Carrying on a feminine story, the ghost cop emerges as a stress buster during the pandemic
At a time when OTT platforms are serving up a lot of garbage in the name of being realistic and engaging, here comes a horror-comedy that literally asks us to push logic to a corner and take a ride which is mostly entertaining, Mildly frightening.
Like a modern fable, the tale of two ghost hunters, addressed to a family audience, is a rarity nowadays. Carry it forward Woman Like storytelling, it turns out to be a stress buster during the pandemic.
Usually this kind of fare would expect audiences to believe in mumbo jumbo, but director Pavan Kriplani, who has established himself as a kind of spook expert, teamed up with writers Debashish Makhija and Sumit Bakheja to create a universe. where one of the two main characters is proud. Selling superstitions to believers. It provides an opportunity to constantly scoff at the genre, even as they tell the story of a soul on the prowl.
Ghost hunters Vibhuti (Saif Ali Khan) and Chironji (Arjun Kapoor) are hired by Maya (Yami Gautam), a tea garden owner, to complete their father’s unfinished business. Vibhuti sees this as another opportunity to run away from an innocent client, while his younger brother feels that the time has come to showcase the skills they have inherited from their father. Their names are traditional but their vocabulary is very up-to-date. Meanwhile, Maya’s sister (Jacqueline Fernandez) has her own plans and motives to deal with the situation.
It delves into a series of satirical and subversive situations, making social and political remarks between the lines. Whether it’s a matter of girl education or a subtle reference to the National Register of Citizens, or for that matter, a satire on nepotism, the authors keep it funny for the most part and use horror tropes to remind us of social phobia. do for. we face.
Be it the tantric fair or the hustle and bustle of the ghosts in the jungle, Mr. Kripalani’s varieties of comedy and horror feed into each other. imaginative use of song why didn’t it happen One of the highlights is the number “Aao Na” by a villager to help her dump her husband on a fateful night.
Casting is spot on. Saif Ali Khan go Goa Gone Mode and effortlessly hit one punch after another. It is his pitch-perfect performance that brings the writing to life. Arjun Kapoor fits the part of a brother eager to find his mojo. So does Jacqueline as the glamorous social media influencer who wants to shift to London. The comic timing of Javed Jaffrey and Jamie Lever adds to the joyous atmosphere.
The end of the story can be guessed, but before it drags on, ghost police Pack our bags, maybe for another walk.
(Ghost Cops is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar)
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