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| Movie: | Chamku |
| Director: | Kabeer Kaushik
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| Producer: | Vijayata Films Pvt Ltd |
| Music: | Monty Sharma |
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Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra, Akhilendra Mishra, Danny Dengzogpa, Riteish Deshmukh, Rajpal Yadav, Sulbha Arya, Arya Babbar, Deepal Shaw, Ninad Kamath, Irrfan Khan
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| Our Rating: |
*** |
| Review By: | Snigdha Bhattacharjee |
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 Chamku aka Chandrama Singh (Booby Deol), a little child of Bhagpur, Bihar, whose family is brutally killed in front of him by Thakur Mahendra Pratap Singh (Akhilendra Mishra) is brought by a Naxalite leader Baba (Danny Denzongpa), who trains him to fight for truth and justice. But after the death of Baba in a police encounter he fells in the hand of an RAW official (Irrfan Khan) who uses his courage and bravery in accomplishing own plans. Chamku turns a killer and executes the mission of the RAW official. But things change when he reaches Mumbai and comes across a teacher, Shubhi (Priyanka Chopra). The traditional love story of Bollywood starts and the killer starts looking for a fresh life, full of love and happiness and no violence.
 But like always it becomes difficult for the hero to move out of his past. Chamku, destined not to achieve things easily, meets Thakur, the murderer of his family, who runs a construction business in Mumbai. He kills his enemy and lives a happy life. But the audience comes out of the theater watching a typical Hindi film, full of masala that fails to offer anything new and entertaining.
A story based on the backdrop of Naxalism, is basically the journey of an ordinary guy, who gets grinded between government and terrorism. Director Kabeer Kaushik, whose Sehar, though bombed at box-office but won laurels from critics, this time is lost in the script. An abrupt screenplay marred the essence of the movie. Though the movie could gain a certain speed after the interval. The bullets and bloodsheds were also too much.
 Priyanka Chopra and Riteish Deshmukh, as Chamku's friend, were simply fillers, though the script should be blamed upon for this. With well written roles, they could have added magic to the movie. Even the brilliant Rajpal Yadav was left unexploited. Irrfan Khan and Ninad Kamath did full justice to their roles, and even Bobby was good, except his high profile English accent. The movie is below average and could be another flop in Bobby Deol's filmography.
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