Rajma Chawal

In Leena Yadav's Rajma Chawal (Rice with Kidney Beans), Rishi Kapoor's character creates a fake account of a random girl on Facebook just so that he can chat with his son (Anirudh Tanwar) who hates his guts. The drama, with shoots of comic relief here and there, feels like a fake embodiment of everything it wants to be. Other than a fresh performance by Amyra Dastur as a woman with a hurtful past, there is nothing else that does not look convoluted. From the pretentious title because the movie is set in the modern day Chandni Chowk to a weak performance by the lead actor to cliched elements; these things take up most of the screen time in Rajma Chawal. You enter the hall and in the first five minutes you know what is going to happen with the characters and how they are going to end up. Blame it on Vivek Anchaliya's formulaic writing but Rajma Chawal felt like not much research was done on the audience and their intelligence. It's a rehash of all those father-son dramas you have seen in Bollywood over the last couple of years and definitely not worth your time. TN.

(Watched and reviewed at its India premiere at the 20th MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.)

I haven't seen such a poor movie on Netflix. Boring and poor story ...nobody performs I don't know why even they made such movie Save you time and avoid it

Story is good..characters played by old actors are fun to watch. There have been quite a few movies trying to capture the old Delhi charm, this movie had done decent job capturing the flavour of old delhi. Main lead is a singer in music band but the songs in movie aren't great. The actor playing the hero hasn't impressed. The actress has acted well. It's a one time watch.

Rajma Chawal leaves you hungry for more. It surrounds you with warmth , nostalgia and love. It touches you with its sensitive handling of human relationships , and captures the old world charm of Delhi .. so very beautifully. Rishi Kapoor is excellent , supported superbly by the lead cast. Leena once again charms her way into our hearts with her brilliant direction ..she once again demonstrates her mastery of story telling..creating a brilliant symphony of relationships and emotions. A treat not to be missed at any cost.

Good family movie dealing with life in the big, decaying section of the city, Old Delhi. It also dealt with old values versus new values or differing generational ideas. Rishi Kapoor was great as the overbearing, selfish, self- righteous father figure. He spent most of the movie manipulating his talented son, causing the son endless pain and grief. When his son meets Tara/Seher, he finally found someone to make him complete.

There were comical moments and sad moments in the film. There were also moments when Rishi's character infuriated you. All in all, this movie made you THINK! The music was great. The lyrics of the songs were bold and put the anguish of the youth out there for the elders to hear.

Kudos to Rishi Kapoor and the rest of the cast for holding this film together.