Main aur Charles is underwhelming
Randeep Hooda sinks his teeth into the suave character of
Charles. Uber cool, elegant, always with a slight smirk and a glint in his
eyes, an alluring aura to the entire magnetic package that made Charles…CHARLES!
However, take away Hooda’s class act, an upbeat background score, a couple of earnest
performances from the supporting cast and a few nicely orchestrated scenes…and
eventually ‘Main aur Charles’ ends up as an incoherent movie in the typical ‘more
style, little substance’ category.
Pity, considering the fact that here was a
character and his escapades tailor-made for the celluloid. Check out Charles Sobhraj’s
Wikipedia page and it immediately stands apart as a pulp fiction tale of
thrills, chills and kills. Nevertheless the movie simply scratches the surface,
stretches a single jail-break episode needlessly and in the bargain…misses out the
entire meatier chunk of the sensational life and times of the once ‘Bikini
Killer’. Hooda’s brilliant portrayal stays with you…and one simply hopes that he
(Charles) lives again and perhaps establishes himself with a franchise on ‘The
Chronicles of Charles’. ‘Main aur Charles’…overcooked, but still half-baked…deserves
another chance, another recipe, another story, another day. But of course, the
same Hooda!
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