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Badhai Ho Badhai (Comedy Movie ,2002) Starring
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Synopsis
Roly-poly director Satish Kaushik is trying to tickle a few funny bones in his next comic caper Badhai Ho Badhai. The film,
starring Anil Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty and Kirti Reddy in the main roles, is a lighthearted family drama that takes a comic look at the
institution of marriage.
The story revolves around two families – the Chaddha family (played by Amish Puri and Farida Jalal) and the D’ Souza family (played by
K. Vishvanath and Rohini Hatangadi). There is a constant feud between the two families with Chaddhas and D’Souzas always having their
differences over almost every issue.
After 25 years of not seeing eye-to-eye the families receive a strange letter from somebody called Raja (Anil Kapoor) claming to be
their grandchild. This astounds both the families, as Raja becomes the common link between the two families. That’s why when Raja
enters their lives he is met with complete denial. However, he shacks up with Ghooman Singh (Kader Khan), a cacophonous singer.
Soon Raja begins cajoling his grandparents and wins their acceptance. In return his grandparents begin pressurizing him to marry. In
return Raja too crop up a lie that he is already married to a Punjabi girl, Banto Betty (Shilpa Shetty). On the other hand, there is
also in the picture a modern and sensuous girl Florence (Kirti Reddy).
Raja too gets a shock out of blues when suddenly Banto Betty makes an entry into the family without his knowledge. However, the bitter
truth is that Raja is in love with someone else.
How Raja gets out of this quandary and also reunites the feuding Chaddha and D’Souza family is what the rest of the film is all about.
Review
“Badhai Ho Badhai” is a family entertainer full of humor and pathos. It is the story of a man’s effort to reconcile the differences
between two feuding families – the Punjabi Chaddhas and the catholic D’ Souzas.
The film is full of unexpected twists and turns. Firstly there is the sudden entry of ‘fat man’ Raja (Anil Kapoor) into the two
feuding families. Then there is the appearance of Banto Betty (Shilpa Shetty) who claims to be Raja’s wife.
Post-interval, there is an interesting one-sided romance between Raja and Florence (Kirti Reddy), while Banto Betty seems sidelined
with unrequited love for Raja.
In “Badhai Ho Badhai” Anil Kapoor’s obese act as Raja seems to be a take-off on Eddie Murphy in “Nutty Professor”. In fact, Anil’s
make-up in the film is done by Mathew Moogly (of WF Creations) who did special effects for Peter Segal’s “Nutty Professor”.
Moreover, Anil gained about ten kilograms to play his roly-poly character in the film.
Shilpa Shetty shows her flair for comedy playing a Punjabi girl Banto Betty. Her crude Punjabi accent and body language is funny and
shows that Shilpa is a versatile actress. Kirti Reddy, however, plays the glam gal Florence with ease although her role is just a
marginal one.
Satish Kaushik has made a daring attempt to come up with something different from the usual Bollywood kitsch. The plot is innovative
and the character of over-obese Raja, quite hilarious. Overall the film is entertaining and makes for good viewing.