Sabal Productions’ Titu Ambani (UA) îs a slice-of-life film. Titu (Tushar Pandey) and Mosami (Deepika Singh) love each other. Titu wants to get rich quick and, therefore, has aspirations to do his own business rather than take up a job in a company. His father (Raghubir Yadav) keeps taunting him about the perils of trying to get rich quick, but to no avail. Titu lives with his father, mother (Sapna Sand), brother Ravi (Ishwar), sister-in-law (Tanu), and grandfather (Baldev Trehan). Mosami lives with her parents (Virendra Saxena and Samta Sagar). She believes in equality of the sexes. While Mosami is keen to marry Titu, he keeps procrastinating as he is not yet settled. The two ultimately get married with the blessings of their families. But then, cracks develop in their married life. What is the stance of the two families? Does Titu Ambani learn a lesson?
Rohit Raj Goyal has penned a nice story which entertains while giving a message. His screenplay is very smooth and moves ahead without hiccups. The good part of the screenplay, which separates this drama from the dramas of other similar films, is that the misunderstanding between Titu and Mosami is treated with a lot of maturity and understanding. Both the families are shown to be comprising mature people who try to mend the relationship rather than getting into the blame game. The track of Titu joining hands with a business venture which turns out to be run by fraudsters is a bit of a weak link because the audience immediately gets the feeling that something is amiss while Titu seems to be oblivious to that. In the aftermath of the business going bust, Titu appears to the viewers to be a villain. This should have been avoided by the writer. Anyway, the screenplay comes on track soon thereafter. What the drama could have done with is some more pronounced emotions because at the end of the day, it is about human relationships. Climax is alright.
Abhishek Manohar Chanda’s dialogues are fantastic. They ring so true that one can’t help but admire them.
Tushar Pandey does a natural job in the role of Titu. He gives his all to the character and role. Deepika Singh gets into the skin of the character of Mosami and delivers a fine and realistic performance. Raghubir Yadav lends tremendous support as Titu’s worldy-wise father. Sapna Sand is pretty endearing as Titu’s mother. In the role of Mosami’s father, Virendra Saxena acts with fantastic restraint. Samta Sagar is outstanding as Mosami’s concerned mother. The wonderful part is that the parents of Titu and Mosami appear to be real people with a small-town mentality, because of which the proceedings appear absolutely real and true-to-life. Ishwar makes his presence amply felt as Titu’s brother, Ravi. Baldev Trehan is pretty entertaining as Titu’s grandfather. The character has been conceived beautifully to provide relief in tension-ridden moments. Pritam Jaiswal is first-rate as Titu’s friend, Kuku. As Jitu (Titu’s other friend), Pravesh Sharma leaves a mark. Sameer Pahadia leaves an impact as Titu’s factory colleague, Pradeep. Brijendra Kala is suitably funny as the match-maker. Aditi stands out in the tiny role she has as Mosami’s colleague and friend, Sheena. Baldev Chadda (as Titu’s paternal uncle), Babita Madan (as Titu’s paternal aunt) and Tanu (as Titu’s sister-in-law) lend adequate support. Others provide the necessary support.
Rohit Raj Goyal’s direction is effective. The debut-making director knows the craft and delivers well. The songs may not be of the popular variety but Bharat-Hitarth’s music compositions are appealing. Mayur Puri’s lyrics go well with the mood of the film. Bharat-Hitarth’s background score is alright. Sunil Vishwakarma’s cinematography is neat and nice. Prabhat Thakur’s production designing and Akash Jaiswal’s art direction are of a decent standard. Sanjay Sharma’s editing is very sharp.
On the whole, Titu Ambani is a well-made film with some very good moments. In spite of its merits, it will go largely unnoticed because of almost nil promotion and lack of awareness about the film’s release and also about the very existence of the film.
Released on 8-7-’22 at Metro Inox (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru Panorama Studios. Publicity & opening: very poor. …….Also released all over. Opening was extremely weak everywhere.