Movie Review: Hulla
Film Critic: Goher Iqbal Punn
Producer: Handmade Films
Director: Jaideep Verma
Cast: Sushant Singh, Rajat Kapoor and Kartika Devi
Handmade Films’ Hulla comes out in theaters this Friday. Directed by Jaideep Verma, the film stars the likes of Rajat Kapoor, Sushant Singh, Virajesh Hirje, Kartika Devi and Mandeep Mazumdar in the lead.
Raj Puri (Sushant Singh) is a broker and his marketing executive wife Abha (Kartika Devi Rane) move into their new house in Malad. Abha gets busy decorating the house according to Feng Shui as Raj excels at his job. Things go pretty well until Raj gets disturbed at night by the whistle blowing watchman Matthew (Chandrachoor Karnik). Raj goes to Janardhan (Rajat Kapoor), the secretary of the building, who in returns asks Raj that it is necessary for the security of the building. It seems that he is making a mountain of a molehill because nobody else is bothered by the noise. Raj argues with the building’s secretary and then tries to give bribe to the watchman and even goes to complain the ploice. But all this does not work at all. Irritated by the lack of sleep, Raj becomes obsessed with fighting against the whistle blowing and suffers major losses, personally and professionally.
Hulla is undoubtedly a laugh out loud comedy… but .. wait . only in the first half. The story is realistic and the humour is situational. To send laugh on the viewers’ face is difficult and the film certainly tries to send smiles. On writing side, yes it appears with some flaws i.e. to show the chief minister looks absurd and weird. Also you are not able to find as to why Sushant and Rajat’s lives move from bad to worse in the final reels. The second half loses the impact as it has no interest factor at all.
Debutante director Jaideep Verma appears as a good director and writer. He needs to improve a bit on writing front. Otherwise, he is brilliant. Sushant and Rajat are great to watch. Kartikadevi Rane enacts well. Rest of the cast do justice also with the roles.
On the whole, ‘Hulla’ is entertaining but not extraordinary.
RS Rating: 2.5/5
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