Director: Mudassar Aziz Writer: Mudassar Aziz Stars: Aksha Kumar,Ammy Virk, Taapsee Pannu
KHEL KHEL MEIN STORY: As our lives get password protected with smartphones emerging as the third person in the bedroom, relationships are getting knottier than before. In 2016, Italian filmmaker Paolo Genovese tracked the havoc smartphones can create in matrimony to create the comedy-drama Perfetti Sconosciut (Perfect Strangers). The subject’s relatability is such that the film has been remade more than two dozen times across languages and cultures. So how could it have missed the attention of Akshay Kumar who seems to love ready-made recipes to fulfil his three films a year quota? Khel Khel Mein is his third release of 2024 and there is one more on the cards.
However, even as we thought Akshay Kumar had lost touch with his game, the Khiladi regains form as the poor woman’s George Clooney. The subject suits the strong Indian sentiments around fidelity in marriage, and writer-director Muddassar Aziz makes good use of Akshay’s natural flair for lowbrow humour in a high-pitched comedy to generate desi pizazz around the Italian fare.
When seven friends, three couples and an aging bachelor, get together for a wedding, they decide to play a game where they surrender the privacy of their phones. During the course of the night, as their secret sauce gets splashed on the table, their bonds get tested and twisted. The jokes land consistently and even when one knows where it is headed, there is an inherent honest vibe in the storytelling that keeps one interested. The girls look ravishing in designer outfits and the boys bring the bling, but the emotional core of the subject doesn’t get buried under blah. Starting with a cameo by the charming Chitrangada Singh, the conversations and contradictions don’t feel made up.
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