Bank Chor: Ritesh in blunderland

Cast: Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, Rhea Chakraborty, Bhuvan Arora, Sahil Vaid, Vikram Thapa

Rated: 2/10

Bank Chor is like that upside down house showcased in Kuala Lumpur. Only, while the Malaysian property is a crowd puller, Ritesh Deshmukh starrer is a complete put-off.

With such movies, you know the humour will be of a particular variety, the retarded forced slapstick kind but in Bank Chor, even that is forced on you from within the constrictive four-walls of a bank. It takes an era almost for the film to actually take off and in all that wasted time it scripts a treatise of blunders, bumbling aimlessly from one locker to other.

By the time the director — and the plot — returns from its insane but inane trip, it is much too late indulge in “der aye durust aye” forgiveness by a totally cheated audience. Yes, amid all the troll-worthy inaction, there are sparks of Mumbai and Delhi humour capsules through the three main protagonists. While the brash ambience of Delhi culture is brought out hilariously by the two bank chor assistants, the Mumbaikar “outsider” mindset is also talked about in a breezy manner that makes you smile and mutter ‘at least this they got right.’

Vivek Oberoi makes a mark only with his moustache and rippling muscles clad in a tight black (command not CBI type) of attire but he is wasted in a “wait at the doorstep of action endlessly” trap even as Ritesh tries his best to save the film from inside the bank.

Bank Chor (trying to too obviously sound like that common Hindi abuse), gives the phrase falling flat a whole new, unwelcome meaning. It’s best avoided even if it comes free to you.

Source: Sunday Pioneer, 18 June, 2017