Lal Singh Chaddha #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #InternationalFilmFestivalCircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #InternationalFilmFestivalCircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews Film: #LalSinghChaddha Rating : * * ½ Genre: Drama Runtime: 164 mins Cast: #AamirKhan #KareenaKapoorKhan #MonaSingh #NagaChaitanya #ShahRukhKhan #KaminiKaushal Director: #AdvaitChandan Cinematography: #SatyajitPande Music: #TanujTiku #Pritam Editor: #HemantiSarkar Producer: #AamirKhan #KiranRao #JyotiDeshpande #AjitAndhare #RadhikaChaudhari #SpicePR

‘Sincerity and perseverance can go a long way – while the story here heralds that aspect, the making of it feels rather fake. A gimmicky attempt at official adaptation ( by #AtulKulkarni of #EricRoth’s screenplay of #ForrestGump), this film plays out like a comic strip with #AamirKhan going over-the-top and inconsistent (more #Chaplin-like than real) in his attempt to portray an autistic man whose ability to run gives him an entry into the army and takes him all over India - touching on strife-ridden and seminal moments dotting India’s contemporary history while traversing across picturesque locales, unspooling his inspirational success story along-the-way. His life takes incredulous turns (and gets forgotten along the way), the narrative is strip-happy and intermittently poignant and affecting, and some performances (especially #MonaSingh, #KareenaKapoorKhan) are luminous while others are stereotyped and inconsistent. Aamir’s performance appears toonish, largely a mash-up of #PK and #MyNameisKhan. Cameos by #KaminiKaushal and #ShahRukhKhan are likable but not surprising. Music/Songs are ameliorating but not memorable. Post-production, VGX & CGI look patchy despite the time, effort, and money (officially Rs.180 crore but rumored to be somewhere around Rs.300 crore) spent on this much delayed (10 years in the making) product. It's more a case of feeling let down rather than this being a bad product. The humongous weight of expectations has taken the mickey out of this experience.