Cheeni Kum (2007)

Director:

R. Balki

Release Date:

25 May 2007 (India)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A sugar-free romance.

Plot:

Grouchy, uptight, 64 year old Buddhadev Gupta lives a fairly wealthy lifestyle in London, England, along...

Plot Keywords:

Satyagraha | Umbrella | Death | Restaurant | Love

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan	...	Buddhadev Gupta
Tabu	...	Nina Verma
Paresh Rawal	...	Verma
Zohra Sehgal	...	Mrs. Gupta
Swini Khera	...	Sexy (as Baby Swini Khara)
Vinay Jain	...	Sexy's Father
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Krishna Bhatt	...	Colgate
Alexx O'Nell	...	English Waiter
Phil Pritchard	...	Man in Street
Madhura Shewade	...	Seema
Kanwal Toor	...	Shalini
Annie Vanders	...	Nosey London neighbour

Also Known As:

Less Sugar (International: English title)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1

Certification:

Ireland:12A

Trivia:

All the tracks composed by Ilayaraja have been used by him in Tamil and Kannada cinema. Ilayaraja recycled his original work and polished them up for this movie.

Soundtrack:

Du siehst mich nicht

Delicious platter

I am sure all of you would have got a fair idea about the movie by now. And also judged the strengths and weaknesses as well.

I am not too sure if Cheeni Kum is the first Bollywood movie which fits into this genre of "Sarcastic Comedy", but definitely there could be many more to follow. With the ad-man at the helm of affairs, its no wonder that every line of the movie seems to have been written by a copywriter.

Amitabh and Tabu share a great chemistry and for once you wonder if you have been focusing on Tabu's performance than Big B. Having said that Big B makes you wonder how can he still manage to look sexy at 64. Zohra Sehgal - every time she comes on the screen, you are ready for the next dose. Fanstastic performance indeed and the same for the little girl "Sexy" who gets one of the best lines in the movie. Paresh Rawal - after a long-long time you wonder how did he go wrong this time. Clearly there is big lacunae, wonder if its the script that is to be blamed. Rest of the star-cast do a perfect cog in the wheel.

Be it sunny and rainy side of London or the cool breeze of New Delhi - P C Sriram managed to capture all the seasons equal ease. Editing by Chandan Arora manages to keep the story crisp. Ilayaraja's music stays with you after the movie as well.

Having been to cinema with least expectations, I walked out of the hall with a single thought "Why can't Johar's & Chopra's make a delicacy like this?". On a parting note, Cheeni Kum seemed to have a a few similarities with DDLJ - different sensibilities though.