Sab kushal mangal 2020

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Bappi Lahiri ushers Hindi cinema into the new year. As the opening credits roll, we hear him hum the title track of Sab Kushal Mangal — telling us how, despite everything, all is well. It’s an aptly nostalgic start to a film that aspires for nothing more. Everything about Karan Vishwanath Kashyap’s film feels plucked from the past. It’s starchy and sentimental, with a plot that’s crudely offensive, and gloriously glib. The 90s throwback was a working device in the 2010s. Today, it does little but expose the bankruptcy of the makers.

Like Jabariya Jodi last year, Sab Kushal Mangal makes light of forced marriages. It’s treated as a joke, a comforting resort for parents harried by dowry. Karan’s idea of a liberated female character is if she a) flies kites, b) takes selfies, c) threatens to kill herself. The absolute daftness flows into song, Sameer Anjaan’s lyrics telling us how modernity is all about dads fearing moms or some such. You could, of course, forgive the insensitivity and lighten up — if only the film was funny in any regard. It isn’t. There’s not a single witty line, and while Akshaye tries his best to goof about — sporting florid shirts and calling Akshay Kumar “Rajeev” — nothing ever sticks.

Sab Kushal Mangal Movie Review Rating: 1.5/5 Stars (One and a half stars)

What’s Bad: The Irony, film is titled as ‘Sab Kushal Mangal’