'Ghoomketu': the Smalltown's Joke Is on Bollywood
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B-6 | Friday, May 29, 2020 BOLLYWOOD www.WeeklyVoice.com ‘Ghoomketu’: The Smalltown’s Joke Is On Bollywood “Ghoomketu” (Film on Few actors can turn a medio- age comedy. Realising as much ZEE5); Cast: Nawazuddin Sid- cre ilm into watchable fare as perhaps (and because this is a diqui, Anurag Kashyap, Ila Arun, Nawazuddin does, and “Ghoom- ilm about Bollywood), the mak- Raghubir Yadav, Ragini Khanna, ketu” only reiterates that fact. At ers have lined up half a dozen B- Swanand Kirkire, Razzak Khan; a glance, he would seem in his Town celebrity cameos. Direction: Pushpendra Nath Mis- comfort zone here, playing the Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi ra; Rating: * * (two stars) smalltown guy. Yet as the new- Sinha (who would perhaps have look Nawaz adds an entirely shot “Lootera” for Phantom By Vinayak Chakravorty different dimension to the small- Films around the time this ilm town hero prototype, he under- was launched) play out a skittish “Ghoomketu” becomes one of lines once again the fact that his romance. the irst Hindi ilms to go straight range as an actor is simply inex- Chitrangada Singh portrays the to OTT. Which should have made haustible. stereotypical Bollywood hero- it an ‘event release’ of sorts, ex - The quirk about his character ine shooting a song (the sort you cept one is aware that this is is evident. He is a writer named don’t seriously see in our ilms technically not a new ilm. It wasGhoomketu, wears a well-oiled anymore). Lauren Gottlieb does wrapped up a few years year ago, and neatly parted long hairdo that an item number. Director Nikhil Picture: Zee5 Picture: and waiting for a platform to re- renders a funny impact than one Advani as himself explains a shot lease (you do spot Razzak Khan of a writer’s intellect to the face. hold your attention. Thrown into sides, the ilm does not lay bare to Amitabh Bachchan, who then in a few frames). With a book titled “How To Be the tale is a crooked cop (Anurag anything about Bollywood that brings up the climax of “Ghoom- The fact does not actually do A Bollywood Writer In 30 Days” Kashyap) who is, incidentally, you are not already aware of. ketu” as himself. the right kind of advertising for in his bag, Ghoomketu runs away also given a month to track down If Nawaz comes up with a stel- Exciting as it may sound, none the direct-to-OTT campaign -- from sleepy Mahona in UP to the writer on the run. lar act, most others in the cast de- of these star attractions manage indeed, if ilms with little or Mumbai,no with dreams of hitting The ilm tries to work as a com- serve accolades, too. Ila Arun as to breathe life into this half-heart- traction ill up the digital librar- the bigtime. edy riding smalltown cliches. Santo bua matches Nawazuddin’s ed, half-baked shot at comedy. ies, the entire fad of getting rel- For instant impact, writer- That, the makers must have re- comic timing. The problem with “Ghoomke- evant releases directly to OTT director Pushpendra Nath Misra alised, is clearly not enough any- Anurag Kashyap impresses tu” lies in its writing. could perhaps come and go as un- could hardly have created a fun- more. Too many recent modest- with understated humour essay- The story needed a little more impressively as the trend of video nier specimen. Yet, the script- budget hits have already tried the ing Inspector Badlani. Swanand life and a lot more irreverent ilms did in the late eighties. writing brainwave simply seems trick, with funnier scripts. Kirkire has its moments as Gud- laughs. For a ilm hawked as a We are, of course, not to overt- to begin and end with the charac- So, Misra tries narrating his dan chacha. Raghubir Yadav as comedy and a spoof, the effort to ly mull over business basics in ter that Misra has created for his story with a dash of spoof. The Ghoomketu’s ‘Dadda’ would create humour becomes too evi- a review. Which brings us to hero. joke’s on Bollywood, basically, have been more effective if he dent. That is the ilm’s big draw- Nawazuddin Siddiqui, the pri- As Ghoomketu arrives in Mum- and its big bad ilmmaking -culdid not give in to the tendency to back. mary reason you would want to bai and gives himself 30 days to ture. The problem with the jibes ham. Watch it? Uh, well… only for check out this ilm. succeed, the plot struggles to is they are funny only in its. Be- The pace is too lazy for a new- Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Rachanaa Parulkkar Chops Her Amyra’s Tattoo Has Nothing Hair Short Amid Lockdown To Do With Illuminati! MUMBAI: Actress Amyra Dastur says her “evil eye” tattoo has nothing to do with the Illuminati and that she loves what it symbolises. Amyra was treating her fans to a ques- tion-answer session on Instagram, where a user asked for details about her tattoo. “It’s an evil eye. I know everyone thinks it has something to do with the illuminati but they’re wrong . I love what the evil eye symbolises and this tattoo makes me feel safe from nazar,” she said. Another user asked her if she’s single, Amyra got her mother to answer the ques- tion. Her mother said: “Yes, you are single and happy.” Amyra cross questioned her mother if she was sure. MUMBAI: Television actress Rachanaa seen playing Paravati in the TV show “Na- To which, her mother is heard saying: Parulkkar, who is known her role as Ma- mah”. She has earlier featured in shows “I think so.” harani Ajabde in “Maharana Pratap”, has like “Saat Phere”, “Sapnon Se Bhare Nai- A third user asked Amyra about her cut her long tresses all by herself amid the na”, “Ek Mutthi Aasmaan”. Now she hopes upcoming projects, to which she replied: lockdown. to bag some “meaningful roles” once the “Koi Jaan Na, Tandav/Dilli, Dongri To “In the lockdown, my hair had grown lockdown is lifted. Dubai, Bagheera (Tamil).” She was later seen in ilms like “Kaal- longer and there was no style to it. I needed “I am happy trying to use my time in a Amyra made her Bollywood debut in akaandi”, “Rajma Chawal”, “Made In a new look for summer and also felt hot in constructive way. But, I hope to land some 2013’s “Issaq”, alongside Prateik Babbar. China”, and “Prassthanam” the long hair. I spoke with my stylist and meaningful roles after the lockdown gets she guided me,”she said. over. I would love to try my hand at come- Suhana Khan Is 20; Ananya Posts Pics The actress added: “DIY (do it yourself) dy, romance or action. I have become itter hairstyling is cool during the lockdown in the past two months. And the new itter MUMBAI: Bollywood couple Shah baby forever,” Ananya wrote on Insta- since you can’t go to the salon and no hair- me, will help me get some action-orient- Rukh Khan and Gauri Khans daughter gram along with a picture that shows the stylist will come home.” ed roles. But, irst of all I am hoping thatSuhana has turned 20 today, and to ring in two posing against the backdrop of sun- On the work front, Rachanaa was last things get better soon,” she said. her special day, her close friend Ananya set at the beach. In another image, Suha- Panday spammed social media with ador- na is seen enjoying a piggyback ride on able throwback pictures of the birthday Ananya.“Always got your back,” Ananya girl. captioned the snap. “The two things I miss the most - the Reacting to the post, Suhana comment- great outdoors and SUHANA!!! Happy ed: “Hahaha you found one not bad. I love 20th bday Sue…you will be my little you. Thank you. Miss you.” ‘Crime Patrol’ Actress Preksha Mehta Commits Suicide INDORE: “Crime Patrol” actress Prek- work amid the lockdown. Her last few so- sha Mehta has committed suicide. She cial media posts hint at mental agony she was 25. Preksha took her life by hanging was going through. from a ceiling fan on Monday night at her In her last Instagram story, Preksha residence in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, re- wrote: “Sabse bura hota hai sapno ka mar ports timesoindia.com. jaana” (the worst thing is the death of The actress reportedly left a suicide your dreams).” note but it does not mention why she de- Apart from “Crime Patrol”, Preksha has cided to end her life. As per reports, Prek- appeared in TV soaps like “Meri Durga” sha went into depression due to lack of and “Laal Ishq”. .