Atithi Bhooto Bhava Review: Mediocre romantic comedy with extraordinary and heart touching climax
Atithi Bhooto Bhava Movie Rating: 2.5 Stars
Just watched Atithi Bhooto Bhava movie in Hindi on Zee5 Premium. Let’s focus on the complete details, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this movie.
Cast: Pratik Gandhi, Sharmin Segal, Jackie Shroff, Simran Sharma, Prabhjyot Singh and Divinaa Thackur
Director: Hardik Gajjar
Release Date: 23rd September 2022 on Zee5 Premium
Story: Movie revolves around Srikant Shirodkar (Pratik Gandhi) who is a stand-up comedian and live-in relationship with air hostess Netra Bannerjee (Sharmin Segal). While Netra follows a regular day job routine, Shrikant takes care of household tasks, including cooking. Though Shrikant is committed to Netra, his shrugging attitude sometimes is a major turn-off for Netra, which often results in bitter fights between the two. Life takes a turn when he comes into contact with a Sikh ghost, Makhan Singh (Jackie Shroff).
Makhan thinks Srikant is his reincarnated grandfather who passed away in 1975. He was just a teenager then and had run away to Mumbai as he couldn’t bear the twin loss of his grandfather passing away and his girlfriend Manju (Simran Sharma) getting engaged to someone else. Now, he wants to go back to Mathura to catch a last glimpse of his beloved, as he feels that’s what’s keeping him rooted on earth.
Shrikant takes up the trip along with Netra and his bestie Sucharita (Divinaa Thackur). The road trip from Mumbai to UP teaches all three friends some necessary life lessons. Will Makhan meets her girlfriend in Mathura and what happens to Srikant and Netra relationship? What happens thereafter is all about this film.
Positives
1. Excellent Performances
2. Climax
3. Direction
4. Music
Negatives
1. Cinematography
2. Story
3. Screenplay
Durgesh Tiwary’s View: When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch this movie in free time because of Pratik Gandhi and good trailer.
Srikant’s life turns upside down when he bumps into a middle-aged ghost who claims to be his grandson from his previous birth. Things take an even more comical turn when the ghost seeks Srikant’s help to meet his long-lost love.
While the film does sparkle in a few sequences, it remains dead wood till the end. This film primarily remains a comedy, but the chuckles are few and far between. The film employs old tropes to move the story forward. The only chuckles this film manages to deliver are through a bartender and a housemaid. It actually tries too hard on many fronts to evoke laughter, but one sees through and finds out that it’s not working. There are too many flashbacks which make the drama a bit confusing. The second half also looks somewhat unconvincing.
On the positive front performances are very good from lead actors especially Jackie Shroff. Music of this film is also very good and songs are beautifully placed and last but not the least climax is one of the most heart warming and beautiful that I have seen after long time. This is the only unexpected twist comes at very last moment. Overall film could have more fun with the ghost’s character by employing better special effects but didn’t take up on the opportunity. It isn’t a laugh-out-loud comedy but would surely bring a smile to your face. My view on this movie Time Pass.
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