If you ever catch yourself watching this movie, I could assume at least two things about you. First, that you are extremely bored, and second, your local DVD rental store has got nothing better to offer. But, Life, Surprise is thy other name. Ek Chalis Ki Last Local is out of the blue really.
The only real promo (of this movie) I had ever been exposed to was the Whats-Its-Name song from the movie sung by Whats-His-Name (Ah yes, Xulfi), which incidentally never featured during screenplay! So, with ‘Zero Expectation’ in my mind I inserted the DVD into the player. But what followed was some real entertainment!
The movie centers around our protagonist Abhay Deol (ever seen him before?) playing a call center employee with a late night shift and lots of booze on him, missing the last (1.40 am) local (oh yes Local refers to a Local Intercity train in Mumbai) to his home. So he’s left stranded on the station to wait for the next day’s (4 am) train with absolutely nothing to do. He’s pushed out of the station thanks to a Red Alert in the city due to a certain terrorist bomb attack in the prior evening. So the equation finally comes down to killing time for the next two and half hours waiting for the next train on the streets or trying to get home by cab or rickshaw. But of course the latter wouldn’t have happened, else why make the movie! So Abhay ( playing Nilesh ), the smart looking lad (he gets funny too), meets up with Neha Dhupia (ever seen her either?) who’s also missed the last local, and both try to wade their way through the eerie night time Mumbai, looking for a place to just kill time.
Well, that was just the start, (if that got you started?!) what follows then is a series of events, nicely thought up, and an array of never heard before actors, and lots of Mumbai (and sometimes Delhi) slang, partial obscenity (yes, its rated Adult). This movie nearly stretches out to two and half hours giving a ball-by-ball record of every minute of Deol’s rollercoaster trip through the night. With lots of plots interwoven, lots of shady characters, and lot’s of real time sinister Mumbai served on your platter though in a refreshing Andaaz, this movie was a fun retreat. Oh yes a final word should go out to the director (some Sanjay Khanduri – OK, never heard of him) who’s done a pretty good job with quite a modest budget at that. And the new kid on the block, Abhay Deol isn’t bad at all. In fact he turns out to be quite a natural actor! And Neha Dhupia was alright too. So there wasn’t anything too bad about this flick. You should check it out. Albeit, I’d warn you, it can get a bit profane and grotesque..
Rating: 8.5/10
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Pretty well drafted Sai. I saw the film, thought it would be some B-grade ki C-class film. But as you mentioned, it wasnt that disappointing. Though there were some dull moments, the plots were quite funny. And specially the one where they got Nana Patekar's duplicate. That was just hilarious. The quick and suttle remarks were funny. It did get a little vulgar, but then they were nicely shown on the screen.
On a whole, if you are bored, in for some different sort of humour, watch this film. CHINO.
Muds..
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