Yesterday, i finally managed to catch the Warner Brothers production "Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge". The movie's directed by Ashwini Dhir, and was released early this year.
The movie deals with the menace guests make while their 'gigantic' short stay. They come from some far away place, live for weeks, or even months, hamper the lifestyle, and create nothing but trouble. The movie has many messages in disguise - something i never expected.
The Plot:
Puneet(Ajay Devgan's character) is a scriptwriter and his wife Munmun (Konkona Sen Sharma) is an interior decorator. They have a six year old son Ayush who studies in school. They're living a peaceful life until the son's Hindi teacher complains them that he doesn't even understand even phrases like 'Atithi devo bhavah'. This gives the family the feeling that they dont get any guests at all.
So finally they get a guest. This gentleman was Puneet's some enstranged father's younger brother(Lambodar chacha,played by Paresh Rawal) drops in without any prior notice from his village, and since the moment he drops in, he starts creating a ruckus. Both Puneet and Munmun's life gets completely off track.
The story continues. Time passes by. This guest stays on for more than one month, without any sign of plans of going soon. He teaches the cultural and moral values of the Indian culture to the family. The situations become worse. Payment delays cause the bank officers(from where he had taken a car loan) to seize his car. Ganesh Chaturthi comes, and Lambodar chacha decides to celebrate it. Luck starts favouring them and by the blessings of god the manager of the bank releases the car. The manager happened to be knowing Lambodar chacha. Things keep on changing for good then.
In the end,Puneet's family finds out that it was someone else's relativewhom they have been atending for more than a month now. The gentleman, whose guest Lambodar chacha actually were, had the same house number, but was in a different wing of the building. All's well that ends well
Final Verdict:
The movie's well directed. Director Ashwini Dhir sticks to the grassroot, and makes a movie for the masses, not just for the multiplex goers. The movie is hillarious. But as mentioned earlier,the movie does give some serious messages. Amongst our busy lives, we've lost time for culture and family. We've mixed culture with fun way too much for dignity and respect. Our lives have become more self centric,more selfish without even caring about those who have to tolerate for us. Moreover,those still stuck in their awkward traditional ways should adopt to changes with the changing times,though keeping the roots of the tradition very much alive.
Paresh Rawal has done a splendid job. Ajay could have done better. Konkona's also performed well. The movie's nice - but for the north Indian audiences only.
On the whole, i'd give 2.5 out of 5.
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