Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Chalti Ka Naam Gaddi - An Old Comedy Classic From Bollywood !!

Source: Amazon Prime Video

Chalti Ka Naam Gaddi (whatever moves is a vehicle!) is an old Bollywood comedy classic made by the trio of Ganguly (Ashok, Kishore And Anup) brothers in Black And White. It falls in the category of old Chaplin and Laurel And Hardy comedies but moves slowly at an Indian pace.The movie includes a few songs that were quite popular. Indian cinema did not have many full length comedies at the time and so this attempt by the three brothers, who made the film and also act in it, was a risky attempt that gave them success.   


The story is built around a garage owned by the three jovial brothers who fix automobiles. The elder brother abhors woman because he believes that he was  jilted by a lady. However, the other two seem very interested in love and in fact one of them develops a relationship with a pretty rich girl who drops in the middle of a rainy night to get her car fixed. There are funny scenes depicting our hero's attempt to hide the romance from the eldest brother.

There is a murder mystery and kidnapping story hidden inside the movie as well, to make the story interesting. Our comic hero helps solve the crime . In the end, the villains are caught and our hero wins the heroine but not before singing four melodious songs....

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