HINDI FILM REVIEW: Chintu Ka Birthday Movie Review

Chintu Ka Birthday Movie Review : PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS IN TIMES OF CRISIS

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Chintu Ka Birthday is an 2020 Bollywood comedy drama film written and directer is Devanshu Kumar and Satyanshu Singh.It is producer is comedians Tanmay Bhat, Rohan Joshi, Ashish Shakya and Gursimran Khamba of All India Bakchod under their banner First Draft.Starring Vinay Pathak, Tillotama Shome, Seema Pahwa and Vedant Chibber, the film tells the story of a 6 year old boy named Chintu, stuck in Iraq with his family during Saddam’s fall in April 2004.

The film was screened at the 2019 Jagran Film Festival and was supposed to be screened at the 2018 MAMI Film Festival but was dropped out of it after a sexual harrasment allegation against one of its producer’s Khamba during the me too movement.Chintu Ka Birthday was released on ZEE5 on 5 June 2020.

Critic's Rating : 3.0/5

Avg. Users' Rating : 3.8/5

Chintu Ka Birthday Movie Review :

Vinay Pathak, Tillotama Shome touch hearts as doting parents who refuse to allow outside pain creep into their child’s life.

What does a child care about war. If it’s his birthday, he just wants to have his birthday cake. Like me, if you too celebrated your birthday in the ongoing lockdown, you can perhaps relate to Chintu’s dilemma a lot more. Of course, his situation is far more dangerous but sentiment, pretty much the same. This is my day and I don’t want anyone to ruin it for me. Following the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, amidst American invasion of Iraq, an Indian family in dire circumstances wants to ensure their child’s happiness at all costs. How to keep smiling in the face of adversity, is the essence of this sweet little film with a big heart. Writer-directors Satyanshu Singh and Devanshu Singh tell a heartwarming story of resilience and compassion in times of tragedy. It’s all about savouring the little joys and making the most of what you have.

The Zee 5 original wins hearts in more ways than one and this is what makes it a winner among the bustling OTT scene. The story about a child’s birthday party is layered with details -- it talks about American soldiers stuck in Iraq for years during the war, it showcases how illegal immigration destroys lives and it wonders about inherent ‘goodness and badness’ of human beings.

The execution requires a certain urgency and unpredictability. Absence of those elements makes this film a decent attempt but nothing beyond that.

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Directer : Devanshu Kumar
Satyanshu Singh
Produce : Tanmay Bhat,Rohan Joshi,Ashish Shakya,Gursimran Khamba
Writter : Devanshu Kumar,Satyanshu Singh
Starring : Vinay Pathak,Tillotama Shome,Seema Pahwa,Bisha Chaturvedi,Vedant Chibber
Music : Naren Chandavarkar,Benedict Taylor
Cinematography : Siddharth Diwan
Edited : Charu Shree Roy
Productioncompany : First Draft
Distributed : ZEE5
Casting : Deepak Mehrotra,Yash Nagarkoti
Production Design : Sukant Panigrahy
Art Direction : Nilesh Wagh
Costume Design : Niharika Jolly
Makeup Department : Sneha Joramie Rathi
Assistant Director : Vatsala Chopra,Varun Kumar,Yash Nagarkoti,Kumar Sanju
Art Department : Asutosh Patnaik,Pratik Uppal
Visual Effects : Prasad Patel.Sujit Zinjad
Stunts : Prateek Parmar,Ajay Thakur
Genres : Drama
Release date : 20 October 2019 (JFF),5 June 2020
Running time : 83 minutes
Country : India
Language : Hindi

Film Story :

A Bihari immigrant family in war-torn Iraq hopes to celebrate the birthday of their six-year-old son Chintu (Vedant Raj Chibber) despite the political turbulence. The kid is oblivious to the consequences of war and the family struggles to retain his innocence.