KAHAN SHURU KAHAN KHATAM’ REVIEW

Kahan Shuru Kahan Khatam (UA) published by Bhanushali Studios and Kathputli Creations is set in Haryana. Meera (Dhvani Bhanushali) comes from an extremely traditional household where women scarcely have an identity or voice at all. Her father, Rajesh Sharma, who treats all the Haryana criminals like a Godfather, had sent her overseas to study; his macho ego keeps him from requesting her permission before he arranges her marriage with a lad of his choosing. Meera therefore runs away from her own marriage. She is accompanied by Krish (Aashim Gulati), sometimes known as a wedding crasher. Meera and Krish get close, but clearly her brothers, Gautam (Vikram Kochhar) and Gambhir (Himanshu Kohli), are ravenous for Krish's blood since they suspect she has eloped with him. Meera marries at last to whom?

The rather boring scenario and screenplay Laxman Utekar and Rishi Virmani have created Designed initially as a comedy and then as a strong social message-oriented drama, it falls short in evoking the necessary emotions. Meek is the humor; the enjoyment quotient scarcely gets the audience chuckle. Though a few jokes about lockdown etc. are entertaining, it is not enough. Frankly, the drama hardly moves till intermission point. Meera and Krish's nearly obvious lack of romanticism makes sense. This kind of drama should have at least had a few emotional highs, but the emotions entirely and totally fail to strike the heart. The misunderstanding attempting to be developed between Krish and his father appears too contrived to be believable. Even the conclusion seemed rushed and half-baked. Though the consistency is lacking, Rishi Virmani's lines are decent at points and they certainly cause laughing.

Dhvani Bhanushali makes a typical debut. She is quite good as Meera. Frankly, she barely finds any decent situations to perform. Like Krish, Aashim Gulati is regular. As Baby, Vikas Verma performs really well. As Krish's mother, Supriya Pilgaonkar gives reasonable assistance. As Krish's father, Rakesh Bedi leaves his imprint Rajesh Sharma scarcely like the terrible guy Meera's father is supposed to be. He gives a quite poor performance. As Meera's mother, Sonali Sachdev is fine. Like Meera's tauji, Akhilendra Mishra has his flashes. In the part of Meera's chachaji, Chittranjan Tripathy scarcely receives scope. As Gautam, Vikram Kochhar really excels. As Gambhir, Himanshu Kohli is doing okay. As Krish's roommates Shubham Choudhary and Gaurav Manwani provide some interesting moments. Varun Choudhary has limited scope as Meera's intended groom. As the father of the bride, Prem Kumar Sawlani makes a mark. Neela Mulekar plays Krish's grandma, with moments.

Director of Saurabh Dasgupta is not very good. There is rarely anything to dance about in music (Sunny M.R., Akshay & IP, Sandeep Shirodkar and White Noise Collectives). The lyrics (Kausar Munir, Kumaar, I.P. Singh and Ashish Pandit) are passable. Song picturues by Vijay Ganguly, Piyush-Shazia, Jayesh Pradhan, Ronie Chouhan are standard. Sandeep Shirodkar has functioning background music. The photography of Sanket Shah is not that bad. The action and stunt sequences by Afzal Usman Khan lack excitement. The production designing of Anindita Somitra Chaturvedi is decent. Manish Pradhan's edits might have been more exact.