"Sab Kushal Mangal" film poster.
Film: Sab Kushal Mangal
Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Priyaank Sharma, Riva Kishan
Direction: Karan Vishwanath Kashyap
Rating: **
Reviewer: George Sylex
Summary - Made by debutant filmmaker Karan Vishwanath Kashyap, the movie revolves around a political goon Baba Bhandari (played with supreme assurance by Akshaye Khanna) who persuasively gets nearby young men offered to young women whose hapless families can't satisfy the settlement needs of dowry from the side of grooms.
Story - Pappu Mishra (Priyaank Sharma) is a journalist for a TV show who gets into up a situation when he shows nearby strongman Baba Bhandari (Akshaye Khanna) getting a youngster powerfully wedded at gunpoint. Bhandari has sweet retribution as a primary concern for the said journalist, who, when he comes back to his home city for a vacation, ends up hijack with the end goal of the before mentioned firearm and goons styled wedding to Mandira (Riva Kishan). What happens from that point – a sentimental triangle of sorts - is fun in the early parts yet post-interim, the stretch in the slender plots starts to appear.
Analysis - The writing comes up short on any consistency, which might be a new law for standard Bollywood. It plays like however, the writer was composing this film, till part of the way through they chose to begin another content yet by one way or another heedlessly blended everything up and chose to confuse the two contents together to meet a deadline. It's sludgy wreckage of poor imaginative choices after poor innovative choices, paving the way to a finale that is as level as it ii boring. The storyline is unsurprising, stereotypical and the diversion feels constrained. Aside from a couple of jokes of Khanna that landed, it is thin picking as far as clever repartee. The main silver coating was the parts that included Khanna. In any case, this is a prime case of how a single actor's ability can't safeguard a destined love triangle.
Star Performances - Akshaye Khanna prevails with regard to stimulating the crowd's entertaining bone. His ideal comic timings is at a full presentation here. Actually, he is the life of this film. The debutante Priyaank Sharma has a fine dialogue conveyance, yet he actually needs to chip away at his looks and mannerisms. Riva Kishan unbalances in scenes and neglects to leave an impact. Satish Kaushik and Supriya Pathak are entertaining.
Direction, Cinematography, Music - The first time filmmaker Karan Viswanath Kashyap who has co-written story with actor Brijendra Kala, at any rate, the credit for keeping the story atmosphere unblemished and having the heart at the opportune spot, however, the beat isn't at all steady. Much after having some convincingly noisy and eccentric smarts at places that are bound by some tricky funniness, all isn't Kushal and the movie isn't that 'mangal' experience that was expected. The cinematography is fine, the editing would've been exceptional and the music score is loud. The music of the film is forgettable and practically every one of the melodies seem forced into the film.
Final Verdict - If you need to keep your state of mind directly on the first few days of the new year, at that point it is smarter to go through with the family and not this movie. Indeed, even producers appear confounded about the film. Hang tight for next week's releases.
