Gang Of Ghost Review

Expectations:

Two years back on my trip to Kolkata, a close friend of mine recommended a Bengali film 'Bhooter Bhabishyat' to me by saying that this movie is a social satire which speaks about the recent changes happening in Kolkata, where the original charm of the city is getting lost. I was super fascinated by the theme of the film that I decided to watch it as soon as its DVD was out in the market. While watching the film at every given point I felt that what if this movie is remade in Hindi with Mumbai city as its backdrop. Well, looks like the gods were in my favor that day and after some time I came to know that Satish Kaushik is remaking this movie in the form of 'Gang Of Ghosts'. The wait finally got over when the first promo came; it turned out to be a bit disappointing for me as the simplicity of 'Bhooter Bhabishyat' was nowhere to be found in it. I still had my hopes, as 'GangsOf Ghosts' had an interesting ensemble cast attached to it. So let's find out whether Satish Kaushik will do justice to the original film or might end up churning out another dud as the promos seems to be.

Story:

Gang Of Ghost is the story of a director Aaditya (Parambrata Chatterjee) who plans to shoot his film in an old haunted house. Out there, he meets Raju (Sharman Joshi) a struggling writer who narrates him an unusual tale associated with this house, where the spirit of the original owner of that house Rai Bahadur Gendamal (Anupam Kher) resides. In order to make high-rise buildings in Mumbai city the old buildings gets destroyed due to which the ghost who resides there become homeless. Thus, Gendamal gives shelter to different types of ghost in his big mansion. These friendly ghosts live in peace and harmony until a builder decides to make a mall over this old haunted house. What happens next is what the entire film is all about.

Screenplay & Technicalities:

The Story is almost similar to the original film, but lacks highly over the connect with the Mumbai city. Few tracks as of Sharman Joshi's character and others have been modernized and are different from the original ones. In addition, the whole set up is loud and over dramatic. The whole humor and curiosity is nowhere to be seen in the film that just keeps going on like a stale TV serial. Still, there are few comical moments like Chunky Pandey - Mahie Gill chat style, interviews of ghost's by Anupam Kher, Mahi Gill - Saurabh Shukla - Mahi Gill chats followed by argument between Saurabh Shukla and Anupam Kher and few more, where you might get amused or end up laughing too. Besides these minor moments, the whole movie goes dry and dragging. The spirit of Mumbai is nowhere to be found in this movie and thus there is no connect with the film.

Music & Direction:

Music is not up to the mark and the movie has loads of unwanted songs, which hampers the flow of the film. 'Nahin Dungi', 'Seeshe Ka Dil' are funny and works in favor of the film. 'Dasni Sharab Di' is good and has a cameo by Paoli Dam.

Performances:Mahi Gill and Parambrata Chatterjee stick to their character and give a decent performance. Sharman Joshi was fine, but not up to his potential. Anupam Kher is loud. Saurabh Shukla, Chunky Pandey, Asrani and Jackie Shroff are fine in their parts. Yashpal Sharma and Rajpal Yadav hardly had anything to offer. Vijay Verma and Meera Chopra in their small parts were fine. Rajesh Khakkar was terrible.

So bol meri 'Filmi Khopdi' iss film mein kitna hain Dum?

Dum? Well, except for few comical moments and the plot line there is not dum in this bad remake of a good film. It's a huge opportunity lost for all the Hindi film viewers and thus would recommend good cinema lovers to watch the original 'Bhooter Bhabishyat' instead of wasting their valuable time and money over this bland film known as 'Gang Of Ghosts'. The movie, which should have wooed you, ends up booing you.

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Expectations:

Two years back on my trip to Kolkata, a close friend of mine recommended a Bengali film 'Bhooter Bhabishyat' to me by saying that this movie is a social satire which speaks about the recent changes happening in Kolkata, where the original charm of the city is getting lost. I was super fascinated by the theme of the film that I decided to watch it as soon as its DVD was out in the market. While watching the film at every given point I felt that what if this movie is remade in Hindi with Mumbai city as its backdrop. Well, looks like the gods were in my favor that day and after some time I came to know that Satish Kaushik is remaking this movie in the form of 'Gang Of Ghosts'. The wait finally got over when the first promo came; it turned out to be a bit disappointing for me as the simplicity of 'Bhooter Bhabishyat' was nowhere to be found in it. I still had my hopes, as 'GangsOf Ghosts' had an interesting ensemble cast attached to it. So let's find out whether Satish Kaushik will do justice to the original film or might end up churning out another dud as the promos seems to be.

Story:

Gang Of Ghost is the story of a director Aaditya (Parambrata Chatterjee) who plans to shoot his film in an old haunted house. Out there, he meets Raju (Sharman Joshi) a struggling writer who narrates him an unusual tale associated with this house, where the spirit of the original owner of that house Rai Bahadur Gendamal (Anupam Kher) resides. In order to make high-rise buildings in Mumbai city the old buildings gets destroyed due to which the ghost who resides there become homeless. Thus, Gendamal gives shelter to different types of ghost in his big mansion. These friendly ghosts live in peace and harmony until a builder decides to make a mall over this old haunted house. What happens next is what the entire film is all about.

Screenplay & Technicalities:

The Story is almost similar to the original film, but lacks highly over the connect with the Mumbai city. Few tracks as of Sharman Joshi's character and others have been modernized and are different from the original ones. In addition, the whole set up is loud and over dramatic. The whole humor and curiosity is nowhere to be seen in the film that just keeps going on like a stale TV serial. Still, there are few comical moments like Chunky Pandey - Mahie Gill chat style, interviews of ghost's by Anupam Kher, Mahi Gill - Saurabh Shukla - Mahi Gill chats followed by argument between Saurabh Shukla and Anupam Kher and few more, where you might get amused or end up laughing too. Besides these minor moments, the whole movie goes dry and dragging. The spirit of Mumbai is nowhere to be found in this movie and thus there is no connect with the film.

Music & Direction:

Music is not up to the mark and the movie has loads of unwanted songs, which hampers the flow of the film. 'Nahin Dungi', 'Seeshe Ka Dil' are funny and works in favor of the film. 'Dasni Sharab Di' is good and has a cameo by Paoli Dam.

Performances:Mahi Gill and Parambrata Chatterjee stick to their character and give a decent performance. Sharman Joshi was fine, but not up to his potential. Anupam Kher is loud. Saurabh Shukla, Chunky Pandey, Asrani and Jackie Shroff are fine in their parts. Yashpal Sharma and Rajpal Yadav hardly had anything to offer. Vijay Verma and Meera Chopra in their small parts were fine. Rajesh Khakkar was terrible.

So bol meri 'Filmi Khopdi' iss film mein kitna hain Dum?

Dum? Well, except for few comical moments and the plot line there is not dum in this bad remake of a good film. It's a huge opportunity lost for all the Hindi film viewers and thus would recommend good cinema lovers to watch the original 'Bhooter Bhabishyat' instead of wasting their valuable time and money over this bland film known as 'Gang Of Ghosts'. The movie, which should have wooed you, ends up booing you.

• Ratings: 1.5/5

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I have watched Bhooter Bhobishyot in the full theatre and enjoyed every bit of it - didn't find any department lagging in the final outcome, whether its acting, script, screen play, direction, music

"Gang Of Ghosts" movie review; Cast: Sharman Joshi, Parambrata Chatterjee, Mahie Gill, Anupam Kher, Saurabh Shukla, Rajpal Yadav, Jackie Shroff, Meera Chopra; Director: Satish Kaushik; Rating: ***

Ghosts were never supposed to be funny...until Ivan Reitman made "Ghostbusters" in 1984. Satish Kaushik's funny-ghost story is most certainly not "Ghostbuster" re-'bhoot'-ed.

Rajesh Khattar as the avaricious builder with his thick Gujarati accent that cuts through the saturated soundtrack reminds us of the really comic films about land usurpation like Dibakar Bannerjee's "Khosla Ka Ghosla".

"Gang Of Ghosts" goes into convulsions of periodicity induced though some badly-written songs recreating a nasal nostalgia and through different shades of off-colour photography where the cinematographer (Johnny Lal) seems to quickly lose interest in the aura of the era.

The shades of grey conveying an era gone-by begin to pale and fall apart soon enough.

That's the trouble with this comedy. Everything is half-hearted. The premise pulsates with parodic possibilities. Satish Kaushik has a vast cast of talented actors at his disposal. Alas, most of them seem to be on comic probation, doling out their attention to the humour in the script with rationed casualness.

Some characters do manage that spark in the dark. Mahie Gill's coquettish over-dramatic Mala Sinha-styled actress is well performed. Saurabh Shukla as a Bengali ghost scores with well-delivered lines. Saurabh speaks as though he believes in ghosts while many of his co-stars couldn't care less.

Most of the other actors seem to toss their indifferently-written dialogues on their tongue for taste, and then quickly split them out.

Some talented actors like Parambrata Chatterjee and Rajpal Yadav just plainly seem to be out of sorts, searching for something to peg their skills to. The narration is slippery as an eel. The humour generated by ghosts on the verge of eviction is drowned in numbers. Characters crowd the plot like queues at a ration shop not sure whether the promised food supply would reach their hands.

You wish Satish, an actor and filmmaker of tremendous comic possibilities would have paid more attention to making the ghosts come alive with more animated energy.

Curiously, this must be the first ghost story without any special effects conjuring spirits.

Experimental or just plain budget-challenged?

The film does infuse a semblance of satirical spark in the spook saga. There are some portions where the spirits rise to an endearing level. If only the narration was able to make us believe that ghosts can be fun even when they are on the verge of losing their homes.

Without the advantage of a credulous script, these other-worldly characters don't stand a ghost of a chance.