Movie Review: Mansukh Chaturvedi Ki Atmakatha

Producer-Director- Sachin Gupta

Star Cast- Sandeep Singh, Monica, Anamika Shukla, Shalini Chauhan

Genre- Comedy

Rating- *

Strictly Avoidable!

Jyothi Venkatesh

Born and raised in the small town of Etawah near Uttar Pradesh, Mansukh Chaturvedi (Sandeep Singh) dreams of shifting to Mumbai and making it big as an actor. But thanks to his parents’ conservative outlook towards life, Mansukh’s dreams are put on hold indefinitely. The film depicts the struggle of two people- his father and his girl friend Munia (Monica) , to bring him back to the right path of the real world and reform his uselessness. The story is stale and bizarre at the same time and struggles to make any sense after the first 15 minutes or so; ‘Mansukh Chaturvedi Ki Atmakatha’ is just one person rambling about random things.

Whether the script demanded it or not, the central character in Mansukh Chaturvedi Ki Atmakatha is annoying and extremely irritating to the core, especially when he cries and cribs about things that have gone horribly wrong in his life or the obstacles he has to face in order to reach a certain point in his acting career. The parents in this flick, played by Sikander Khan and Megha, do nothing to add charm and substance to this otherwise bland tale of ambition being butchered by controlling family members. Neither does the almost unbelievably submissive girlfriend Muniya (Monika).

To sum up, all that I can say is that this tacky film about a small-town cinema maniac sandwiched between societal pressure, family responsibilities and personal goals, with the plot all too familiar ends up like it is stuck in a limbo—between comedy and drama—and leaves you exasperated and what’s more also a tad perplexed for reasons more than one. If you want to retain your sanity just avoid a visit to the theatre and spare yourself of an extreme headache.

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