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Hindi Film review
Johnson Thomas
Film: Gang of Ghosts: Not much of a strain on your
senses.
Cast: Anupam Kher, Asrani, Sharman Joshi, Satish Kaushik, Mahie Gill, Parambrata
Chatterjee, Meera Chopra,Chunky Pandey, Jackie Shroff, Rajesh Khattar, Brandon
J Hill.
Director: Satish Kaushik
Rating: * * ½
Anik Dutta’s surprise 2012
Bengali box-office winner ‘Bhooter Bhabishyat’ appears to be the obvious inspiration for Satish Kaushik’s
intended comic entertainer. This film which uses the supernatural to fashion a
fairly entertaining byplay of events leading to a clash between residential
ghosts and avaricious humans, though not exactly taxing, doesn’t achieve much
by way of entertainment.
A haunted mansion in a dilapidated
burnt-down Mill compound becomes grounds for an extended family feud. Over
time, several generations of ghosts have made the abandoned mansion their abode
and when the denoted heir comes to take possession of the said property he is
treated to some spooks and spoofs ! To add a little bit of complexity to the
light-weight enterprise, we see a film crew, with an adman turned feature
director(Parambrata Chatterjee) rekeying around the place, having discussions with a mysterious
wannabe writer Raju(Sharman Joshi)who appears to have a winning story.
Unfortunately the same cannot be said
about Satish Kaushik’s storyline. It’s inconsistent and goes completely haywire
during it’s representation of the other world. Ghosts appear and disappear at
will, turn human and back again without much explanation, spring about the
mansion and away from it (on a beach) without any clarification on the outer
perimeters of this formulaic fantasy. Item dances, rock numbers, cheap
production design and haphazardly
designed costumes help make speed jumps between periods.
The writing is plebian. The spoofing is
poorly engineered. The referencing is even worse-off. The penchant to score a
political point is also quite distending. There’s actually nothing funny going
on here other than a bunch of has-been actors getting another chance at a new
lease. Satish Kaushik’s helming is
definitely not as lettered or gravitating as his performances. The performances
here are all camp. No room for thoroughbreds at all. Overall, There’s really
not much engagement to be had here other than the superficial kind!
