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 Eight year old, Rameshwari (Ritika) loses her mother during her birth
and is brought by her dad, Kunwar Raghavendra Singh (Chandrachur) who
remarries for getting her a mother. While Rameshwari’s stepmom Mohini
is a kind soul of sorts, her mother Kokoi is diabolical character, a
witch whose sole aim is grabbing Raghavendra’s entire property for
which she is even willing to kill the father and daughter.
As Kokoi’s
evil plans start getting troublesome for Rameshwari, the little girls
seeks help from her favourite deity Lord Hanuman (Vindoo). Hanuman
sends for her help a friend, Maruti (Erik) a small boy with magical
powers. Kokoi realizes the reasons for her all her nasty plans going
flop is none other than Maruti. She then succeeds in creating a
misunderstanding between the two kids and brings Rameshwari to a
situation where she herself tells him to go out of the house. Once
Maruti leaves Kokoi gets back to her devious plans. But how Maruti
comes back and destroys Kokoi and her evil coteries plans forms the
rest of the film.
Though aimed as a children’s film, it literally offers nothing novel to
today’s kids who are growing up on much superior content through
television shows and foreign kiddie flicks. Mixing in mythology to save
a poor little kid is again a ghisa pita concept, also seen recently in
movies such as My Friend Ganesha etc. Also, one fails to understand why
are certain adult elements included in a children’s film? Technically
though the film is up to the mark with some good special effects, it
fails to hold your attention throughout since you know what is going to
happen next. Certain situations are well handled by the director
Manikya Raju but then they are very few. It seems to be an unwritten
rule nowadays to incorporate the Hanuman Chalisa in Hanuman related
films. This film is no exception either.
The acting department however salvages the film from being a total
downer. Making a come back after a long time, the droopy eyed
Chandrachur is good. Murli Sharma as the evil tantrik and Shahbaaz Khan
as the murderer are menacingly good too. Sushmita Mukherjee is scary.
Vindoo fits the part of Lord Hanuman just like his father Dara Singh.
However, the best acts are by the two kids Ritika Srivastava and Erik
Nanda. They are absolutely natural.
It’s a tragedy that despite a good budget, makers fail to come out with something innovative especially for children.
Rating: 1.5 out of 5*
Starring: Chandrachur Singh, Ritika Srivasatava, Eric Nanda, Sushmita Mukherjee, Vindoo Dara Singh and Murli Sharma
Director: Manikya Raju
Sampurn Media
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