Story
JD
Makwana
(Jackie
Shroff),
a
business
tycoon
and
a
colorful
playboy
plans
to
flee
from
India
after
duping
banks
of
a
lot
of
money.
Touted
to
be
the
alchemist
of
finance,
the
man
loves
to
play
chess
and
mind
you,
bananas
are
his
pet
peeve.
Makwana's
model-girlfriend
Mona
(Elnaaz
Norouzi)
suggests
him
to
disguise
as
a
gorilla
named
Toto
so
that
she
can
smuggle
him
out
of
the
country
to
Dubai.
On
the
other
hand,
Chirag
Rastogi
aka
Charlie
(Aadar
Jain)
is
a
man
running
out
of
luck
who
has
always
been
unsuccessful
in
whatever
ventures
he
has
partaken.
When
his
uncle
(Darshan
Jariwala)
takes
off
to
his
village
to
participate
in
a
tricycle
race,
asking
him
to
take
care
of
his
truck
Girnaar
Express,
Mona
assigns
him
the
job
of
escorting
Toto
to
a
circus
in
Diu,
from
where
the
latter
and
his
girlfriend
plan
to
bid
goodbye
to
the
country.
Meanwhile,
a
real
gorilla
who
was
to
be
transported
to
a
zoo,
escapes
after
the
plane
carrying
him
crashes.
As
Charlie
sets
out
to
transport
Toto
to
Diu,
unware
of
his
identity,
a
series
of
misadventures
take
place
when
he
bumps
into
a
scheming
circus
owner
Priyesh
Patel
(Girish
Kulkarni),
a
circus
dancer
Padma
(Sholakka
Pandit),
a
forest
ranger
Ranger
Solee
Topi
(Rajpal
Yadav)
and
a
veterinary
doctor
Dr
Gantra
(Bharat
Ganeshpure).
Direction
Right
from
the
first
frame
till
the
last,
director
Pankaj
Saraswat
through
his
storytelling
skills,
tells
us
not
to
take
things
seriously
in
this
adventure
comedy
film.
When
it
comes
to
laughter
department,
the
silly
gags
do
tickle
your
funny
bone.
Further,
the
comedy
of
errors
also
bring
in
a
fun
element
to
the
narrative.
However,
minus
these
ha-ha
scenes,
the
film's
story
barely
has
any
meat
to
it.
Also,
things
get
a
tad
repetitive
when
Saraswat
tries
to
extract
some
juice
from
the
wafer
thin
plot.
A
little
more
crisp
writing
would
have
upped
the
entertainment
quotient
by
several
notches.
Performances
After
making
his
Bollywood
debut
with
Habib
Faisal's
musical
drama
film
Qaidi
Band
in
2017,
Aadar
Jain
makes
his
onscreen
comeback
with
Hello
Charlie.
While
the
boy
still
has
a
long
way
to
go
in
terms
of
his
acting
chops,
his
comic
timing
is
promising.
Jackie
Shroff's
swag
is
on
point
and
as
Toto
too,
he
offers
an
platter
filled
with
entertainment
to
the
audience.
Elnaaz
Norouzi's
femme
fatale
act
works
fine
for
the
film.
Debutante
Shlokaa
Pandit
barely
makes
a
mark
as
a
circus
dancer
and
Charlie's
love
interest.
The
rest
of
the
cast
including
Rajpal
Yadav,
Darshan
Jariwala,
Siddhant
Kapoor
and
others
pull
off
a
decent
act.
Technical
Aspects
Andre
Menezes's
cinematography
works
fine
with
the
theme
of
the
film
though
the
production
value
looks
a
bit
artificial
at
places.
Chandan
Arora
and
Mitesh
Soni's
editing
could
have
been
a
little
more
tauter.
Music
'One
Two
One
Two
Dance'
crooned
by
Nakash
Aziz,
makes
up
for
its
forgettable
lyrics
with
its
colorful
visuals.
The
rest
of
the
tracks
simply
add
minutes
to
the
runtime
of
the
film.
Verdict
At
one
point
in
Hello
Charlie,
the
narrator
says,
"Shaayad
kisine
theek
hi
kaha
hai,
jo
kuch
nahin
karte
woh
kamaal
karte
hai." One
wonders
if
the
makers
took
their
words
a
tad
seriously
and
chose
to
pass
off
a
bunch
of
silly
gags
as
a
film.