The
sole
purpose
of
making
laughathons
is
to
transport
you
to
ha-ha-land
for
the
next
two
hours.
The
last
few
years
has
witnessed
a
barrage
of
comic
fares
and
brainless
comedies
exploding
on
the
Hindi
screen
--
some
of
them
genuinely
funny,
most
of
them
trying
so
hard
to
be
funny.
Choreographer
turned
director
B.H.
Tharun
Kumar's
Rafoo
Chakkar
is
yet
another
attempt
at
making
you
laugh.
On
paper,
the
concept
had
the
potential
to
tickle
your
funny
bone,
but
its
celluloid
translation
is
a
put-off.
Sure,
you
smile
at
the
inane
jokes
at
places,
but
the
second
hour
falls
to
abysmal
levels.
Problem
area?
Scripting!
Writer
Ikram
Akhtar's
screenplay
fails
to
maintain
consistency
from
start
to
end.
Everything's
well
laid
out
in
the
initial
portions.
In
fact,
the
sequence
of
events
that
compel
the
lead
men,
in
their
early
20s,
to
marry
women
almost
double
their
age
keeps
you
entertained.
But
post-interval,
the
screenplay
gets
boring
and
humdrum.
Sure,
no
one's
asking
for
logic
and
common
sense,
but
how
about
jokes,
entertainment
and
amusement?
Munnu
[Aslam
Khan]
and
Pappu
[Yudhishtir]
are
spoilt
brats.
Julie
[Nauheed
Cyrusi]
and
Millie
[Nisha
Rawal]
are
equally
spoilt.
In
fact,
all
four
are
not
interested
in
getting
married
and
when
forced
by
their
respective
fathers,
run
away
from
their
respective
homes.
While
on
the
run,
Munnu
and
Pappu
meet
and
get
attracted
to
Julie
and
Millie,
not
realizing
that
they
are
the
same
girls
with
whom
their
father
[Ananth
Mahadevan]
had
fixed
their
marriage.
Another
twist
comes
in
the
story
when
Julie
and
Millie
are
saved
from
a
bunch
of
hooligans
by
Kokila
[Archana
Puransingh]
and
Koena
[Mita
Vashisht],
two
middle-aged
sisters
who
hate
men
and
never
want
to
get
married.
Kokila
and
Koena's
father,
who
is
on
his
deathbed,
wants
to
see
them
married.
He
even
incorporates
a
clause
in
his
will
that
if
they
don't
get
married
before
they
turn
45,
the
property
should
go
to
the
trust.
Kokila
and
Koena
have
only
24
hours
to
find
the
boys,
get
married
and
save
their
property
because
they
turn
45
the
very
next
day.
Munnu
and
Pappu
land
up
at
Kokila
and
Koena's
house
to
rob
them,
but
get
overpowered
by
the
sisters.
This
leads
to
their
arrest
and
eventually
marriage
to
the
two
sisters.
All
hell
breaks
loose.
Very
few
comedies
have
the
ability
to
make
you
smile
from
start
to
end.
That's
one
of
the
reasons
why
most
comedies
have
proved
tragedies
this
year.
A
joke
here
and
a
gag
there
isn't
enough.
And
no
director
or
actor,
howsoever
skilled
and
proficient
he/she
may
be,
can
rise
beyond
the
script.
B.H.
Tharun
Kumar's
direction
falters
for
this
reason.
You
do
smile
at
times,
but
it
has
more
to
do
with
the
witty
one-liners
[dialogues:
Raghuvir
Shekhawat]
than
the
situations
in
the
storyline.
On
the
music
front,
the
title
track
at
the
start
is
foot-taping
and
well
executed,
but
the
absence
of
promotion
takes
its
toll.
K.
Rajkumar's
cinematography
is
passable.
Aslam
Khan
makes
a
sincere
attempt.
He
seems
more
confident
this
time.
In
fact,
his
comic
timing,
at
places,
is
just
right.
Yudhishtir
tries
hard
as
well
and
does
reasonably
well,
but
the
rawness
shows
at
several
points.
He
needs
to
work
on
his
expressions.
Nauheed
Cyrusi
acts
well,
but
Nisha
Rawal
has
a
long
way
to
go.
Archana
Puransingh
is
in
comfort
zone,
since
she's
not
new
to
comedy.
But,
surprisingly,
Mita
Vashisht
looks
out
of
place.
Shakti
Kapoor
and
Sadashiv
Amrapurkar
are
wasted.
Tinnu
Anand
is
the
best
of
the
lot.
Ananth
Mahadevan
is
good.
On
the
whole,
Rafoo
Chakkar
is
a
lacklustre
attempt.