Badam Rani Gulam Chor is a
humorous comment made on the manipulative overtures of the political mind.
Political mind, because the manipulations may be designed and applied as much
in mainstream politics as much in the personal relationships.
The characters in the movie are
three friends living together.
The friends address each other by
names they have invented on the basis of their individual personalities. So,
here we have the uncouth and aggressive ‘Chaku (Knife)’, who brings home the
woman he would like to marry to meet his friends ‘Pustak (Book)’ who like his
name goes by the book and ‘Makad’ a T.V channel journalist who could move
heaven and earth to find news.
The lady herself is unabashed
about changing her mind when it suits her, and moving on with life. With no answer ability to an erasable past she aptly renames herself ‘Pencil’.
The story becomes a chain of
witty battles between the four characters as Pustak and Chaku both woo Pencil
while Makad eggs on both individually. The duel goes on parallel to the
political dealings that are happening during the elections.
The two men vie for the lady’s
favors just as the opposing candidates vie for public support. The Makad
(media) meanwhile enjoy the show and tries to make it more and more complicated
to get excitement for him and news for the media.
Then Pencil marries one of them
and things seem to come to a dead end. But Makad would not let that happen. He
now convinces another friend that he is not out of the race and that he can
still have his love back.
Strategies are built,
manipulations galore and wit abounds. Every time there is a possibility of
stability, Makad, the media man becomes restless and succeeds in unsettling the
family and political scene once again.
Who gets the lady, who gets the
chair? Whom does the lady favor, whom does the public uphold?
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