Abundantia Entertainment’s Mitron (UA) is the story of a loser.
Jay (Jackky Bhagnani) is not good at studies and, frankly, not good at anything else in particular. His father (Neeraj Sood) constantly taunts him, and Jay himself starts believing that he is a loser. It’s his hidden desire to be a chef and so, he learns cooking from an expert chef. His father doesn’t approve of this at all and would rather that he worked in a call centre.
Jay meets Avni (Kritika Kamra) quite by chance. The two strike up a friendship which then graduates into a business partnership in a mobile restaurant or, in other words, a food truck. Even before the business venture can start, Jay’s marriage is in the process of being finalised with Richa (Perlene Bhersaina), daughter of a super-rich businessman (Mohan Kapur). In the course of their joint business venture which, incidentally, becomes extremely successful, Avni starts to fall in love with Jay. She is heartbroken when she learns that Jay is going ahead with his marriage plans with Richa. Avni now decides to go to Australia, something she had always wanted to do but had given up when she decided to do business with Jay.
What happens thereafter? Do Jay and Avni go their separate ways? Or don’t they?
The film is a remake of Telugu super-hit Pelli Chupulu, written by Tarun Bhasker. It has been adapted in Hindi by writer Sharib Hashmi. The story is interesting and is laced with so much humour that it keeps the audience entertained. The adapted screenplay is fast-paced, especially in the first half. The fun quotient is very strong and there are at least ten scenes when the viewers would laugh out loud. However, the pace drops after interval, and the element of humour also reduces. The climax, however, is both, interesting and heartwarming. The good part is that there isn’t just one comedy track; several characters behave in such a way that their actions or dialogues evoke laughter. For instance, Jay’s demeanour of a good-for-nothing young man itself elicits laughter. His two friends, Raunak (Pratik Gandhi) and Deepu (Shivam Parikh), also provide lovely comic moments. Jay’s father, of course, evokes a lot of laughter. Richa’s father (Mohan Kapur) also entertains with his poker-faced comedy. Dialogues are absolutely fantastic and greatly add to the mirth and merriment. The Gujarati backdrop and Gujarati flavour of the dialogues add freshness.
Jackky Bhagnani plays Jay with conviction and earnestness. He performs ably and makes his character look believable. Kritika Kamra makes an impressive big-screen debut in the role of Avni. She also looks pretty. Neeraj Sood is outstanding as Jay’s father. Pratik Gandhi (as Jay’s friend, Raunak) and Shivam Parikh (as Jay’s friend, Deepu) lend fantastic support. Sunil Sinha makes his presence felt as Avni’s father. Mohan Kapur is lovely as Richa’s dad. In the role of Richa, Perlene Bhersaina is so-so. Bhumika Dubey has her moments as Avni’s friend, Sharvanti. Prateik Babbar leaves a fine mark as Vikram. Chhaya Vora (as Jay’s mother), Mayaben (as Jay’s grandmother), Kumkum Das (as Avni’s mother), Brinda Nayak (as Avni’s aunt), Rishi Panchal (as Purab), Pannaben (as Avni’s grandmother) and the others lend very good support.
Nitin Kakkar’s direction is truly nice. He has extracted very good work from out of his actors and he has also adopted a fresh and fun style of narration. Music (Yo Yo Honey Singh, Tanishk Bagchi, Vayu, Sameeruddin, Lijo George-DJ Chetas, and Sharib-Toshi Sabri) is very good. The ‘This party is over now’ (Honey Singh) and ‘KamaÂriya’ (Lijo George-DJ Chetas) songs are already hits; they both come after the film is over, in the end rolling titles. The other songs are fair. Lyrics (Yo Yo Honey Singh, Hommie Dilliwala, Tanishk Bagchi, Vayu, Kumaar, Sameeruddin, Akshay Verma, Abhishek Nailwal and Kalim Shaikh) are in synch with the film’s fun mood. Song picturisations (‘Kamariya’ by Mudassar Khan; ‘This party is over now’ by Feroz Khan) are appealing. Sameeruddin’s background music is effective. Manoj Kumar Khatoi’s camerawork is quite good. Production designing (by Urvi Ashar Kakkar and Shipra Rawal) is nice. Sachindra Vats’ editing is pretty sharp.
On the whole, Mitron is a good comic entertainer but lack of awareness about the film’s release will greatly restrict the film’s box-office potential. It may have started slow but the good dose of comedy, and two hit songs coupled with word of mouth, will see collections grow in the weekend but that may not be good enough.
Released on 14-9-’18 at New Excelsior Mukta A2 (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru White Lion Entertainment. Publicity: so-so. Opening: dull. …….Also released all over. Opening was very ordinary everywhere except in Gujarat where it was slightly better.