It has been more than a decade and the two philandering husbands are still comically lusting for the other woman. It feels like Abbas-Mustan’s Ajnabee inhaled the laughing gas of Housefull
Cast: Ravi Kishan, Mukesh Tiwari, Dinesh Lal Yadav (Nirahua), Aasif Sheikh, Rohitashv Gour, Shubhangi Atre, Vidisha Srivastava, Brijendra Kala
Director: Shashank Bali
Language: Hindi
In 2015, there was a show that dropped on television called Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain. It had Aasif Sheikh, Rohitashv Gour, Saumya Tandon, and Shilpa Shinde. It was the same David Dhawan formula about promiscuity wrapped inside the genre of slapstick without any innuendo or slapstick. It was innocuous if not necessarily obnoxious or offensive. And the ingenious characters stayed long in the collective consciousness. Which is why the comedy cruised along for a decade before coming to the big screen in 2026.
The plot is now over the hill, nosediving into an abyss of tired gags and tedious dialogues. Directed by Shashank Bali, and written by Raghuvir Shekhawat, Shashank Bali, Sanjay Kohli, this is the second show that has turned into a film after the 2010 Khichdi The Movie, an abiding guilty pleasure. It has been more than a decade and the two philandering husbands are still comically lusting for the other woman. It feels like Abbas-Mustan’s Ajnabee inhaled the laughing gas of Housefull. But this time, there are two more cohorts-
Ravi Kishan and Mukesh Tiwari, both dazzling and dependable performers trapped in a limping moniker.
There are few laughs to be had, but the credit for that goes to the familiarity of the people that we have seen copiously on the small screen. The frames are jarring and the colour palette distracting. What keeps the film afloat are the central performances of the two men- Aasif Sheikh and Rohitashv Gour. They have now crammed all the nuances that they need to make their characters work. These oafs know what they are doing and let their hair down to dive down into the obnoxiousness of the narrative.
But will the audiences be willing to see something on the big screen that they can watch any time on the small screen? No filmmaker has ever been able to battle the unpredictability of the audiences. This is the time when hyper-masculine stories seem to be the flavour of the season. We all have seen that with the successes of
_Dhurandhar_ and Border 2.
_Bhabhij Ghar Par Hain_ is a harmless and honest attempt at making something for the celluloid. It doesn’t seem to be timed correctly.
It may have done better on the small screen when the entire family can come together and have a good and gala time. It feels like an impossible task to find as many number of people for the big screen. Sajid Khan once spoke about the failure of Himmatwala and said he didn’t make a bad film but a wrong film. This film also feels the same. But maybe next time!
Rating: 2 (out of 5 stars)
Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! Fun On The Run is now playing in cinemas
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