Kai Po Che !!!

After the many success of Chetan Bhagat’s book 3 mistakes of my life here comes a movie inspired by his story. Though I liked his other books better but still I could resist myself from watching kai po che. Wondering was it the novel or Sushant who dragged me to the movie hall leaving my 5 mth old with her granny.

No wonder the movie did justice to the book, since it was directed by the same man who made Rang de Basanti, one of my favourites. The story talks about everything that is needed to make for a grasping storyline– Friendship, love, business, politics, cricket.

Unlike its earlier glossy counterpart Rock on, the story line here has simple and unconventional rooting. Based out of the simple town of Ahmedabad the movie is all about the three friends Ishaan (Sushant); Omi (Amit) and Govind (Rajkumar). All three with different attitudes towards life, pool in their resources to open up a small sports shop cum coaching centre. Ishaan, a brilliant cricketer in his school days, coaches the young wannabe cricketers, Govind with his calulative and sharp instincts handles the accounts while also teaching mathematics and Omi with his strong political background, gathers fund for the shop from his politician uncle. Things look wonderful just when some twists shake up not only their friendship and business but their lives too.

Things turn around when they lose their newly acquired shop in fierce Gujarat earthquakes. Pushed under debts from his uncle, Omi was dragged to politics while Govind falls for Ishaan’s sister whom he teaches maths and Ishaan, impressed by the cricket skills of a small muslim boy, commits himself to groom him for Ranji Trophy, a dream he had for himself sometime back. Storyline advances with scenes of communal divide, love complexes and political woos, but is able to catch your attention.

Though with no high point as such, like we have seen in Rang de Basanti or Rock on, Kai Po Che manages to showcase a normal dramatic life, where one can’t resist a smile on instances like celebration of their first earnings on top of the bus or their dive into the sea from a fort. A good impactful watch, that might leave you heavy hearted at the end.

Without any doubt, Kai Po che deserves a 4 star from me. It proves that a strong story line makes for a grand success. The three lead actors convincingly portrayed their characters, while Sushant as Ishaan stole the show with his charm, Amit proved himself as a boy with high thinking and simple living, and Omi depicted successfully the confusion of his character between friendship and politics. Director, Abhishek Kapoor, showed his great work again and blended seamlessly the sensitive issues of Gujarat riots in the movie.

After being impressed with 3 Idiots and Kai Po che, I  am waiting for more movies inspired from books like the Zoya Factor and 2 states.