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By Joginder Tuteja, October 28, 2008 - 11:38 IST
MOVIE DETAILS
Cast: Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan Khan, Danny Denzongpa, Riteish Deshmukh, Akhilendra Mishra
Director: Kabeer Kaushik
Producer: Vijayta Films Pvt. Ltd.
Music: Monty Sharma
Lyrics: Sameer
THE FILM
Seriously speaking, Chamku is such a waste of time, energy and money which would had gone into it's making. It is a sheer bad film, so bad that it would easily rank amongst one of the Top-3 worst movies of the year if one discounts the regular B Grade films that anyways are made in dozens. The film doesn't have any pretext, doesn't follow any direction and worse, ends in such an abrupt manner that the immediate exclamation that comes over it - 'Ab Ye Kya Tha'. Honestly, I actually did play the DVD back for a few minutes to check if some scenes had actually been skipped. But alas, that was not the case!
Which takes one to the conclusion that Chamku was a hurried job that just came on floors without something that goes by the name of 'bound script', had it's scenes shot as per the whims and fancies of anyone and everyone who was involved in it's making (basically no control of the director) and in the end was edited in an exasperated manner after everyone associated with the film realizing that this was a mess in the offering.
How else could otherwise one explain a film where Bobby Deol (aka Chamku) just goes about killing people (in the same manner as leading heroes were instructed by Ram Gopal Varma in Contract and Mani Shankar in Mukhbiir) on the orders of Irrfan Khan who himself is struggling to decide whether his is a gray character or out and out black? How else could one digest a woman (Priyanka Chopra) coming into Bobby's life and be thoroughly disinterested in anything and everything he does, except for coming back and announcing - 'Main Tumhare Bachche Ki Maan Banne Waali Hoon'?
How else could one explain that a man who is on a mission (too heavy a word though since he himself just acts as a robot throughout without any sense of direction or purpose) suddenly finds his nemesis from his 'bachpan ke din' and roams around the city to hack him to death? And worse, how else could one explain the presence of small timers like Arya Babbar and Deepal Shaw who seem to have missed out on the briefing by the director (if there was any) that would have explained them that whether they were supposed to be naxalites or 'police ke aadmi'!
Chamku is such a careless piece of cinema that it doesn't even deserve a critical analysis of what could have been the reason of it's downfall or how it could have been better. It is so utterly aimless that one only ends up wondering why did anyone have to actually do this movie? Worse, why on earth did Kabeer Kaushik have to helm a script like this, especially after making a remarkable Sehar just a few years back?
Well, the only request one can end up making as an audience - 'Please, Is Kahani Ko Jaldi Khatam Karo'!
PACKAGING
The film comes in a standard local plastic case. Since the DVD comes on Moser Baer, don't expect any fancy packaging.
DURATION
The film comes in a single DVD pack with the film's duration being 95 minutes.
SPECIAL FEATURES
The DVD doesn't come with any special features.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
- 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
- Subtitles in English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1
PRICE
Rs. 50/=
CONCLUSION
You know what really bothered me after watching Chamku? That the makers may just about go ahead and announce a sequel of the film! Especially with the promotional material of the film declaring loud and clear - 'Kahani Kabhi Khatam Nahi Hoti' - you are almost scared to death wondering whether Deols and Co. may be intending all the pun and just be preparing the audience to watch the next installment of Chamku.
 
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