Ahort Review :-
Watched Chori Chori (1956)
A classic adaption of timeless Hollywood classic It Happened One Night with unbeaten chemistry of Raj Kapoor-Nargis and one of the finest music album of it's time. Well, when it comes to adaption there is a certain pressure because most of the people had already seen the original and did went praising it like anything. People expect or rather I expect that what more will you bring apart from the original especially when you're gonna change the entire cultural theme of the film keeping the basis idea safe. Chori Chori is longer than expected and has some unnecessary characters and thier songs which i believe shouldn't have been made into final cut. That was quite ignorable because Indian audience was loving Bhagwan dada and Johnny Walker in small roles then. What Anant Thakur brings more is, Indian Culture, Songs, more emotions and the Male point of view is well explored. The only thing it lacked was the intelligence in those dialogues and master storytelling on little equations. Raj Kapoor as Sagar is fantastic but less compared to what Clarke Gable did and the female side of Nargis is also equally fantastic yet less than Claudette Colbert. Like i said, there was lack of intelligence in storytelling and the same might have hampered into characterisations. Not being too harsh, Chori Chori is a fine adaption but the thing you should complain is the original Won Oscar and this one didn't get any Indian Award except Shankar Jaikishan for thier Popular music. Overall, Chori Chori is Must Watch Rom Com for those who don't really watch much of retro Hollywood classics and the outcome is fair enough to get a positive feedback. Meanwhile, the Classic tag is hanging on the rope...
Rating- 7.5/10*
