Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi

This is a three hour long light hearted story of three brothers. The film has a good storyline and is not a collection of comic situations. This has made the movie last these 60 years. The director stcks to the screenplay, the actors adhere to their director. The music lifts the movie A must watch.

Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958) : Brief Review -

What Mughal-E-Azam means to grandeur cinema, CKNG means to comedy cinema. Bollywood's answer to classic Hollywood musicals from the golden age. I have been through this movie many times during childhood, but the actual fun is experienced today only. Maybe because I have seen a lot of old Hollywood classics that defined and established formulas, genres, and sub-genres in the early talkie era. I can recall at least 5 dozen classic comedies (including rom-coms, screwball, and musical comedies) from the golden age of Hollywood (30s-50s), and yet, I can proudly say that Bollywood made this classic musical comedy in the late 50s. So, we were late, but not as late as they expected us to be. Even Hollywood wasn't really good with multistarrer comedies in that period, so Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi has an upper hand there. It's non-stop entertainment. Almost every comedy movie feels boring for at least 5 minutes here and there, but this one literally has no such moments. Usually, songs work as loo breaks, but here, songs are even better than the narrative. In Hollywood movies, musical numbers are there to define the situation and carry the story or narrative forward, but in Bollywood, music has always been a different setup of entertainment. For that, the story had to be dropped for 5 minutes. Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi broke that stereotype for filmmakers and audiences. You see the songs, how they are designed, how the tunes match the tone of the situations, and how brilliantly the lyrics put the situation in words. Pure masterclass! Many typical plot holes and subtexts were established here. Just keep an eye on them, and you'll realize how important this film was for the Bollywood industry. What's more? We have seen the same templates used in the 90s comedy (that's 30 years later). Imagine the impact it must have had on audiences in the 50s. Evergreen Comedy and Iconic Album Hands down.

RATING - 8/10*

By - #samthebestest.

The movie's theme was hinted in the first scene itself. It was always clear that it was going to be the story of the three brothers who would try their best to keep distance from the ladies but would somehow get stuck in the romantic scenarios. This was clearly a good opening for the comedy and the first half of the movie is as satisfying as it could get. Not only does it manage to generate some good laughter but the build up for the plot was also excellent. It was also interesting how the multiple circumstances were connected in order to reach the conclusion. Most of the songs are played in the first half itself and even though almost everytime a random scene suddenly turns into a song sequence, the songs do not seem misplaced by any means. They are all placed in accordance with the characters' situations. The soundtrack of this movie deserves the popularity it has. Almost all songs are catchy and never get old. Classic in true sense.

The quality declines in the second half though. Most of the comedy scenes in the second half either felt outdated or were pretty lame. The movie certainly wasn't as humourous as it felt in the first half. The villains too were one-dimensional and the plot progression too felt ordinary.

What kept this movie from being one time watch was the brilliant characterization of all the main characters. Their motivation and the character development were brilliantly done and their goofiness was really good to watch.

Chalti ka naam Gaadi is a musical romantic comedy movie directed by Late Satyen Bose and stars Late Ashok Kumar, Late Madhubala, Late Anoop Kumar, Late Kishore Kumar, Late K. N. Singh, Late Mohan Choti and Late Sajjan.

This movie which is now considered as one of the cult classic of Indian cinema is known for it's mesmerizing music which is still very much popular among us the masses and is regularly heard of and for it's impeccable coming timings and above all the great acting by all the characters.

The movie is based on the life of three brothers who are women hater and plans for lifelong bachelorhood until two of them falls in love and this leads to hilariously funny situations.

Acting is superb and Ashok Kumar is a bouquet of talent when it comes to acting, he is one of the most versatile actors Indian cinema has ever produced, Madhubala is an eternal beauty and I always get awestruck whenever she appears on-screen, she is a perfect example of beauty with talent, Kishore Kumar was also fantastic he had got the most screen time and he will always make you giggle, Anoop Kumar never tasted the success like his elder and younger brother but in this movie he was also spot on with his comic timings, K. N. Singh a well known actor mostly portraying Villainous role was superb in his character, Sajjan and Mohan Choti make their presence felt in the movie.

Screenplay is evenly paced and will keep a constant smile on your face with laughter and giggles on regular intervals which is beautifully supported by mesmerizing music. Climax of the movie is funny and predictably good as most of the movies of those era used to have almost the similar endings.

Overall this is a light hearted, feel good comedy movie which can be seen with the entire family. A must watch.

The Ganguly brothers came together for this hilarious venture. This story of a misogynist older brother (Ashok Kumar), an inept and sycophantic middle brother (Anup Kumar), and a simple yet suave younger brother (Kishore Kumar) will have you in stitches. Directed by Satyan Bose, the film had a plump and cute Madhubala in the lead.

I love Ashok Kumar as the older brother who is trying to keep his brothers away from all contact with women, Kishore as the younger brother who is falling for a woman who came to the car repair garage late one night, but most of all I find Anup Kumar incomparable as the middle brother who veers from side to side, unable to take a stand. He was a comic genius in this film. O Mannu Tera Hua Ab Mera Kya Hoga!!! LOL! Sachin Dev Burman spun magic in the songs that were situationally perfect and often hilarious! Ek Ladki Bheego Bhaagi Si was super melodious. The fantasy number Main Sitaron Kaa Tarana had Madhubala in a classical dance garb carrying a black purse! Hal Kaisa Hai Zanab Kaa, and Hum The Woh Thi were so cute. There was an excellent Mujra by the duo of Helen and Cuckoo, in which you can see Helen excel in a rare classical number.

The story was interesting, acting great by all the actors. I consider a pick me up kind of film and watch it and laugh at it any number of times. If you have not yet seen it what are you waiting for?