Well! 3 decades is a along wait to see your own Forrest Gump. But, man it is worth it! Laal Singh Chaddha is a movie with a soul. After watching it, you would definitely feel that every nation should make a Forrest Gump of its own. This movie does not tells you what is right or what is wrong, because the person narrating it is a kid at heart and this is the real beauty of this masterpiece. If you really want to detach yourself from the politics, hate and rage that you have been surrounded with, then go watch this movie, all it has to offer is a peace of mind and peace is all we want. And maybe along this journey you will find your lost soul that you were desperately looking for.
The whole star cast was hell bent on giving the best performance that they possibly could and they did do so!
Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor (with lot of support from Mona Singh and Naga Chaitanya) may have been the lead pairs who brilliantly carried on the immense burden of justifying this critically acclaimed adaptation, but the secret superstar that emerges out of this masterpiece is Advait Chandan, the director!
You simply cannot hate this movie, if you have even little bit of love left in your heart!
Plot summary
Laal Singh Chaddha a man with low IQ level is travelling in a train and happens to tell his story to his co passenger with background of current events happening in India finding it interesting more fellow passengers join in.He was born during the Indo Pak war where his grandfather was a martyr hence he was named after him having a low IQ level no school wants to admit him but finally a priest of Catholic school does so seeing the fighting spirit in his mother.The school children try to avoid him but he befriends Roopa Dsouza his his classmate and bonds very well with her but Roopa wants to be rich as her drunkard father always beats her mother for money one day leading to her death.After death of her mother Roopa goes to stay with her grandmother who turns out to be maid working in Lal's house and both start to spend more time together and as kid Lal eventually proposes her.Years later Roopa and Lal study together at a college in Delhi and Lal still has same feelings for her.But Roopa's ambition is to got to Mumbai to be an actress an become rich while Lal joins the Indian army.During his term in army Lal meets Bala an both become good friends and plan a business together but Bala passes away in the war.After his army service Lal decides to full fill dream of Bala and starts the business planned with him where he is assisted by Mohdmmad Paji who was once a terrorist and Lal saved his life during war.Lal's life and business is doing well but he still has a place for Roopa whom he hasn't met since years and waits for return.
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Advait Chandan is the secret superstar of this masterpiece!
Don't believe the low rating
This film does not deserve a one star rating. Period. There are much worse movies than this. Neither is this a ten star film.
What it is, is a very faithful adaptation of Forrest Gump which successfully transplants an American story to an Indian milieu, and improves on Forrest's relationship with Jenny by leaps and bounds, giving it the story arc it originally deserved. The movie also does not pull any punches while showing historical incidents, and actually takes a huge risk by calling out organized religion on the whole (not a specific one as many have been led to believe) as the root cause of all evil (here Malaria). Forrest Gump was a far safer movie and seems tame in comparison - in Lal Singh Chaddha the recreation of the events is much more visceral and realistic and pack quite a punch. While performances from some of the cast including Kareena, Naga Chaitanya and Manav Vij are exceptional, the weakest link in the film is Aamir himself, who is inconsistent and hammy in the extreme in many scenes. Also, Lal Singh Chaddha could have been shorter and better edited but even with all its flaws, it is still heartwarming and funny and good for a one time watch, for both those who have seen Forrest Gump, and those who haven't. Please watch.
Truly worth watching movie
One of best movie I watched from Bollywood.
Aamir Khan is really inspirational human being. He done this adaption with great perfection. World will always see him with gratitude so don't see those negative reviews which are given by haters not viewers.
Watch movie for different kind of experience.