Rahu Ketu crams in a careless social commentary on corruption and social evils, together with flashy dance numbers, making an attempt to do every little thing and an excessive amount of all of sudden, earlier than ending up as khichdi, notes Mayur Sanap.

Early in Rahu Ketu, a annoyed character, who additionally occurs to be a author, shouts, ‘Hume kahani banani hain, khichdi nahin!‘

It is a line that finally ends up feeling oddly prophetic. For a comic book caper banking on the favored Fukrey pair of Varun Sharma and Pulkit Samrat, it is disappointing how shortly Rahu Ketu goes off monitor.

The comedy falls aside nearly immediately, turning right into a mumbo-jumbo that leaves you watching the so-called humour with a straight face.

Rahu Ketu fumbles its potential

To be honest, the idea of Rahu Ketu is not dangerous on paper. It units out to inform the story of two bumbling misfits who stumble from one misadventure to a different. Consider chaos-driven comedies like Dhamaal, Golmaal, or Bhagam Bhag.

A plot pushed by foolhardy characters and spiralling confusion is normally comedian gold, and right here, it’s layered with a fantasy contact drawn from mythological lore, as indicated within the title.

Varun Sharma performs Rahu, whereas Pulkit Samrat is Ketu. I puzzled in the event that they had been Rahul and Ketan. However no, these are their names straight out. The literal human types of their names seem at common intervals, one painted blue and the opposite pink, in a foolish nod to pink and blue drugs from The Matrix.

The 2 are inseparable greatest buddies, infamous for creating chaos in Kullu, the place the townsfolk imagine they bring about nothing however dangerous luck. The younger lads declare their mischief is not random, however guided by an invisible power.

A twist arrives within the type of Foofaji (Piyush Mishra, sporting a Osho-like look), who narrates the mythological lore of Rahu and Ketu to his nephew, Churu Lal (Manu Rishi Chadha).

Churu Lal writes the destinies of varied characters in his magical e book, Atrangi Kahaniyaan, linking their fates to the antics of Rahu and Ketu.

Amongst these characters are fiery Meenu (Shalini Pandey), whom Rahu falls for; a meek policeman Bansi (Sumit Gulati), who has a crush on Meenu; a corrupt officer (Amit Sial); and a drug kingpin (Chunky Panday) chasing Meenu.

Amid the chaos, Rahu Ketu crams in a careless social commentary on corruption and social evils, together with flashy dance numbers, making an attempt to do every little thing and an excessive amount of all of sudden, earlier than ending up as khichdi.

Rahu Ketu is simply not humorous

Author-director Vipul Vig, who beforehand scripted the Fukrey movies, leans on the identical tried-and-tested system, however Rahu Ketu takes it too far with its reckless, over-the-top humour.

As a substitute of chuckling, and even cracking a smile, we’re left staring blankly on the movie, bombarded with a string of puerile jokes like murgi ka dil, billi ke baal, ghode ki poonch that our leads throw out like a punchline, and not using a trace of joke.

Varun Sharma and Pulkit Samrat are totally inefficient, and their comedic chemistry is diminished to a frustratingly lacklustre impact, proving that Fukrey was a uncommon fluke.

Shalini Pandey, with a bizarre affect of Alia Bhatt in her dialogue supply, focuses extra on attractive dance strikes than the spark her firecracker function calls for. It is particularly apparent within the music sequences, the place she appears nice, however her sloppy lip-sync is laughably dangerous.

The true tragedy is seeing abilities like Piyush Mishra, Amit Sial and Manu Rishi Chaddha punch far under their weight with idiotic gags involving them screaming, getting harm, slapping round in amateurish roles.

By the point the credit roll, you’re feeling numb and totally joyless. The phrase ‘comedy’ feels painfully ironic.

Key Factors

• Rahu Ketu marks the fifth collaboration between Pulkit Samrat and Varun Sharma.
• Vipul Vig makes his directorial debut after scripting the Fukrey franchise, which additionally starred Pulkit Samrat and Varun Sharma in key roles.
• The movie has an interesting premise, however its over-the-top humour fails to ship the enjoyment anticipated from a comedy.

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