If
only
the
movie
could
hold
its
own
the
way
Raveena
Tandon
does
in
a
cream
and
gold
Manish
Malhotra
lehenga,
Ghudchadhi
would
be
half
the
entertainer
it
set
out
to
be,
notes
Sukanya
Verma.
Nostalgia
for
Sanjay
Dutt
and
Raveena
Tandon
evokes
their
torrid
chemistry
recreating
the
iconic
food
scene
from
9
1/2
Weeks
in
Aatish.
But
in
Ghudchadhi,
a
movie
so
horribly
stuck
in
time,
it’s
a
shame
to
watch
the
’90s
hotties
trying
to
whip
passion
out
of
paper.
Adult
relationships
are
a
rarity
in
Bollywood.
Senior
and
second
marriages
are
even
more
so.
On
that
account,
one
could
say
Ghudchadhi
has
something
new
to
offer.
But
if
you
think
there’s
any
meaningful
conversation
around
it
in
the
offing,
Dutt
and
Tandon
waltzing
around
Delhi
landmarks
is
the
extent
of
it.
Directed
by
Binnoy
K
Gandhi,
Deepak
Kapur
Bhardwaj’s
outdated
script
has
a
seemingly
outrageous
premise
where
a
boy
and
girl,
both
raised
by
single
parents,
fall
in
love
and
decide
to
get
married,
only
to
discover
one’s
dad
and
another’s
mum
are
childhood
sweethearts
who’ve
rekindled
their
romance
and
plan
to
get
hitched.
Of
course,
incestuous
consequences
must
be
avoided
at
all
costs
and
conveniently
planted
skeletons
in
the
closet
pop
out
at
the
right
place
and
right
time
as
easily
as
the
script
finds
kidney
donors
for
transplant.
Ghudchadhi
is
what
happens
when
coy
and
cliches
join
hands.
Take
it
all
with
a
pinch
of
salt
as
young
ones,
played
by
Parth
Samthaan
(think
Himmesh
Reshamiya,
except
younger
and
not
so
expressionless)
and
Khushalii
Kumar
(a
corporate
professional
styled
like
a
soap
opera
starlet)
take
a
fancy
for
each
other
over
underwear
presentation.
The
puerile
jokes
stretch
longer
than
the
elastic’s
shelf
life
or
Aruna
Irani’s
misogynistic
matriarch
let
off
the
hook
as
old-fashioned
and
a
mother-daughter
serious
talk
likening
boyfriend
to
‘khilona‘.
Several
other
catty
aunties
from
kitty
parties,
lonely
uncles
in
the
park’s
laughing
club
and
overgrown
men
exploiting
their
pension
receiving
mums
are
tossed
into
the
melodrama
for
laughs
and
lessons.
But
the
only
believable
sight
in
this
sham
is
Dutt
drowning
his
sorrow
in
drinks
and
Raveena’s
perfectly
coiffed
hair.
If
only
the
movie
could
hold
its
own
the
way
the
ravishing
actress
does
in
a
cream
and
gold
Manish
Malhotra
lehenga,
Ghudchadhi
would
be
half
the
entertainer
it
set
out
to
be.
Ghudchadhi
streams
on
Jio
Cinema.
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