Gunchakkar (Gunचक्कर) is a comedy short film produced by Four K Content, directed by Abhishek Roy Sanyal and features Vaibhav Tatwawadi, Hussain Dalal, Manoj Joshi and Rajpal Yadav in pivotal roles. The movie has a runtime of 25 minutes.
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Gunchakkar is a comedy short that goes down paths we have seen before. The initial storyline is quite funny, to be honest. When you don’t know where it can go is when the short really shines. It’s a rather humorous turn of events that eases us into the police department and makes you look forward to what could happen next.
But like almost every other show out there, Gunchakkar stops trying after a while and does not go forward with its unique storyline to bring something truly rib-tickling. The latter half of the 25 minutes is a bunch of exposition that defines what happened and why and ends on a convenient note that feels rushed, forced and devoid of anything unique.
Listen, obviously, the audience needs an answer to the initial question that we asked. But instead of the answer we were looking for, the story immediately spoils itself and puts all of its cards on the table. Thus, you are left confused, wondering what the point of creating this quirky mystery was in the first place when you’d just be left with a bunch of exposition.
The movie brings forth certain points within its short runtime that never get explored properly. We never really get an answer to who shot the don – maybe the point was that it doesn’t matter in the end. All said and done, It feels like a letdown and loses steam as soon as it starts.
Vaibhav Tatwawadi and Hussain Dalal, who play the underdog cops, are funny in what little they have to do. There’s not much room for them to actually do anything with their characters. Rajpal Yadav is great, albeit a bit over the top.
I think that’s the point I am trying to make here – the movie is a very on-the-nose fare at first. It promises to be wacky and confusing but just ends up being the complete opposite. Sure, you might say that it subverts expectations, but it does so in the most anticlimactic way possible.
Final Thoughts: Gunchakkar
Gunchakkar loses itself and gets lost in the question that it itself presents. There are some moments of humour, but everything quickly goes out the window when the movie uses most of its runtime to explain stuff in the most basic way possible. You are left with a movie that promised a lot but failed to meet any and all expectations.
Gunchakkar is streaming on Amazon Mini TV.
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