Director – Sachin Kundalkar
Cast – Atul Kulkarni, Priya Bapat, Pallavi Subhash,
Siddharth Menon
At
first let me congratulate Sachin Kundalkar for making a trash film. If his Aiyya annoyed the Hindi audience now
comes the time for the Marathis to bear his shit in ‘Happy Journey’. It is
unrealistic and exaggerated to such an extent that even a Bhojpuri film (with
all its vulgarity) will fare better when compared.
It
tells the story of Niranjan Naik (Atul Kulkarni) who returns to India after the
death of his sister Janaki (Priya Bapat). Janaki never got a chance to spend
quality time with Niranjan. As such her ghost pops up (literally!!) and coxes
her brother to complete her unfulfilled wishes.
Don’t
be misled by my summary of the story. Kundalkar has taken supreme effort to
spoil it. The ghost loves beer, bathes (yes bathes) like a human
being, is fond of expensive lingerie and cannot resist the temptation to drink
tea as soon as it wakes up (Do ghosts sleep?) At least, Mr Kundalkar should
have seen Ramsay brothers’ work to understand ghosts or read Bhagwad Geeta to understand
what happens to the soul after death.
Thus
he ends up making a fool of himself. It is difficult to accept it
scientifically, philosophically, logically or even for the sake of it. Ok, accepted;
that other than Niranjan, no can see the ghost. However, it is difficult to
believe that no one can hear the sound of the vanity van’s horn (the ghost
constantly blows horn to call her brother).
The
film kills you in the second half when Niranjan tries to woo his childhood love
Alice (Pallavi Subhash). It is overly stretched to the point of boredom with
unnecessary subplots. The humour gets on your nerves and spoils the seriousness
of the film. Happy Journey was promoted as a film on a brother-sister
relationship. Can a sister have strong emotions for her brother who left when
she was just a toddler? I give up!!
Atul
Kulkarni has given the most confused expressions in this film. Priya Bapat and
Pallavi Subhash look good on screen. (Oh!! I forgot the ghost also loves
make-up). Ignore their acting. Menon is good but his role is negligible.
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