Soham Rockstar Entertainment and Shantketan Entertainments’ Jhootha Kahin Ka (UA) is a comedy.
Varun (Omkar Kapoor) comes to Mauritius despite his father (Rishi Kapoor) wanting him to stay in India and help him in the family business. His father is a widower who lives with Varun’s maternal uncle (Rajesh Sharma). In Mauritius, Varun falls in love and gets married to Riya Mehta (Nimisha Mehta), daughter of rich parents (Manoj Joshi and Lillete Dubey). Since Riya’s father is wheelchair-ridden, she had set a precondition for her marriage – that she would marry a boy who would let her live in her parents’ home all her life. As Varun was in love with Riya, he had lied to her that he had no family of his own and so would be more than happy living with her and her parents in their huge bungalow. Varun’s in-laws own another bungalow, adjacent to the one in which they live. Varun has a close friend, Karan (Sunny Singh), who is in love with Sonam (Rucha Vaidya).
Karan and Sonam want to get married but Karan also wants to wait for elder brother Tommy (Jimmy Shergill) to be released from jail so that he can solemnise the marriage.
One day, Varun’s dad and uncle land in Mauritius without prior intimation. As luck would have it, they hire the bungalow of his in-laws and move in right next to where Varun stays with his in-laws. Since Varun has lied to his wife and in-laws about having no family and also because he has not informed his father about his marriage, he is in a fix. He asks Karan to pretend – in front of his wife and in-laws – to be his (Varun’s) dad’s son. Similarly, he asks Karan to be Riya’s husband – of course, in front of his dad and uncle only.
There’s confusion galore thereafter. There’s even more confusion when Tommy comes out of jail and is unable to understand whether brother Karan is already married or wants to marry now.
How is the confusion cleared?
Vaibhav Suman and Shreya Srivastava have written a story that’s as old as the hills. One has seen many films with similar comedy tracks and hence there’s no novelty for the audiences. The duo’s screenplay has a few interesting sequences but there are many scenes which are routine and even boring. The climax is funny in parts but it is so stretched that it also bores at places. Vaibhav Suman and Shreya Srivastava’s dialogues, especially those mouthed by Riya’s father and Varun’s maternal uncle are very funny.
Rishi Kapoor acts well and is extremely natural. Jimmy Shergill is okay as Tommy but his outburst each time a person asks him about his weird name is excellent. Omkar Kapoor does a fair job as Varun. Sunny Singh is quite good in the role of Karan. Nimisha Mehta is so-so as Riya. Rucha Vaidya is okay as Sonam. Manoj Joshi excels in the role of Riya’s father. Lillete Dubey has her moments as Riya’s mother. Rajesh Sharma is in his element as Varun’s uncle. Ashok Pathak makes his presence felt as Tommy’s sidekick. Rakesh Bedi and Neelu Kohli lend the necessary support as Sonam’s parents. Sunny Leone is alright in a song-dance number. Gurbachan Singh (as Khattar), Shobha Singh (as Ekta Khera) and Rohan Rajpoot (as Riya’s house help) lend reasonable support.
Smeep Kang’s direction is below the mark. Music (by Yo Yo Honey Singh, Rahul-Sanjeev-Ajay, Amjad-Nadeem, Kashi Richard and Sidhant Madhav) is fair. The ‘Saturday night’ song (music and lyrics by Amjad-Nadeem) is the best. Lyrics (by Sanjeev Chaturvedi, Amjad-Nadeem and Yo Yo Honey Singh) are alright. Song picturisations (by Mehul Gadani; Team Naach) are average. Dharma Vish’s background music is quite alright. Akashdeep Pandey’s camerawork is okay. Production designing (by Ragini Jerath and Guneet Bhumrah) is ordinary. Ashfaque Makrani’s editing is quite sharp.
On the whole, Jhootha Kahin Ka has some enjoyable comedy but that’s just not enough. Since it is devoid of novelty, it will find the going at the ticket-windows very tough.
Released on 19-7-’19 at Inox (daily 4 shows) and other cinemas of Bombay by Soham Rockstar Entertainment. Publicity: dull. Opening: weak. …….Also released all over. Opening was dull everywhere.