Robert Zemeckis’ 1994 romantic comedyForrest Gump现在，其印地语改编版本的形式为“Laal Singh Chaddha”!主演的Bollywood’s veteran superstarAamir Khanin the titular role ofLaal Singh Chaddha, this romantic comedy-drama has been produced by Aamir Khan himself and directed byAdvait Chandan. It theatrically released worldwide on August 11, 2022.

Laal Singh Chaddhais the verbalization of Forrest Gump’s musings on life, morality, and destiny. This in fact isBollywood’s “energized” remake ofForrest Gumpwhich conveyed matters in a soft and unspoken manner.

Laal Singh Chaddha (2022) Synopsis:

If you are already familiar with the story ofForrest Gumpwhich released in 1994, I need not narrate this movie’s plot to you because it is entirely the same! Even the scenes showcased in this movie are exactly similar to those inForrest Gump, and have been sequenced in a similar pattern. The only difference is that the role ofTom Hanks已由Aamir Khan,and Robin Wright’s role has been played byKareena Kapoor.

通过Laal Singh Chaddha的观点，您将在整部电影中体验到印度历史上的活动。洛尔·辛格（Laal Singh）恰好是一个昏暗的人，对情感有很好的了解。他唯一的愿望是与他的童年迷恋Rupa团聚，他是宝莱坞挣扎的女演员。Will Laal Singh的命运使他能够与Rupa团聚，这是故事的基础。

Laal Singh Chaddha (2022) Official Trailer:

The Good:

Beautiful Cinematography

Laal Singh Chaddhahas a wonderful cinematography done by Satyajit Pande. The film has been shot across different locations in India, and some of the locations and their landscapes are breathtaking. The backgrounds and landscapes are so beautiful that you would agree to the fact that their picturization is similar to that of a picture postcard!

Heart-Touching Yet Funny Dialogues

If you do not understand the Punjabi language, the dialogues ofLaal Singh Chaddha不会吸引你,因为许多对话movie are in Punjabi. So here, I will narrate some heart-touching yet funny Punjabi dialogues from this movie and translate them to English.

电影中令人鼓舞的对话是“ Dil changa te sab changa”的意思是：“如果您内心充满活力，一切都会变得活跃”。另一个有趣的人说：“ Meri Mummy Kahati Thi Ki Zindagi Golgappe Jaisi Hondi Hain。PET PAYHI PARJAWE，MANN NAHI BARTA！”这意味着：“我的母亲曾经说过生活就像是高尔加帕（一种印度小吃）。即使您充分吃饭，您的渴望仍然仍然存在。”

A very thought-provoking dialogue from this movie is, “Mummy Kahati Thi Ki Har Ek Ki Apni Taqdeer Hondi Hain, Ki Sara Kuch Likhiya Honda Hain” meaning, “My mother used to say that every person has his or her own destiny, which is predetermined”. These dialogues where Laal Singh remembers his mother’s words also showcase his everlasting affection for his deceased mother.

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A Mindlessly Adapted Screenplay

Laal Singh Chaddhais the official Hindi remake of Hollywood’s 1994 romantic comedy Forrest Gump featuringTom Hanks. The Indian adaptation of the screenplay has been written byAtul Kulkarni. Kulkarni has also written the dialogues for this film.

The screenplay ofLaal Singh Chaddha已经高度伸展了。Forrest Agump的2小时20分钟的剧本已经扩展了，可以通过添加额外的场景来覆盖2小时40分钟的时间。因此，当Forrest Gump作为一部浪漫喜剧如此无聊，那么如何以Laal Singh Chaddha的形式忍受它的扩展版本呢？在福雷斯特·阿甘（Forrest Gump）中，如果福雷斯特（Forrest）（Tom Hanks) met his crush Jenny (Robin Wright) one time then inLaal Singh Chaddha, Laal Singh (Aamir Khan）遇到他的爱人rupa（Kareena Kapoor) five times. In Forrest Gump if Tom Hanks ran with a football one time, here Aamir Khan runs with a football ten times! In short, the screenplay of Forrest Gump has been stretched out like a chewing gum inLaal Singh Chaddha与无关的场景。

The scene opens and we see a feather floating for quite some time till it lands on Laal Singh’s feet who is seated inside a train. Laal Singh picks up the feather, looks at it, and starts narrating his life story to his fellow passengers inside the train. So, upon watching the starting scene itself you will be able to feel how boring the rest of the movie can be. As Laal Singh starts narrating his story to the passengers, his conversation style and body language will surely make you feel that this person is crazy! I have a question for the filmmakers. When Laal Singh Chaddha has been depicted as a mentally challenged guy, what was the necessity to portray him as a Sardaar? Do you want to prove that Sardaars are funny and crazy at the same time?

这个“无逻辑”的剧本Laal Singh Chaddhashows Laal Singh to be a handicapped and mentally retarded kid who one day packs up all his energy and enthusiasm. He breaks free from his leg calipers, and starts running. This mental patient grows up and even joins the Indian Army! I would like to make the filmmakers aware that the Indian Army has no room for mentally retarded individuals. You have to be physically and mentally sound in order to join the Indian Army. So here, I feel that the story of Laal Singh Chaddha has been recreated by the filmmakers sans any logic.

The screenplay ofLaal Singh Chaddhahas been extended unnecessarily in the favor of Pakistanis. The filmmakers might have wanted to show how good Pakistanis actually are. The mentally challenged Laal Singh after joining the Indian Army went to fight the Kargil War with Pakistan. Hundreds of Indian soldiers got injured during the war and Laal Singh is shown trying to save many of them. While rescuing the injured Indian soldiers, he happened to save an injured Pakistani soldier named Mohammad (manav vij) who as lying among them. After being admitted to the hospital, Mohammad’s both legs got amputated in order to save his life. Following this he is set free, and he starts living his life happily in India. The story reveals that the Indian military and intelligence agencies are least bothered that an “Anti-Indian” Pakistani who attacked India during the Kargil War is now roaming freely in the country without any legal documents.

Naga Chaitanyaplays Laal Singh’s fellow soldier Bala during his tenure in the Indian Army. Bala tells Laal Singh that he wishes to resign from the Indian Army, and start an undergarment business. He even asks Laal Singh to do the same and become his business partner. Laal Singh accepted Bala’s offer. After Bala died in the war, Laal Singh resigned from the army and started his own undergarment business. And guess who his business partner was? It was none other than the Pakistani dude Mohammad who was after India’s blood a few moments back! Laal Singh knew how to design undergarments but he had poor marketing skills. So Mohammad became the marketer of his business, and together they made crores selling undergarments. What a terrific story!

The name of their undergarment brand was “Rupa” which is actually a very popular Indian undergarment brand. I personally feel that the Rupa undergarment brand has made a terrible mistake by associating itself with this disaster. However, I think that Laal Singh had named his undergarment business as “Rupa” because that was the name of his childhood sweetheart. But over here, that name coincided with a very popular Indian undergarment brand which is indeed shocking!

After making crores, one day Mohammad decided to leave for Pakistan as he was missing his country. So he sets out for his country never to be seen again. The Indian government and national security agencies like NIA, RAW and CBI have absolutely no hint that a Pakistani was residing unofficially in the country for a long time, and has now left. As per this story, a Pakistani can come to India and go whenever he wants which is absolutely absurd! At least the filmmakers could have made some sense out of this story.

Kareena Kapporwho plays Laal Singh’s crush Rupa has been depicted as an ambitious girl who wants to try her luck as a Bollywood actress. Rupa has friendzoned Laal Singh whereas Laal Singh loves her dearly. She has been shown getting used by the Bollywood industry’s filmmakers. She even became a mistress to one of them. Everybody knows this is what actually happens secretly inBollywood! So over here, Laal Singh Chaddha has revealed the dark secret of the Bollywood industry. This film has revealed what happens to women who are struggling actresses in the Bollywood industry which I think is a serious degrading factor to the image of the宝莱坞电影业.

现在, Laal Singh’s mother (played byMona Singh）死了，他的童年情人已成为宝莱坞大型的情妇。因此，出于挫败感，洛尔·辛格（Laal Singh）参加了一场越野比赛，涵盖了整个印度的五年。有趣的是，当他跑步时，许多公众的人无缘无故地与他一起奔跑。五年来，他一直在全国各地奔跑，然后突然停止！当这些跟随他的人问他为什么跑步的原因以及为什么他突然停止了。他只是回答：“我不知道！”在福雷斯特·阿甘中，Tom Hanksran for three years and in this exaggerated remake, Aamir ran for five!

Aamir Khanalong with screenplay writerAtul Kulkarniand directorAdvait Chandanmight have decided to showcase all incidents that had occurred in India’s history inLaal Singh Chaddha, thus stretching and distorting its screenplay immensely. The historic incidents shown in the movie are,the occurrence of the 1975-1977 Emergency，前总理英迪拉·甘地的暗杀in 1984, the1984 Anti-Sikh Riotswhere thousands of Sikhs got killed, the拆除巴布里清真寺发生于1992年的terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Indian social activistAnna Hazare’s protest movements, theKargil Warof 1999, and even actressShilpa Shetty’s item song “Main Aayi Hoon U.P. Bihar Lootne” which rose her to fame! You can just imagine, these incidents have been showcased in separate sequences in the movie. I believe showcasing all these incidents made the screenplay utterly melodramatic which ultimately led it to become a master disaster in the history of Indian cinema.

在这个现代化的时代,世界已经在线。现在adays, life has become fast-paced! In this era of social media and digital technology, how can someone design a screenplay as foolish and absurd as this? I can understand that Forrest Gump was released in 1994 when digital technology was far-fetched, and people during that time could tolerate such a slow, easy-going, and melodramatic screenplay. But now, the taste of the audiences have changed! When you are releasing a remake of that film in the age of digital technology, the audiences are for sure to get impatient while watching such a stretched-out and illogical screenplay.

An Unacceptable Casting

Aamir Khan’s melodramatic performance can be irritating. His odd facial expressions and eccentric dialogue delivery can surely get on your nerves. When Forrest Gump released in 1994, Tom Hanks was around 35 years old. He played a guy named Forrest who was a young man in his twenties, and he looked convincing. But inLaal Singh Chaddha,Aamir Khanwho is nearing his sixties plays the role of a 20-year-old! Even with ultra-VFX technology and makeup, a 60-year-old can never look like a 20-year-old. Like I said in my previous reviews, aging Bollywood actors really miss their younger selves, and are very much eager to portray themselves as young lads in their movies. Not only do these aged actors look absurd as 20-year-old men, but utterly unconvincing too! Even the Emperor of Bollywood,Shah Rukh Khan在这部电影中特别露面，并以Ultra-VFX和化妆为生，也被描绘成20岁的孩子！

Moving toKareena Kapoorwho played Laal Singh’s crush Rupa, andMona Singhwho played Laal Singh’s aged mother, both happen to be of the same age! Kareena who is a year older than Mona Singh, has been portrayed as a 20-year-old girl while Mona Singh has been depicted as the aged mother of Laal Singh. I feel that the female cast in Laal Singh Chaddha were randomly selected which is the reason that they failed to live up to their respective characters.

Naga Chaitanyahad a very short role as Laal Singh’s fellow soldier Bala and I thank God for that because I personally find it very hard to tolerate his performances on screen. However,manav vijas the Pakistani Mohammad lived up to his role. The child actors who played little Laal Singh and little Rupa in their early years appeared cute.

The Verdict:

Even if directorAdvait Chandan非常了解电影制作的艺术和工艺，他的独特定向风格Laal Singh Chaddhagot covered up by a slow-paced narration and script. So, I can say that Chandan’s style of direction inLaal Singh Chaddhawill only appeal to the classes, not to the masses! The action sequences in Laal Singh Chaddha have been choreographed by Parvez Shaikh and they are typical, nothing to shout about.

The background score inLaal Singh Chaddha在耳朵上舒缓。Laal Singh Chaddha的歌曲是由Pritam Chakraborty创作的，他们的歌词由Amitabh Bhattachrya撰写。像Mohan Kannan演唱的“ Kahani”之类的曲目，Sonu Nigam的“ Main Ki Karaan”和Arijit Singh的“ Tur Kalleyan”曲目令人舒缓，可能会随着时间的流逝而受欢迎，但同样，它们更具吸引力，并且只有一些吸引人的类别，并且只有一些选择的类别观众可能会欣赏他们，而不是所有人。

The editing inLaal Singh ChaddhaHemanti Sarkar撰写的酥脆和锋利。现在，您可能会问我，如果编辑很清晰，您怎么说这部电影是伸展和无聊的？我要说的是，Laal Singh Chaddha并不是因为编辑的错而感到无聊。这部电影伸展而无聊，因为它的剧本的写作方式以及叙事的制作方式。

Aamir Khanhimself revealed during an interview that he andNaga Chaitanya他们去了卡吉尔（Kargil），在那里拍摄了卡吉尔战争的动作序列35天。然而，在电影中仅以五分钟的序列展示了35天的射击。此外，Aamir Khan在印度的几个异国情调的地点进行了越野比赛。他在印度各地的跑步场景仅涵盖了电影的持续时间。在这些位置旅行和拍摄本身涉及巨额费用。因此，您可以想象制作这部灾难性喜剧的总预算，相当于1800亿印度卢比！我必须说，看到观众对这部电影的回应后，所有这些钱可能会消失。

You will probably fall off your chair after coming to know thatAtul Kulkarnitook almost 20 years to write the script ofLaal Singh Chaddha并从派拉蒙（Paramount）购买重制的重制权利，后者是Forrest Agump的原始制造商。因此，这部电影的计划已经开始了20年，最终于2022年8月11日发行！

全面的，Laal Singh Chaddhais a mega disaster in the form of a romantic comedy-drama. In short, this movie is like a 2-hour and 40-minute vicious terrorist attack on the audiences. You will have to bear the torture sitting in your theater seats crying in pain and pleading for the movie to be over. You will be mentally harassed and ultimately will come out of the theater hall transformed as the lunatic Laal Singh Chaddha himself!