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Chhichhore movie review: Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor deliver relevant film with important message

Chhichhore movie review: the sushant singh rajput-shraddha kapoor film takes you on a nostalgia trip to your college days with an engaging narrative and flashback sequences..

Chhichhore Director - Nitesh Tiwari Cast - Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Prateik Babbar, Naveen Polishetty, Tushar Pandey

Chhichhore movie review: Sushant Singh Rajput stars in another winner from Nitesh Tiwari.

An ode to college-time friendships, romances, ragging, fights, competitions and countless memories, Chhichhore is a riot of emotions, and takes you on a nostalgic ride. It’s a relevant film with a rather important message conveyed through an engaging narrative. Directed by Nitesh Tiwari of Dangal fame, Chhichhore is high on content and humour packaged so well that it stays with you for a very long time.

The story is simple — a bunch of engineering students and their journey from being losers to choosers. Sushant Singh Rajput (Annirudh) and Shraddha Kapoor (Maya) play a divorced couple, and they have a reunion of sorts with their college buddies, though in rather unwanted circumstances. Together, they recall and relive their old college memories, the good and bad days spent almost 20 years ago. The screenplay takes a trip down memory lane through college hostels, sports grounds and canteen conversations; switch to present day and you see the same camaraderie in their friendship that was forged in college.

Brilliant writing loaded with comic punches, one-liners and genuinely funny jokes makes Chhichhore a winner. Full credit to the writers for ensuring that the humour is not even remotely slapstick. For instance, when Varun Sharma’s character compares spotting a girl in an engineering college to Halley’s Comet that is visible every 75 years, it isn’t demeaning women but proof of clever writing. Keeping the storytelling simple, Nitesh made an intelligent move to weave flashback sequences into the present day, and keep audiences attentive. Though mostly predictable, the build-up towards the climax manages to look intriguing.

Among the cast, you see Varun Sharma (Sexa), Tahir Raj Bhasin (Derek), Naveen Polishetty (ACID), Tushar Pandey (Mummy) and Saharsh Shukla (Bevda) aptly fitting in their respective parts and doing full justice to their screen-time. The way each character is introduced in the film with minute detailing and individual traits, it makes you sit up and take notice.

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There are performances that stand out without screaming from the rooftops. From playing Chucha in Fukrey to Sexa in this film, Varun nails it with an impressive performance, yet again. So comfortable with his body and style of dialogue delivery, he knows when and how to throw his weight around, quite literally. Sushant looks good as a young college student but in his ‘40s, he is rather unconvincing and a misfit. Shraddha’s character, it seems, has been written with least amount of interest. Although her screen presence is felt each time she’s in the frame, she hardly gets any dialogues and you ask yourself ‘was she even needed in the film’? Even the chemistry between Sushant and Shraddha is unconvincing and their scenes together flirting or comforting each other look rather juvenile. Prateik Babbar, who delivered an intense performance as the popular guy and a baddie in college, could have been given a little more screen time.

There is an extensive use of prosthetic makeup to show the characters ageing onscreen. While some are shown going half-bald, others decide to grow their tresses. There’s one guy with an American accent too -- he has stayed in New York for 20 years, after all. However, in Shraddha Kapoor’s case, the only transition that shows her going from her 20s to 40s is midi-dresses turning into cotton suits and saris. Sadly, so little imagination there!

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Thankfully, Pritam’s music and background score by Sameer Uddin does not sound forced at any point and beautifully blends with the narrative. The song Fikar Not in the end credits is a refreshing change from the high-pitched item songs or over dramatized romantic numbers and is brilliantly choreographed.

A must-watch with your college friends, Chhichhore is relatable and relevant. Watch it for its uncomplicated screenplay, gripping narrative and some stellar performances that leave you in stitches.

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Its not the the result that matters but the efforts taken.This qoute is well potrayed by sushant singh in the movie chhichhore. "Chhichhore" is a heartwarming film that beautifully explores the ups and downs of life, friendship, and the pressure of societal expectations. With a perfect blend of humor and emotion, the movie delivers a relatable message about resilience and the importance of cherishing moments. The ensemble cast, led by Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor, delivers standout performances, making "Chhichhore" a must-watch for its engaging storytelling and meaningful themes.

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The Film is Excellent. The sushant acting skills is excellent. Shradha acting excellent. <br/>Team is very good. All characters is well. Film useful for 12th pass students. The film won best film national award he deserves it. <br/>Therefore l give ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ to film

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'Chhichhore' review: An authentic and heartwarming story

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Every actor is perfectly cast in this film and you find yourself rooting for the underdogs

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Bollywood films set in college campuses lean towards creating a shined-up and sanitised world populated with insanely rich kids (high-five director Karan Johar, high-priest of fashionable and flashy flicks). But Chhichhore isn’t one of them. The college buddy drama subverts those established tropes and gives us an authentic and heartwarming story.

Director Nitesh Tiwari of Dangal fame goes down and dirty as he brings to life a bunch of goofball engineering students who graduate in life with honours.

The movie oscillates between those bitter-sweet gloriously happy college days and their present day life filled with parenting challenges in their mid forties.

Sushant Singh Rajput, who plays the immensely lovable Anni, shines in his role as the gawky, unsure college student who grows up to be a doting father to a troubled teenage son.

His receding hairline wig — in the grown-up, adulting portions — might jar, but his performance is smooth and stirring. He’s charming as an impish bloke trying to impress that popular girl from college Maya (Shraddha Kapoor) and is equally in command as an overprotective father who is forced to grapple with a personal tragedy.

Varun Sharma, who plays Sexa (a nickname indicating his adoration for adult magazines), is a hoot, while Raj Thahir Bhasin as Derek, the brooding sporting champion, is spot on. The camaraderie between the young men as they discover love, life and all thing in-between is enjoyable. Every actor is perfectly cast in this film and you find yourself rooting for the underdogs by the end of the movie.

Chhichhore is a warts-and-mole approach to filmmaking. Tiwari doesn’t shy away from showing his actors in a less appealing way. The portions where there is a sudden re-union when a family tragedy strikes one of their own, the men aren’t oil paintings. As life takes a toll on them, their hair and their youthful bodies seem to be the biggest casualties. The directors have chosen actors who aren’t vain and their progression feels authentic.

Agreed, there may be times when you are itching to scrub the grimy men’s toilets and throw in some underpants as the boys love to cavort around in knickers and dunk each other in water, but their hearts are in the right places.

However, it’s the bromance among friends from college that shine. The actual romance between Shraddha Kapoor and Sushant Singh Rajput — two college sweethearts — lack steam and sizzle. Their rocky relationship as they reach their forties seem forced.

Chhichhore might remind you of iconic Bollywood blockbusters such as Aamir Khan’s seminal Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander and Three Idiots — two iconic cultural references — but Chhichhore has its own distinct appeal. While the portions featuring the sporting competition feels stretched, it isn’t a deal breaker. Parteik Babbar as the token privileged rich bloke who bully and brandish Anni and gang as losers is serviceable in his part.

While you may question certain twists and the hasty re-union of college friends who had lost touch, the logistics and the lack of logic shouldn’t stop you from enjoying this film. Couched in humour and wit, there are certain life lessons to be learnt in Chhichhore. It isn’t the grade that matters ultimately in life, but your attitude towards living that counts.

Chhichhore graduates with flying colours on that front.

Film: Chhichhore

Director: Nitesh Tiwari

Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Varun Sharma, Shraddha Kapoor, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Tushar Pandey, Naveen Polishetty

Stars: 3.5 out of 5

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Movie Review: Chhichhore

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Chhichhore Devesh Sharma , Sep 5, 2019, 22:20 IST

Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma, Prateik Babbar, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Naveen Polishetty
Nitesh Tiwari
Drama, Comedy
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Annirudh (Sushant Singh Rajput) called Anni by his friends and Maya (Shraddha Kapoor) are a divorced couple. Their lives turn topsy turvy when they learn that their young son Raghav has tried to commit suicide. Annirudh feels that narrating stories from his own college days might help his son recover mentally. It was during college that he fell in love with Maya, and formed life-long friendships with the likes of Sexa (Varun Sharma), Derek (Tahir Raj Bhasin), Acid (Naveen Polishetty), Mummy (Tushar Pandey), Bevda (Saharsh Kumar Shukla), and others. As the friends regroup in order to be with Anni and Maya in their time of need, distance and time fades away to reveal a treasure trove of memories...

It's a campus comedy/ romance at one level but tackles the serious problem of student suicide on the other. Hundreds of students every year put themselves in the way of harm because of pressure brought in by studies. It's a problem that needs redressal. Communication is one of the key factors here. Despite all the latest means of communication, parents have sort of lost touch with their children. Then, while we do motivate our children towards success, we need to tell them that failure is okay as well. That it's not failure but the fear of failure that one should be vary of. That's the message the film tries to impart and that's the message we need to take to our homes and plant in the fertile hearts and minds of our children.

The film is a mixture of Student Of The Year, 3 Idiots and most campus films you've seen in your life. The hostels are pitted off each other in a set of sporting achievements and Sushant Singh Rajput and friends belong to a hostel which has never won the championship ever. They square off against a hostel whose leader is Raggie (Prateik Babbar), and who have always won it. So they use a mixture of cunning and team building to shorten the odds. The various sport activities are written to bring in the laughs and do their job. One can feel the college spirit seeping through. The various antics of the students inside the hostel also bring in the laughs. Our only complaint is that the students in a premier engineering college are shown to do everything except studying. While the nostalgia portions are nice, the parts where Sushant and Shraddha meet the doctor appear repetitive and hence lose their impact after a while. One realises that the director has been using them as fillers to merge the past with the present. Another minor glitch, if it could be called that, is that there is no conversation about what Sushant and Shraddha's friends are doing currently. We don't get to know how they fared in life. Let alone that, one isn't told why the couple, who were college sweethearts, couldn't sustain their marriage. These gaps could easily have been filled and one wonders why it wasn't the case

Sushant Singh Rajput channels his inner Steve Jobs in his senior avatar. He has a way of underplaying his characters and has co-stars like Tahir Raj Bhasin, Varun Sharma and Prateik Babbar feed off him, thereby adding to the film. He's flawless playing the ambitious student and looks convincing as a dad as well. 

It was nice to see Prateik playing a cocky house captain with a swagger in his walk. He has added to his repertoire with this film.

In fact, the entire ensemble cast  have batted well for the film and have been true to their characters. They do give off a feeling of being die-hard friends. Shraddha Kapoor and Sushant Singh's romance needed to be explored more. They make for a convincing couple for sure. Shraddha has acted well in both avatars but we wish we saw more of her angst and her anger. 

All-in-all, Chhichhore is a well-acted comedy providing plenty of laughs with its one-liners and talks about an important issue as well. What more can one ask for, really?

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‘Chhichhore’ review: Noble thoughts, trite humour

An attempt to normalise failure is lost in anachronistic gags and disjointed narrative.

Updated - September 07, 2019 11:22 am IST

Published - September 07, 2019 11:20 am IST

Kennith Rosario

Back and forth: The flashbacks take place at awkward moments

It’s no secret that Bollywood loves to romanticise college years. Those days of youthful complacency, crude jokes about sex and masturbation, first love, cultural or sports competition that mean the world to you, barely attending lectures and confiding in alcoholism. They are often projected as the best years of one’s lives, eulogised in slow-motion montages of laughter, hugging and pranks. Nitesh Tiwari’s Chhichhore has Arijit Singh’s ‘ Woh Din ’, where the filmmaker uses the same style to evoke nostalgia and capture the ‘good old days’. From Karan Johar’s campus sagas ( Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Student of the Year franchise) to Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots , contemporary Hindi films have also looked at college days in hindsight, when one has aged (not necessarily matured) and settled into their professional and family lives. Tiwari’s film explores a similar time, where the characters look into the past to find comfort in the present.

In Chhichhore , the central characters Annirudh (Sushant Singh Rajput) and Maya (Shraddha Kapoor) are compelled to relive their college days when their son attempts to end his life after failing an entrance exam. The stories of the past are meant to evoke nostalgia and establish the importance of failure. It’s all well-intentioned and imperative in the competitive times (complete with a sagging job market and doddering economy) we live in. But the film works with all possible clichés and stereotypes that have been explored and exploited aplenty already. The classic engineering college humour, which revolves around masturbation, porn magazines, ragging and testosterone-filled jibes like “ behen se jeeta tha ya haarta tha (were you defeated by your sister?)” are stale and ineffective, more so when interspersed with melodrama.

  • Director: Nitesh Tiwari
  • Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma, Prateik Babbar, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Naveen Polishetty, Tushar Pandey, Nalneesh Neel
  • Storyline: Annirudha and Maya reconnect with their college mates when their son attempts to end his life

It’s a commendable idea to contradict the present (where the characters are surrounding a dying child in an ICU) with the past (where the same characters are obsessed with a college championship), to establish failure as a capitalist and industrialised concept. What may seem the most important to you in the moment, the film insists, is actually inconsequential in the long run. An antithesis of Tiwari’s previous outing, Dangal , which hailed victory, Chhichhore normalises failure, by deceptively using the traditional build-up of underdogs-who-win narrative. The thoughts are noble and humour is an apt carrier to communicate it. But Chhichhore ’s humour (besides being anachronistic and stale) is unable to salvage a long-winding narrative that cramps in morals, melodrama and ‘observational’ humour. Besides Kapoor, the film has no women of consequence, which is justified as a reality in engineering college hostels. Fair enough. But the lack of women also reflects the brand of (teenage boy) humour one can expect. There are a few one-line descriptions (mostly delivered by Varun Sharma), which evoke laughter but the gags are clumsily executed. The ‘punch’ (even in physical comedy) is either too late, predictable or hackneyed. To make it worse, the flashbacks take place at awkward moments, switching rapidly between lighted-heartedness and melodrama.

This b ack-and-forth narrative rests heavily on change of costume, facial appearance and body language. It’s amusing to see what age does to some characters (like a timid nerd acquires an American accent). Actors like Tahir Raj Bhasin, Naveen Polishetty, Tushar Pandey and Saharsh Kumar Shukla are on point as various peculiar personalities. But the characters in themselves rarely deviate from the stereotypes we have seen aplenty. So Chhichhore can either be enjoyed as a regurgitation of jokes, stories and characters (much like how we repeat our college stories for the hundredth time at a party) or demand to be surprised, even in the realm of nostalgia. I vote for the latter.

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Chhichhore movie review: All about losers this time!

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Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma, Tushar Pandey, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Naveen Polishetty Director: Nitesh Tiwary

We all know that if one is studious and serious about lectures, then college is painfully stale, and mostly unfunny, and I can’t think of a single reason why you should sit through such tedious classes? But there’s another side to it too. College friendships and romances are so much enjoyable, and never go out of vogue, and films focusing on themes revolving around all the camaraderie and bonhomie seldom go wrong. In such narratives, some shenanigans go down, and everyone has a wacky time too. At least, if the writing is good, and the characters don’t go over the top, it can be a fun watch, for sure. Nitesh Tiwary’s second directorial after Dangal, Chhichhore follows the story of a group of friends from engineering college and progresses into their middle-age life with dollops of jokes thrown in that are mostly culled from the lives of many youngsters in professional colleges. The premise is certainly sound — four college buddies reuniting some two decades later not just to reinforce their strong bonds, but to help one of the affected among them tide over a crisis. That it jumps into an area with sudden sentimentality infuses it with an egregiously unconcealed and thin sensibility that goes on to eventually remove some of its few positive attributes. To be fair, the trio of writers Piyush Gupta, Nikhil Mehrotra and Tiwary himself do give you more than a glimpse of the way small-town boys (there aren’t too many girls seen on such campuses) and some coming-of-age young men normally behave. But with only a few genuinely funny, some accidental laughs and a dash of half-hearted sincerity.

As it starts off on a college campus where students are seen having midnight fun splashing bucketful of water at one another, the film seems settling in for a comic caper. Soon, though, it takes a time leap where one of the four friends, Ani or Anirudh (Sushant Singh Rajput), is seen as a middle-aged single father and is in his home where he lives with his teenaged son Raghav (Mohammad Samad). As it touches upon the age-old fear of teenagers being “losers” that has afflicted them from time to time, it becomes rather too ambitious as we learn about Ani and his divorced wife Maya (Shraddha Kapoor) being great in their respective academic careers.

When all the college friends are informed about Ani’s son Raghav being critically ill in a hospital after he failed his engineering entrance exam and tried to commit suicide, it’s time for all of them Sexa (Varun Sharma), Mummy (Tushar Pandey), Acid (Naveen Polishetty), Bevda (Saharsh Kumar Shukla) and Derek (Tahir Raj Bhasin) to get together and lend their emotional support. And so they begin telling of their past that centres on the silly jokes, the slow and steady lifelong friendships, a bit of romance, watching porn and guzzling beer.

A bedridden, bandaged and virtually incapacitated Raghav battling for life keenly listens to the detailed sessions as one by one his father and his father’s buddies narrate incidents that go on to prove that each one of them had vices and thus, were dumped into H4 hostel which was meant only for all the losers who came last in the college competition named GC General Championships. Raghav is all ears even as doctors attending to him keep reminding the parents that he continues to be critical and needs to be operated upon yet again. After being fed up with the stigma of failure, the losers are bent upon proving their true potential of being of some worth, and promise to try their best 30 sports. Obviously, they wish to rewrite their own fate, and decide to alter the narrative. While the flashbacks continue to take you back, many of the present day crisis and other dilemmas in the present are shown as parallels juxtaposed to demonstrate and substantiate a point — that losing is not the end of the world. Neither is losing in life an assurance of remaining a loser permanently.

Chhichhore is the kind of film where it’s the characters (and not necessarily the actors) which rise above the script that tends to be repetitive, or not too subtle, and often runs out of any freshness to deal with its overall objective. Maybe Tiwary wanted to do a 3 Idiots that became such a cult film in its time on the subject of youth who want to do what they truly want to do. Though later we do see some of these “losers” discussing grand plans in their boardroom meetings, this is one film that doesn’t give us winners — it has mostly losers who are always seeking attention and are desperate failures. It does looks relatable for many of us on that count.

Singh has had a successful run at the box office, but needs to grow as an actor if he wants to stay longer. As the forty-something father, neither his prosthetic look nor his sudden quiet and sober act is impressive. Kapoor has little to do, save to look cute in college, and attractively appealing as a middle-aged mama. She doesn’t have anything funny to do either.

Bolstering the futile obsessive mania of the students to excel in academics as the underlying message, or that being ordinary is not a crime, the film goes on to have its spotlight on sports as an alternative in some way. And when eventually, nearly all of them become hugely successful corporate guys, it also tries to convey that outshining other students in school or college by coming out trumps is not a certification for future success as well.

All the other actors in the supporting cast have far to do with some memorable lines for you to chuckle on. Sharma as the sex-obsessed Sexa nails some of the adult jokes with elan. By the way, there are quite a few double meaning words and sexual innuendos that are bound to have the audience laughing out riotously. What failed to move me was the lack of emotional investment on the part of the actors, mainly the lead stars, who seem to be mouthing lines only from the outside but not with any far reaching intensity. Ani’s emotional belief that the friends’ storytelling would actually heal his son battling for life may be novel but will be pooh poohed in the medical fraternity. Some of the jokes are juvenile, while some look typical of any professional college — one-liners, pranks and wisecracks (mostly by Sharma) are very amusing too.

The saviour in the film — as I mentioned before — in the 145-minute film that dodges and weaves through many clichés and familiar tropes — is that some of the characters are played by decent actors.

Arnab Banerjee

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Chhichhore Review: A Campus Comedy Wrapped In A Yarn Of Friendship And Failure

Chhichhore is an emotional roller coaster of the nostalgia, real-life struggles, college romance, ragging, competition, fights and all wrapped cautiously in a yarn of friendship..

movie review of chhichhore in english

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Ten years ago when '3 Idiots' happened we got a balanced dose of reality and expectation when three non-conformist engineering students questioned outmoded practices, choosing to live life on his own terms and chartering new roads that consciously skirt the rat race. Switch back to 2019 and we have the same backdrop, a larger set of friends who revisit their college lives (hostel to be precise) to counsel an ambitious child on the hospital bed that there is a thin life between losers and winners and the journey of life is indeed more important than the destination.   Chhichhore is an emotional roller coaster of the nostalgia, real-life struggles, college romance, ragging, competition, fights and all wrapped cautiously in a yarn of friendship.    Nitesh Tiwari’s movie starts with a nervous JEE aspirant reeling under the pressure of rank holder parents, desperate to make his cut at the entrance exam so much that it drives him to the edge. What we expect and see is a bunch of engineering students and their journey from being losers to eager beaver who chooses not let results judge their efforts coming back together after 20 years to preach what they learnt the hard way.   Sushant Singh Rajput (Annirudh) and Shraddha Kapoor (Maya) play a divorced couple, and they have a reunion of sorts with their college buddies, though in rather unwanted circumstances.   The screenplay takes a trip down memory lane through hostel corridors, library, sports grounds and canteen conversations and an annual sports competition that determines the climax of the movie and is quite realised.   Many of the scenarios are outright hilarious – like the in which a student is made to write cheer and chants using effigies of professors, one in which the alcoholic friend is thrashed during a train journey or the one in which a "senior performs pole dance with a “freshy” perform a pole dance.    Clever puns, one-liners, some genuinely funny jokes and great performances by assorted cast overpowers Chicchoore even when the plot appears unrealistic especially when Sushant Singh Rajput (Anni) attempts to heal an unconscious mind with the art of storytelling and it works more than real medicines or the ‘loser’s team smart antics like sledging or faking injury during tournament getting unnoticed by the team of bad boys till the final day. Even more unrealistic is the receding hairlines of all of the cast and Shraddha’s long tresses with a few grey stands, maybe the reason why Sexa (Varun Sharma) saying ‘abhi bhi demand main hai’   In spite of a few hiccups, Chhichhore manages to shine with its comic timings that are at a borderline of slapstick humour.   Sushant Singh Rajput delivers a master performance first as a college Romeo and then as a single parent grappling with a broken marriage and trying his best to be a cool dad, and not without Chhichhore's supporting characters. Varun Sharma as Sexa, the porn-obsessed good-at-heart cutie will keep you entertained even at few drag moments in the film. Tahir Raj Bhasin Derek, the intense, brooding senior who's been trying to cut off the tag of a 'loser' since the past three years has a Shah Rukh Khan hangover that you cannot ignore. Naveen Polishetty as Acid, the angry dude always at the brink of burping out slang shines in a role that seems to be tailer-made for him. Saharsh Kumar Shukla as Bevda, and Tushar Pandey as Mummy although did not have much to do yet accomplishes in bringing utmost sincerity in their flawed characters. Special mention to Pratiek Babbar who plays the antagonist with aplomb (how we wish we'd get to see him more often on screen)!   Once again, Nitesh Tiwari deserves applauds for managing to extract such performances from the huge cast and not messing up like took many cooks to a broth!   Shraddha Kapoor like always had little to do apart from being a love interest, an audience and then a supporting wife and an anxious mother. Her appearance is the movie as Sexa puts it is like ‘a Haley's comet’ and so is her romance with Anni. Shraddha as Maya’s character arc is as underdeveloped as her dressing, from midi dresses in 20s to cotton saris, salwars at his 40s, a sloppy work of styling department.   Pritam’s music and background score by Sameer Uddin fails to make a score. There is not a single track that lingers after you come out of the hall. However, introducing a song like Fikar Not in the end credits is a refreshing change from the high-pitched party numbers.   Nitesh Tiwari clearly knows how to set up battles, churn emotions, nail biting moments in the sports field - he proved that in his last film, Dangal, and proves it again here. He embarks on a tried and tested formula but does it with self-assurance so much so that even when at parts the movie gets preachy like when a friend called his kid to advice him not obsess about excelling at term exams for a bike, it doesn't appear over archaic.   The often-heard message of, life is a journey about struggles and not results is not the takeaway of the film. It's about its characters who have their moments of glory and shortcomings. In them, you'll likely find traces and memories of your youth and meet all kinds of friends, the angry one, the horny one, the alcoholic one and the mamma’s boy. Even with its predictable plotline and moralizing tendencies, it managed to keep a broad smile smeared on my face throughout and so it will for you.  

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Chhichhore Movie Review: Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar Meets 3 Idiots Meets Student of the Year

Director:  Nitesh Tiwari

Cast:  Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma, Naveen Polishetty

What were your college days like? Mine were a blur of bad jokes, glorious friendships, heady romances, illicit pastimes and mostly forgettable lectures despite which, somehow we came away with an education.  Chhichhore  encapsulates all of this. Director Nitesh Tiwari creates a cocktail of nostalgia, relationships, family drama and on-the-nose messaging that wobbles precariously but eventually it lands. You walk away wanting to be friends with some of these characters – especially Varun Sharma's Sexa, who I think deserves his own spin-off film. In college, Sexa is called 'Hawas ka papita' and Varun nails this lovely phrase with his wonderfully louche expressions. He delivers one of the film's best lines – "Engineering life main do cheezein sabse important hain – brain aur bunty." Bunty of course being your privates. But when we see Sexa as a grown up, he's sitting in London discussing global trends. I want to know how that happened.

Also Read: Nitesh Tiwari On Trying To Reinvent The College Film With Chhichhore And Living Up To The Success Of Dangal

The one-line pitch for  Chhichhore  would be Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar  meets 3 Idiots meets Student of the Year . College friends reunite because one of them is facing a crisis – Anni's son Raghav is in hospital, fighting for his life. To bolster his spirits, they start to recount their time together when they were engineering students, living in the H4 hostel. The H4 boys were unanimously dubbed losers because the hostel always came last in the General Championship – a college competition in which 10 hostels competed in 30 sports over 2 months. But these losers decide that they will change the narrative. The screenplay ping-pongs between college days and present crisis – the journeys mirror each other, down to the dialogue. So when one character says something in the hospital, the retort comes in a scene in the past because the situations are so similar in spirit. And vice-versa.

The writers Piyush Gupta, Nikhil Mehrotra and Nitesh stitch the screenplay like a tapestry. It's clever but too neat. And it gets predictable very quickly. It doesn't help that the scenarios in the film aren't new. We've seen all of this before – the nerdy losers versus the more entitled and affluent bullies, the good-natured ragging, the canteen romances, the bonding that creates a family. There is little in terms of craft to dazzle you. The music by Pritam is passable but not sticky.  And the film, even when dealing with issues like ragging or the pressure to achieve, stays in a sanitized space – there is calamity but no darkness. Despite the obvious bumps, what keeps  Chhichhore  afloat is the sincerity in its messaging, the characters and the performances.

Also Read: I Write Stories For Myself Because No One's Writing Anything For A Guy Like Me In The Industry: Naveen Polishetty

We've all known guys like this – Acid (Naveen Polishetty), the boy who can't speak without swearing, Derek (Tahir Raj Bhasin) the jaded senior, Bevda (Saharsh Kumar), who is basically Devdas without the angst.  He's always drunk. And my favorite Mummy (Tushar Pandey) who embodies better than anyone else the awkwardness and vulnerability of youth. Sushant Singh Rajput as Anni and Shraddha Kapoor as Maya don't blend into the surroundings as easily as the others.  He's too confident and she's too lacquered. But they make up for this in their older avatars. Though Shraddha struggles with an underwritten role – Maya seems sour even before they are struck by tragedy. But Sushant blossoms into the father struggling to make right his relationship with his son. His climatic monologue hits home.The prosthetics aren't bad though did all of them need to have receding hairlines?

These actors and characters hold together the flimsy plot. Nitesh, Nikhil and Piyush also don't let the jokes sag. Pay attention to the supporting characters – like the guy in charge of student accommodation and the hostel cook. Each face is a find. The one-liners keep coming so that even when the film tests your patience – and let me assure you that it does, the championship games especially are over-stretched – you keep rooting for these people to succeed.

Also Read: How To Crack The Bollywood Sports Film

Especially for Raghav, played by Mohammad Samad. He looks like a dark-eyed, older version of Jugal Hansraj from Masoom .  You know what that means.  Basically, he grabs your affection from the first scene and doesn't let go. He's earnest and heartbreakingly sweet. We want to believe that once upon a time, we were all as unspoiled.

Chhichhore  allows us to revisit that first flush of youth. The film never matches the the inspired grunge vibe of In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones (1989) or the magic of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar . But it's a satisfying journey back to woh din!

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Chhichhore Reviews

movie review of chhichhore in english

It may be a film about losers but Chhichhore is a winner.

Full Review | Oct 4, 2019

The movie begins as a rambunctious college campus comedy, quickly moves into the sentimental family drama zone, returns for the fun and games, shifts back into tear-jerking territory, and finally runs out of breath with only some ambitions realised.

Full Review | Sep 10, 2019

Strains to be an inspirational comedy tear-jerker (Bollywood-wise, a reasonable genre) but mostly seems programmatic and timid.

Full Review | Sep 8, 2019

movie review of chhichhore in english

It failed to leave any kind of lasting impact, which is unfortunate...

Full Review | Sep 6, 2019

movie review of chhichhore in english

The one-liners keep coming so that even when the film tests your patience - and let me assure you that it does - you keep rooting for these people to succeed.

When the film cuts to the present, the characters who seemed likeable a few scenes ago turn insipid and boring.

All-in-all, Chhichhore is a well-acted comedy providing plenty of laughs with its one-liners and talks about an important issue as well. What more can one ask for, really?

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 6, 2019

It tells you that the journey is far more important than the destination and that losing is as critical a life lesson as winning. The film scores high on many accounts and is certainly worth watching.

A must-watch with your college friends, Chhichhore is relatable and relevant. Watch it for its uncomplicated screenplay, gripping narrative and some stellar performances that leave you in stitches.

movie review of chhichhore in english

There are too many draggy patches in between, the acting is inconsistent, and the somewhat superficial messaging adds nothing to the "what matters is that you tried" line we have heard before.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.75/5 | Sep 6, 2019

movie review of chhichhore in english

The humour in Chhichhore is so organic that one can forgive the film's contrivances.

movie review of chhichhore in english

Nitesh Tiwari's Chhichhore is a pleasant entertainer elevated by the strength of its supporting cast. It's also an unabashed acknowledgement of male failure.

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Rajeev Masand

The film is all about its characters, frankly, and the hoops they're made to jump. In them you'll likely find traces and memories of your own youth. I'm going with three-and-a-half out of five for Chhichhore; it's good, harmless fun. I had a big smile plastered on my face throughout, and I think you will too.

Anupama Chopra

The one-liners keep coming so that even when the film tests your patience – and let me assure you that it does – you keep rooting for these people to succeed

With a very confused idea about who is a ‘Loser’ or what it means to be one, and a very fixed, ‘3 Idiots’, template on making a crowd-pleasing college-life film, director/co-writer Nitesh Tiwari follows up on his super-successful Dangal with a disappointingly average Chhichhore.

Hindustan Times

A must-watch with your college friends, Chhichhore is relatable and relevant. Watch it for its uncomplicated screenplay, gripping narrative and some stellar performances that leave you in stitches.

Sukanya Verma

The outcome may be predictable but that’s exactly the Chhichhore philosophy -- savour the journey and not worry about getting anywhere.  

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‘Chhichhore’ has a relevant message on the inherent attitude towards academic success and failure that will connect with many youngsters and parents of today. It tells you that the journey is far more important than the destination and that losing is as critical a life lesson as winning. The film scores high on many accounts and is certainly worth watching.

DNA Web Team

Book yourself a date with these Chhichhoras this week and go on a nostalgia trip, while learning a thing or two about life!

Koimoi Team

A Delightful Film To Go & Watch With Old Best Friends...Chhichhore takes you down the memory lane and lets you relive that unforgettable but lost time for a while.

Chhichhore is a one-time watch and is for those who are are still hung up on their college life. But it is no 3 Idiots. You might want to call your college buddies after the film.

Bollywood Hungama News Network

CHHICHHORE is a decent entertainer that has its share of entertaining and touching scenes. At the box office, it will be liked by its target audience – the youth and the families. However it will require a positive word of mouth to sustain and excel.

Mayank Shekhar

Chhichhore is the sort of film that we can all add to, with our own versions of the same story -- a user-generated series, if you like. This has the makings of one.

Anna MM Vetticad

The writing of Chhichhore is so lacking in depth, and the direction so passionless, it is hard to believe it has been brought to us by the same person who made Dangal. Despite its sporadic bursts of humour, Chhichhore comes across as a half-hearted enterprise.

While at times highly predictable, not many could deny that this journey of these Chhichhoras to the finals wasn't a fun, if uneven, ride. With a bit more attention to the writing, this film could've differentiated itself from the crowd with its game cast and setting. Presently, it makes for a good one time watch but not much more.

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Chhichhore is a film that leaves you with a huge smile on your face. It is heart-warming and introspective. You will enjoy irrespective of whether you ever lived in a hostel or not. This should be on your must watch list for September.

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The tropes of campus films abound, yet the humour in Chhichhore is so organic and the characters so particular, you feel like a member of the crowd hoping Hostel 4’s strategy makes them champions. It’s almost enough to make you overlook the present day prosthetics and script conveniences that lean heavily on the kind of Bollywood melodrama one is not nostalgic about.

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What also does the film good is that it walks the talk in its story. That it goes all “meta” on us by being just about ordinary is a call for us to be more accepting of failure. After all, in its own way, it is a love letter to its younger self. And no such letter can be called outright bad.

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Tejas Nair

Nitesh Tiwari's Chhichhore (Loafers), although looks and is like old wine in a new bottle, is like a breath of fresh air in Hindi cinema not because it makes you laugh and takes you back to the good old college days but because it has been written with the social responsibility of teaching today's generation that life goes on. TN.

Shashwat Sisodia

'Chhichhore', a few contrivances and clichés aside, is a very enjoyable, mostly amazing entertainment. While the story transitions from the nostalgia to the present, it makes important points about fear and bullying and friendship and falling relationships. It never finds comfort in the familiar. Above anything, 'Chhichhore' does submit everything, including the story, to the screens. It is not 'Dangal' kind of entertainment. But it has the same energy, and it is a masterclass on how to make a movie equal parts brilliant and mainstream. These friends keep you watching from start to finish. I hae never seen such an elevation in Hindi cinema. I kept me smiling.

'Chhichhore', a few contrivances and clichés aside, is a very enjoyable, mostly amazing entertainment. While the story transitions from the nostalgia to the present, it makes important points about fear and bullying and friendship and falling relationships. It never finds comfort in the familiar. Above anything, 'Chhichhore' does submit everything, including the story, to the screens. It is not 'Dangal' kind of entertainment. But it has the same energy, and it is a masterclass on how to make a movie equal parts brilliant and mainstream.

Yusuf Abidin

After a gigantic success with Dangal, Nitesh Tiwari brings us this nostalgic film about a group of hostel friends who reunite with an unfortunate incident and remember the good old days, for good. This is not just a funny film but also an important film which deals with something which is rarely discussed (no spoilers intended). The film is loaded with extremely funny one-liners (Varun steals the show here) and performances that you’ll love to watch with your ‘Chhichhores” and feel good about yourselves”

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Chhichhore Movie Review: This Sushant-Shraddha Film Is A Dose Of Inspiration For Your Bleak Days!

Nitesh tiwari draws inspiration from his own experience as a student at iit bombay and weaves a story which is laced with emotions, humour and an important life-lesson, recommended video.

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'We all have our plans ready for the journey after being successful at something. But nobody ever talks about how to deal with failures,' says Ani (Sushant Singh Rajput) and breaks down. His teenaged son Raghav is battling between life and death in the hospital after a suicide attempt as he failed to crack the engineering entrance exam. Nitesh Tiwari's Chhichhore borrows heavily from the real world.

Aniruddh aka Ani (Sushant Singh Rajput)'s world comes crashing down after his son attempts to kill himself post failing to clear an exam. When the dejected kid gives up all hope to live, Ani sends a distress call to his closest buddies from his engineering days.

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Together with his estranged wife Maya (Shraddha Kapoor) and his best buddies, he walks down the memory lane and narrates to his son how they were a gang of 'losers' who would always put their brave chin up in every tough situation.

We are introduced to Ani's engineering days. Smart, charming and the one who has a solution to every problem, our hero is every girl's dream boy. His gang includes porn-addict Sexa (Varun Sharma), foul-mouthed Acid (Navin Polishetty), perpetually-high Bevda ((Saharsh Shukla), geek Mummy (Tushar Pandey) and 'sab ka baap' Derek (Tahir Raj Bhasin).

Often ridiculed as 'losers' on the campus, these boys from Hostel 4 realise that the only way to get rid of this tag is to win the college sports championship. But, it wouldn't be an easy feat. Especially when their opponents are the boys from Hostel 10 led by the tough bully Raggie (Prateik Babbar).

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As the film oscillates between the past and the present, the group's unlikely reunion changes Raghav's perspective towards life.

Nitesh Tiwari draws inspiration from his own experiences as a student at IIT Bombay and weaves a story which is laced with emotions, humour and an important life-lesson! While certain portions might remind you of Aamir Khan's '3 Idiots', it's Tiwari's treatment to the plot which lends a distinct flavour to the story-telling.

Even though there are many characters in the film, the director makes sure that each one of them gets their shining moment. On the flip side, 'Chhichore' stumbles a bit when it comes to the writing in the serious present. A few repetitive scenes take some charm off.

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Speaking about the performances, Sushant Singh Rajput is a crackler when it comes to his hostel sequences. However, the actor looks a tad uncomfortable when it comes to portraying the older Ani. Shraddha Kapoor makes the most of her role and looks strikingly beautiful in every frame.

Varun Sharma makes you laugh with his impeccable comic-timing and hilarious liners. Naveen Polishetty makes a smashing Bollywood debut. Tushar Panday too leaves you in splits with his innocent act. Saharsh Shukla, Tahir Raj Bhasin and Prateik Babbar pull off their roles well.

Amalendu Chowdhary's cinematography is on point and perfectly captures both the time frames. Charu Shree Roy's editing goes well with the film.

The songs in 'Chhichhore' lend some beautiful moments. However, it's 'Fikar Not' which stands apart from the rest.

'Success is not final; failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts'. Nitesh Tiwari needs to be applauded for taking up this subject which is relevant in every walk of life. Some heart-tugging moments, plenty of 'haha' and an important life-lesson makes 'Chhichhore' an entertaining watch. I am going with 3.5 stars.

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CHHICHHORE is the story of ‘loser’ friends trying to become winners and learning some important lessons on the way. Annirudh Pathak aka Anni (Sushant Singh Rajput) is a middle-aged man residing in Mumbai with his son Raghav (Mohammad Samad) after divorcing his wife Maya (Shraddha Kapoor). Raghav is under immense ...  pressure as he has just given the entrance exams for engineering. Both his parents were rankers when they gave the entrance examination. As a result, Raghav is feeling the pressure tremendously. Anni however is confident that he’ll make it. Finally, the result is out and sadly, Raghav fails to make the cut. Scared that he’ll be labelled a loser all his life, he attempts to commit suicide by jumping from a high rise. He survives but the doctor treating him, Dr Kasbekar (Shishir Sharma) makes it clear that the chances of him recovering are slim. Anni is obviously heartbroken and with no option in hand, he decides to adopt a novel method to ensure that Raghav gets the will to live. He starts narrating him his story as an engineering student in Mumbai’s National College of Technology. He’s allotted a room in Hostel no 4 aka H4, considered to be the residence of the ‘Losers’. At first, Anni is flabbergasted with the kind of characters in H4. But slowly, he becomes good friends with some of them like Gurmeet Singh Dhillon aka Sexa (Varun Sharma), Acid (Navin Polishetty), Sundar aka Mummy (Tushar Pandey), Bevda (Saharsh Kumar Shukla) and Derek (Tahir Raj Bhasin). The number of girls in engineering is negligible and the most popular among them is Maya (Shraddha Kapoor). Anni manages to woo her and they soon start dating. However, Anni and others are still called ‘Losers’ and there’s a reason for it. The General Championship aka GC is a sports tournament that takes place annually in the college. The students of H4 always lose miserably and are the last among the ten hostels. Hence, the ‘Loser’ tag. Raggie (Prateik Babbar) from H3 is a champion who wants all the winning students from other hostels to be in his hostel so that H3 can win the GC. He invites Anni, since the latter is a basketball champion. But Anni refuses, thereby earning the wrath of Raggie. Anni and others from H4 decide to shed the tag of ‘Loser’ once and for all by winning the H4. However, the road to the trophy is full of hurdles. Cut to present-day. Raghav’s condition stops deteriorating after listening to the story of the ‘Losers’ but there’s no improvement either. What happens next, in the flashback as well as in the present day, forms the rest of the film.

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4 Years of Chhichhore: Director Nitesh Tiwari says, “I feel humbled and grateful for the continued love of our people”

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Chhichhore China Box Office: Sushant Singh Rajput starrer has a dismal Week 1; collects 2.07 mil. USD [Rs. 15.31 cr.]

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Chhichhore Box Office: Sushant Singh Rajput starrer Chhichhore collects 1.7 mil. USD [Rs. 12.60 cr.] in its opening weekend at the China Box Office

Chhichhore Box Office: Sushant Singh Rajput starrer Chhichhore becomes the 16th highest opening weekend grosser at China box office

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Friendship Day 2024: 5 Bollywood Movies to Relive Unforgettable Bonds!

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Friendship Day: A look at some Hindi movies that depict bond with buddies beautifully. (File photos)

Friendship Day: A look at some Hindi movies that depict bond with buddies beautifully. (File photos)

Friendship Day 2024: Consider spending time with your buddies by binge-watching films based on friends’ endearing bond.

Spending time with friends is nothing short of therapy. Every time we reunite with our friends, we are stepping back into the past, reliving cherished moments. This year, take a distinctive approach to celebrate Friendship Day. Consider spending time with your buddies by binge-watching films based on friends’ endearing bond.

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To help out, we highlight some iconic Bollywood movies that, over the years, portrayed the bond of friendship in the most authentic way. As we celebrate Friendship Day today, on August 4, let’s take a look at some films that depict bond with buddies beautifully.

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)

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The Ayan Mukerji-directorial beautifully portrays the many dynamics of friendship. Produced by Karan Johar, the film focuses on four friends who drift apart due to life’s responsibilities. Their journey of reconciliation and cherishing the joyous reunion amid heartbreaks and emotions will make you remember your buddies on a special day.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)

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In this film, three childhood friends set out on a soul-stirring adventure, exploring various aspects of life. This heartfelt tale of friendship showcases how each of the three protagonists rediscovers the connection, reminiscent of many real-life friendships. Further, the way they navigate through their inner demons strikes a chord with the audience’s heart.

Dil Chahta Hai (2001)

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The Aamir Khan-starrer is a portrayal of self-discovery, with Akash, Sameer and Siddharth trying to understand the basic concept of life. While Sameer is a non-believer in love, Sameer always appears to be ‘ready’ for love, but knows nothing about it. Siddharth is the most unique among them and is the most sombre. The beautiful story of friendship and changing dynamics is a must watch on friendship day.

Uunchai (2022)

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Uunchai, directed by Sooraj Barjatya, stars Amitabh Bachchan, Boman Irani, Anupam Kher and Parineeti Chopra in the key roles. The intriguing plot witnesses three retired pals on a trek to Everest Base Camp to grant their dying friend’s final desire. Neena Gupta also plays a pivotal role in the film.

Chhichhore (2019)

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Featuring the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, Chhichhore takes us back to our college days as a group of friends reunite after many years to support a dear friend’s son as he attempts to commit suicide. Through a series of flashbacks, we are taken through their journey from being carefree hostel mates to dealing with the struggles of life. Co-starring Shraddha Kapoor, the film is a celebration of the enduring bond of friendship and the invaluable life lessons.

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A pair of proudly Irish-speaking lads stump for their marginalized native language when they become underground rappers in the box-bursting, enjoyable “Kneecap.” That’s also the name of the real-life West Belfast outfit whose origin story — juiced for maximum political energy and comedic verve by writer-director Rich Peppiatt — makes for a tub-thumping, fist-pumping good time.

Sure, Naoise Ó Caireallain, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, and JJ Ó Dochartaigh — known respectively under their rap monikers Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara and DJ Próvaí — could have gone the traditional documentary route, charting their rise from defiant West Belfasters to internationally recognized cultural heroes. But where’s the fun in one more interviews-and-clips movie when you can instead play yourselves and forge your own remix of “A Hard Day’s Night” or “The Harder They Come,” flecked with a little bit of “The Commitments” to boot?

Mo Chara, left, DJ Próvai and Móglaí Bap in 'Kneecap.’

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Growing up “cease-fire babies” in the wake of the Good Friday Agreement but still feeling the youthful despair of oppressive Unionist rule, childhood besties Naoise (Ó Caireallain) and Liam Óg (Ó Hannaidh) take to heart what Naoise’s dad, Arlo (Michael Fassbender), a car-bombing legend in the IRA, used to instill in them: “Every word of Irish spoken is a bullet for Irish freedom.”

Arlo, though, is absent and presumed dead, and Naoise’s mom (Simone Kirby) has become a shut-in. And while the movement to legitimize the Irish language in Northern Ireland gathers steam, Naoise and Liam Óg are little more than clubgoing miscreants just trying to get drugs to either take or sell.

When Liam Óg gets arrested and refuses to speak English to his interrogating officer, mild-mannered music teacher JJ (Ó Dochartaigh) reluctantly steps in to translate. What he finds in the detainee’s rambling journal of his sex-drugs-kick-the-Brits-out lifestyle is the kind of rough poetry that’s only a beat track away from being a rebellious new form of hip-hop.

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With the two friends drawn to the notion, and JJ agreeing to hide in plain sight as their tricolor-balaclava-wearing DJ (there’s wonderful irony in a militant mask helping this guy keep his respectable day job), the newly formed trio goes from impudent pub-stage oddity to community firestorm. As Kneecap’s outspoken music and ketamine-fueled antics give their listeners a pulsating new reason to learn (and protect) their home language, the group also finds itself a fresh target for authorities — including the Republicans’ own self-policing paramilitaries — who find their influence worrisome.

Music-filled and spikily edited, “Kneecap” finds rude wit and edge to underscore its needle-drop righteousness; that it sustains its level so exuberantly is remarkable, especially considering how hit-and-miss these self-mythologizing projects often are. The performances are a punchy combination of skilled and personality-driven, with the appealing Ó Dochartaigh the likeliest candidate of the main trio to land more acting gigs. In all, director Peppiatt (who is, funnily enough, British) is a savvy ringmaster of the story strands, acting styles, tones and his stylistic flourishes, which call to mind the freewheeling zest of “Trainspotting”-era Danny Boyle.

It’s rousing and never tiresome. Peppiatt not only makes drug humor seem joyfully silly again, but treats Irish patriotism as a tempting high worth celebrating; there’s a tough and satiric love at play. Inside the beating rebel heart of “Kneecap” is a bruising comedy of manners — it’s as emotionally attuned to the divides between people on the same side as it is gloriously cheeky about the kinky attraction Liam Óg has for British squeeze Georgia (Jessica Reynolds).

Every Irish speaker in “Kneecap” wants to be seen, felt and heard in their fight for freedom. That funny, funky riot of attention-seeking pain and pleasure, inspired by the pioneering voices of American hip-hop, makes for a bracing, entertaining transatlantic dispatch.

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Cooper : Psst! Cooper.

Vendor : Jamie.

Cooper : What's with all the police trucks outside and the cameras everywhere, Jamie?

Vendor : I'm not supposed to tell.

Cooper : Something happening?

Vendor : Don't rat me out.

Cooper : I won't.

Vendor : You know the Butcher? That freakin' nutjob that goes around just chopping people up? Well, the feds or whatever heard that he's gonna be here today, so they set up a trap for him. This whole concert? It's a trap. They're watching all the exits, checking everyone that leaves. There's no way to get out of here. It's kinda dope, right?

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