B-8 | Friday, December 6, 2019 BOLLYWOOD www.WeeklyVoice.com Dimple Kapadia’s Mother ‘Motichoor Chaknachoor’: Betty Passes Away Humour In A Time Warp By Vinayak Chakravorty

Motichoor Chaknachoor”; Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Athi- ya Shetty; Direction: Debamitra Biswal; Rating: * * & 1/2 (two and a half stars)

The biggest killjoy for a joke is a situation where you have igured out its punchline long- be fore it ends. “Motichoor Chakna- choor” suffers from that problem. It doesn’t take you more than 10 minutes to igure out where the Scene from the movie “Motichoor Chaknachoor”. ilm is headed, which is sad be- cause the ilm looked like a win- Meanwhile, girl next door, “Meghvrat” struggle to create ning concept on paper at least. Anita (Athiya Shetty), has been any memorable characters, too. MUMBAI: Actress Dimple padia were spotted outside the That bit is ironic. “Motichoor rejecting a long line of eligible Normally, Bollywood’s small- Kapadias mother Betty Kapadiahospital. Recently, Betty Kapa- Chaknachoor” held the promise suitors because they don’t it thetown ilms have lately thrived passed away here last Saturday dia’s 80th birthday was celebrat- of being quirky fare, right from one condition that matters to her: on two factors. The irst is these night. ed by her family at a resort in Ma- the unconventional casting of She wants her groom to be for- ilms often use the peculiarities of According to reports, the veter- harashtra’s Shillim. Nawazuddin Siddiqui opposite eign-settled. smalltown India to set up absorb- an actress’ mother was admitted Her granddaughter Twinkle Athiya Shetty. As the duo tries Pushpinderto and Anita’s story ing moods and situations in the at Hinduja hospital in Mumbai’s had shared a family photo on light up the stray comic sparks, isn’t really about childhood ro- narrative -especially pertaining Khar area for almost three weeks Instagram with the caption, you realise the awful truth: Un- mance or love at irst sight. Rath- to humour. The second is -small after being diagnosed with a re- “Grandmother’s 80th with fam- imaginative writing affects com- er, the trigger point is Anita’s towns provide ceaseless ideas for spiratory disorder. She breathed ily, friends and loads of laughter edy more than any other genre, aunt (Karuna Pandey), who tellsinteresting characters. her last at the age of 80. #ShillimDiaries”. and the ones that suffer squarely the girl her the hunt for a suit- “Motichoor Chaknachoor” On Saturday night, Dimple Early Sunday, the family or- are the actors on screen. able groom ought to end with the somehow struggles on both Kapadia along with her daugh- ganised last rites where several If you discount his trademark Dubai-settled Pushpinder, and fronts, you realise, as sheer me- ter Twinkle, son-in-law Akshay celebrities including Sunny Deol intense screen persona, Nawa- -- so what if he is much older -- diocrity takes over the narrative. Kumar and her sister, late actress and Rishi Kapoor paid their last zuddin has often revelled in dead- the girl sees logic in the idea. She The ilm also fails to capitalise Simple Kapadia’s son Karan Ka- respect to Betty Kapadia. pan humour. The actor invokes agrees to go for what she feels on the prospective odd couple that quality here for most parts would be a dream wedding - a chemistry you had hoped to see, while bringing alive Pushpinder ticket to permanently settling in given the pairing of Nawazuddin John Conirms ‘Attack’ Tyagi, a middle-aged bachelor Dubai. and Athiya. For a rom-com that who works as an accountant in The ilm takes an entire half to can be quite a downer. MUMBAI: John Abraham has Dubai and who arrives in home- set up that premise, before tak- If writer-director Biswal’s ensured that he will keep his date town Bhopal as the ilm starts, in ing another entire hour to unfold idea was trying to create satire with Independence Day next search of a bride. Pushpinder’s where Pushpinder and Anita’s with that idea, it somehow fails year, too. His upcoming thriller mother (Vibha Chibber) hopes story could be headed. . to come through. That’s actu- “Attack” has been conirmed for to make big moolah by way of Director Debamitra Biswal ally where this Motichoor goes August 14, 2020. dowry in the process. and co-writer Bhupendra Singh Chaknachoor. This will be the third year in a row that John will release a ilm Rani To Celebrate Women Achievers on Independence Day. In 2018, his “Satyameva Jayate” opened MUMBAI: Actress Rani large,” Rani said. many stories of such incredible on August 15, and this year he re- Mukerji, who is gearing up for The actress, who will be repris- women who are changing their leased “Batla House” on that day. the release of “Mardaani 2”, will ing the role of the strong headed communities,” she added. “Attack” is a race-against-time be saluting some independent, police oficer named Shivani The thriller will see Rani in action thriller that also stars also self-made women during the Shivaji Roy in “Mardaani 2”, said a race against time to capture Jacqueline Fernandez and Rakul signiicant to show to the increas - course of the her ilm’s campaign.women form the backbone of the a brutal serial rapist, played by Preet Singh. The ilm is written ingly discerning audience,” said “Women have fought ste- society and that their work needs Vishal Jethwa), who systemati- and directed by debutant Lakshya John. reotyping, fought gender-bias, to be celebrated. cally targets women. “Mardaani Raj Anand. Riding high on the patriotism fought societal pressure to earn “For us to achieve parity in so- 2” focusses on the rise in violent “ ‘Attack’ is a taut, interesting formula that has clicked for him their place under the sun. ciety, it is imperative that women crimes by juveniles in India. thriller with a strong storyline and lately, John again plays a saviour “Today, women are leading the continue to march forward. The principal photography be- a genre I love! That it is releas- in the ilm, which narrates the change in our country and mak- “To me, all women are super gan on 27 March 2019 ing on Independence Day makes drama woven around a rescue ing India grow progressively. achievers because they do so A thirty eight second oficial it even more exciting. At (John’s operation by a team led by the “I’m looking forward to meet- much every single day and most- teaser was released by Yash Raj production house) JA Entertain- character the actor portrays. It is ing and celebrating some of ly without support or platforms or Films on 30 September. ment, it is our endeavour to push a ictional story inspired by true these brilliant women who have access. They are the real heroes of Produced by Aditya Chopra, the envelope and produce ilms events and set against the back- become a shining example of in- our society and it will be our hon- “Mardaani 2” is set to hit theatres that entertain and have something drop of a hostage crisis situation. spiration to their community at our and endeavour to bring out as on December 13. ‘Jhalki’ Is Not A Kids’ Film

MUMBAI: Filmmaker Brah- another dying art form. There are manand S. Siingh’s feature “Jhal- elements of fantasy that children ki” addresses the issue of child have that we included,” said the labour and traficking. He says ilmmaker, about the ilm that although the ilm is shown from features two young actors, Aarti the perspective of a child, it is not and Goraksha, along with Boman a children’s ilm. Rather, the nar- Irani, Sanjay Suri, Divya Dutta, rative highlights their suffering. Tannishtha Chatterjee and Gov- “‘Jhalki’ is not a children’s ind Namdev. ilm. It is a reality many childrenThe poster of the ilm was - re suffer, owing to the practice of leased at Cannes Film Festival, traficking and child labour. But itfollowed by screening at various is an engaging story for children ilm festivals including New York because of the treatment of the Indian Film Festival, the Boston narrative. The protagonist of the International Film Festival and ilm is a nine-year-old girl namedthe Singapore South Asian Inter- Jhalki, and we, as audience, see national Film Festival. the world through her eyes. There The ilm has released in No- is a beautiful folk song that is dy- theatres as well as on the digital ing. we revived it in the ilm. We movie platform PictureTime, for also used the hand shadow art -- ‘Hrithik In War Isa Likewider access Chocolate’ in rural India. MUMBAI: It seems Deepika Deepika’s compliment for Padukone has been bowled over Hrithik has become viral on so- by Hrithik Roshan’s performance cial media. in his latest hit “War” as she just Reacting to the tweet, several compared him to a dessert ‘death users agreed to her. by chocolate’. One user commented: “Hahah “Hrithik in ‘War’ is like Death truth be told”. “I do agree. He is by Chocolate from Corner the hottest,” wrote another one. House!...Just saying,” Deepika The two will be seen romanc- tweeted.Corner house is -a ingpopu in remake of Amitabh Bach- lar eatery in Bengaluru. chan’s 1982 ilm “Satte Pe Satta”.