I am a very hard person to please when it comes to movies, and I must admit when I read about the plot for Chal Mera Putt I was expecting amazing. Was I wrong!!! A film has not made me laugh so much in a long time. It is a lighthearted film with great comedy and some good underlying messages.
The film had some firsts, Janjot Singhs first film as a Director, A first collaboration with Pakistani actors in a Punjabi film and the debut of Rup Khatkar who many will know as Roop Kaur from her Poetry Recitals on Facebook and YouTube. All were a success.
The acting from Arminder Gill, Gurshabad, Hardeep Gill, Nasir Chinyoti, Iftikhar Thakur and Akram Udas was superb and did let us down. However, I found Simi Chahal's acting is now becoming tiresome with the same monotonous and underwhelming style as her other films. However, her lack of versatility and passion was definitely made up by Rup Khatkar, who in many scenes over shadowed Simi. Rup shed her serious traditional poetry recital style, by being very comedic in this film, and hence showing a real breadth of talent and diversity: I wonder if she will be the next Neeru Bajwa of Punjabi Cinema, one to watch out for.
All in all, another great production by Rhythm Boyz. I am sure we will see many more films that follow suit, with the collaboration with Pakistani actors, and again hats off Rup Khatkar hope to see a lot more of you.
Review of Chal Mera Putt
