enough.
DURATION
The film's duration is 84 minutes
SPECIAL FEATURES
The DVD doesn't come with any special features.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
- Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
- Subtitles in English and Arabic
- Language options: Hindi and Bengali
- Dolby Digital 5.1 and Stereo
PRICE
Rs. 199/=
CONCLUSION
Cheenti Cheenti Bang Bang has to be the most uninspiring and boring animation movie to have come out of Bollywood ever since one started taking movies belonging to this genre at least a little seriously since the success of Hanuman. Ignore it!
 
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