After Mimi and Luka Chuppi, director Laxman Utekar seems to have continued his entertainment streak with Zara Hatke Zara Bachke. Starring Vicky Kaushal and Sara Ali Khan, the film is about a couple who want a house of their own to stay away from their family. They get a divorce to use the Indian Government's flagship program Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) to get a flat. The film releases in theatres today, June 2.Read at source
Unfavourable Film · 2023 · Hindi · Comedy
Zara Hatke Zara Bachke
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Zara Hatke Zara Bachke
The story revolves around Kapil and Somya - a middle-class happily married couple from Indore who want to get a house of their own through the Indian government's flagship program: the Awas Yojna scheme. The story starts with Kapil, a yoga instructor, and Somya, a teacher living under a joint family with Kapil's parents and his aunt and uncle staying with them due to which they have to give up their room and sleep in the hall. Somya a Sikh girl from background is often looked down by Kapil's aunt as they are Brahmins. Kapil always tries to intervene and make up to Somya by taking her out for lunch for her favorite food. Somya always wanted a house of her own and after looking for a house which they both liked, the broker tries to get more money which was discussed when showcasing the house by giving all house rates as expensive. So then they learn about this Awas Yojna and Kapil goes to inquire about it but returns empty-handed as he has had an argument with the employee. However, the peon in the office who also has a side business of settlements and brokerage due to being a government employee gives advice to Kapil and Somya about the scheme and tell them that to be eligible, Kapil either has to be kicked out of their parents' inheritance or Somya should divorce him in order to qualify as a single divorced lady. They initially brush off the idea, but Somya wants her own home so badly that she convinces Kapil to go with the divorce process.
- Director
- Laxman Utekar
- Release
- 2 Jun 2023
- Run time
- 132 min
- Language
- Hindi
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Across 2 available source-linked Indian-media reviews for Zara Hatke Zara Bachke, reception is unfavourable. The scored review is 40/100.
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But the film never quite builds on its comic potential, by throwing a tonal switch somewhere down in its second-half, introducing a plot twist doused in mothballed sentimentality, and adding a dreary sanskari layer to the whole thing. That, and by consistently flat writing, which overcomes the efforts of the actors, especially Himanshu Kohli’s paan-chewing lawyer (the funniest part of the film) who tries his best to help the hapless couple, Inaamulhaq as the charlatan-liar who gobbles money from the innocent public, and Sharib Hashmi as the good-natured chowkidar who, we all know, will be granted his biggest wish; no prizes for guessing what that is.Read at source
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- Release date
- 2 Jun 2023
- Run time
- 132 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Laxman Utekar
- Budget
- ₹40 crore
- Distributor
- Pen Marudhar Cine Entertainment
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