Chini Kum

Had heard that it is again a ‘young girl falls in love with old man’ film. Directors from bollywood and holiwood have been flirting with this idea since long time, and there are many films attesting to this for example ‘Jogger’s Park’ & ‘Six Nights & Seven Days’. Novelty was the way the inevitable love happens, this time the old man (Buddhadev Gupta) is none other than big B, and girl (Nina Verma) is charming and now mature Tabbu. Big B is chef and owner of a restaurant which according to his own words is ‘finest Indian restaurant in whole of England’. Tabbu drops into his restaurant and returns a Jafrani rice unsatisfied. Big B with his big ego as a best chef explains why his hotel is the best and insults her, and she leaves crying. Next day in comes a dish of Jafrani Rice, big B testing it, guesses & shoots out its exact recipe, from its taste, then he is informed by his waiter that, the honour of making that dish does not belong to his hotel, it has been sent by the customer, whom he had insulted.
Thus begins the odyssey of love, the fiery but intelligent exchanges between Tabbu and big B is the best thing in whole movie. At times though the dialogues go a little overboard and we are reduced to feeling ashamed. Director could have avoided that. Then there is little 6 year old neighbour ‘Sexy’ who is dying of cancer, who plays a big Mamma & agony Aunt to big B and his big ego. At times play is brilliant, but at others it just manages to become cheap.
Ultimately Tabbu and Big B decide that they should marry, speaking to big B’s mother is not a big problem & Tabbu manages that without much difficulty. Talking to Tabbu’s father, played by Paresh Rawal, is a real pain in the a** for big B, considering he is not only as old Tabbu’s father but couple of years older than him!
Inevitable refusal from him leads us to second part of this movie, and here it becomes just another plain Bollywood drama with Paresh Rawal taking a fast unto death and big B trying to win him over with food and some old fashioned reasoning, but nothing works as we move towards climax.
In the end the big Kutub Minar comes to rescue (believe me!), as Amitabh hugs the iron pillar in front of Kutub Minar, with his back towards the pillar, and tries to touch his two hands together, from behind the pillar, his mother comes in nick of time and helps him to pull his hands together. When someone manages to do this, his wishes are fulfilled.
I would not spoil your fun, by telling what happens next, suffice it to say that, there are flashes of brilliance as well as moments where the humour gets too under the waist and embarrasses us.
But it is worth it, if you can not get enough of Amitabh. Tabbu doesn’t speak, much, but God! That sly look from the corner of her eyes, it would be enough to turn your heart to jelly anytime. Of course love the title song.

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