'Kevi Rite Jaish' happens to be the first ever Gujarati movie that I've seen till date but it manages to win my heart anyway. As the poster claims, the movie definitely is "an Urban Gujju movie". The story is of obsession - of a typical Gujarati family of Ahmedabad - of sending their son, Harish (Divyang Thakker) to the U.S. The head of the family Bachubhai Patel(Kenneth Desai) is desperate of sending Harish to the U.S, well quite literally. Also the movie shows Anang Desai(known as Ishwarbhai Patel in the movie) as a global Gujarati who Bachubhai envies and hence dislikes. He takes the lead and makes several attempts to try and stop Bachubhai Patel and Harish committing the mistakes he did years back. Newbie Veronica Gautam(Aayushi Patel in movie) is introduced as the daughter of Ishwarbhai Patel, who though has been brought up in the States is shown attached to her roots, her country, the culture and the values. The first half talks about the n number of attempts of Harish to get a U.S Visa. And as predictable it can be, Harish happens to fall. He happens to fall for Aayushi much against his dad's wish and also happens to fall in the trap of fraud visa agents. The film is about Bachubhai's family's journey replete with conflicts to make Harish migrate to the U.S.A.
The main player though is a new comer but surely didn't seem so. Divyang Thakker's acting is commendable, as he manages to woo the audience to a great extent. And the female lead slowly started getting hold of her character. And whenever the debutantes missed out, the veterans stepped in to lend a smooth sail to the movie . And quite impressively words like 'Lala', 'Daphor' etc have been used. The crispy dialogues and gujju terminology turns out in their favor to attract and sustain the youth audience. The theater was abuzz with applause, laughter, sobs and high fives.
The soul and the essence of the Ahmadabad city is well brought out. Also the editing is quite laudable. I also happened to like is the music of the movie. Especially 'Pankhida' - first ever rock song sung by Suraj Jagan has become quite a sensation. The song successfully depict the emotions which the music directors Mehul Surti and Vishvesh Parmar wanted.
The main player's gang of friends and the over-obsession of Obama and America of the Patel family add the comic element. Another scene where in Harish's elder brother chooses a Chinese Porn instead of a Russian one because they're to the point filled the theater with a loud thunder of laughter. Rakesh Bedi playing a Sindhi visa agent wasn't really a surprising element for me. He was his best from his first shot to the last frame.
Being a Bong I thoroughly enjoyed the movie with an Odiya and a Telegu friend. Any gujju is bound to like it. Gujjus and the non-Gujjus go for it! I mean 'Kevi Nathi Jaish tame?"
- Poulami
