Sharmaji Namkeen Review: Excellent movie about a middle class person and his life after retirement
Sharmaji Namkeen Movie Rating: 3.5 Stars
Just watched Sharmaji Namkeen movie in Hindi on Amazon Prime Video. So let’s focus on the cast, release date story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this movie.
Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Juhi Chawla, Satish Kaushik, Suhail Nayyar, Taaruk Raina, Isha Talwar, Sheeba Chadha and Ayesha Raza Mishra
Director: Hitesh Bhatia
Release Date: 31st March on Amazon Prime Video
Story: Brij Gopal Sharma (Rishi Kapoor and Paresh Rawal) works as an assistant manager at Madhuban Home Appliances in Delhi. His wife Suman passed away a few years ago and he resides in a middle-class neighborhood with his elder son Sandeep Sharma aka Rinku (Suhail Nayyar) and younger son Vincy (Taaruk Raina). He’s forced to opt for voluntary retirement though he’s 58 years old.
At first, he’s happy with his retired life and soon started to get bored even doesn’t know how to kill time after his retirement. Rinku is in a relationship with his colleague Urmi (Isha Talwar) and the two of them plan on buying a flat in Gurgaon after they get married, while Vincy is a final year BCom. After dealing with boredom, Sharmaji decides to venture into other jobs. After looking into Zumba classes, property brokerage, and various other small jobs, at the behest of his childhood friend Chadda (Satish Kaushik), he decides to cook for kitty parties.
He goes to the place of Manju Gulati (Sheeba Chadha) and cooks delicious dishes. However, he realizes that Manju and her guests are not having any religious ceremony; instead, a kitty party is going on in full swing. There he meets Veena Manchanda (Juhi Chawla) and get close to her who has also lost her spouse. He’s also invited to cook during their next kitty session. Sharmaji hence, starts attending their kitty parties as an expert cook without informing his sons.
On his birthday, Rinku invites their extended family over, and someone comes across a video of Sharmaji dancing at a kitty party. Rinku and Vincy are humiliated and furious at this and a fight ensues between the three of them, wherein Vincy reveals that Rinku is moving out. He also confessed builder is delaying the possession of the flat and that he paid 15 Lakhs as the token. How the very kitty party ladies, whom Rinku used to look down upon, help the family forms the crux of the drama.
Positives
1. Excellent Performances
2. Direction
3. Screenplay
4. Dialogues
5. Story
Negatives
1. Length
2. Predictable
3. Music
4. Climax
Durgesh Tiwary’s View : When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch this movie in my free time because trailer looks amazing and also it is last movie of late Rishi Kapoor ji.
B. G. Sharma is a 58-year old widower and a middle class man living in West Delhi. He is one of millions of faceless people in a mundane routine called life. One fine day, the company he has worked for his entire life, lays him off. A man of many prejudices and limited knowledge, Sharma struggles to cope with this beast called retirement. He keeps finding ways to stay relevant, but only ends up getting in his two sons’ ways. The only time he really comes into his own is when he is in the kitchen. He is a cook nonpareil, waiting to be discovered, not yet fully aware of his culinary superpower. Until one day, he comes into contact with a bunch of merry women. They rekindle in Sharma, a passion for cooking and life in general, that was missing from his life. What follows is the mysterious and hilarious double life of super chef Sharma, as he overcomes his own as well as society’s prejudices, on his way to finding meaning in life. ”
Sharmaji Namkeen story idea is quite nice because it delves into the minds of a middle-class family’s members. The drama is easily identifiable because everyone must’ve experienced something or the other about it at some point in his/her life. The real-life joys, sorrows, frustrations and insecurities of middle-class people have been brought out well. Direction is also very nice and made a realistic and heartwarming film with characters which are equally real.
The beauty of this film is that it never gets heavy or depressing. A few developments however, defy logic and are childish. On the flipside, the younger son’s track fails to entice. It seemed like the track of him failing was just added for the heck of it. Secondly, the finale, though funny, seems unconvincing and hence, some viewers might not appreciate it, especially since the rest of the film is in a realistic space. In several places, there’s a lot of switching that happens between the two actors. Overall it is a heartwarming film. Despite the shortcomings, it will leave viewers smiling. It’ll also benefit and stand out as it’s the last film of Rishi Kapoor. My view on this movie Highly Recommended
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