Raat Gayi Baat Gayi (2009) *HQ*

By octron • Jan 17th, 2010 • Category: 2009, Comedy

One very drunk night, eight pegs down the throat and next morning, the previous night’s shenanigan is a blur. What really happened? Did he really cheat on his wife? This is the dilemma faced by Rahul (Rajat Kapoor) as he wakes up groggy and tries to piece together the party that rocked. To make matters worse, his wife Mitali (Iravita Harshe), who too was at the party, is distant and upset. ‘Men are dogs,’ she barks to her friend, which confuses the plot further. So what really happened? Does she know more that what Rahul knows or does Rahul have to find Sonia (Neha Dhupia), the girl he was pursuing at the party to know the truth? Director Saurabh Shukla ventures on this very hilarious journey as he helps Rahul piece his worst nightmare together. Helping him are his friends Saxena (Dalip Tahil) and Amit (Vinay Pathak). Cleverly woven in flashback with some crisp editing, Shukla manages a decent comic thriller, the end that cannot be told here for fear of spoiling the sting in the tale.

Rajat as the Casanova husband dons another hat and comes up trumps. Iravati Harshe as the confused wife who seems to know the truth is excellent. Dalip and ‘Dasvidaniya Pathak’ are to the mark while Navnit Nishan as Dalip’s loud ‘over-the-top’ wife is endearing. It is only as the film comes to a close that you see the quality of her character.Neha Dhupia is slowly but steadily climbing the ladder of success with one solid performance after another. After DE DANA DAN where she played the cool hooker, she has another similar role where she does full justice. Tone, tenor and temperament… just perfect.

Narrated in a non-linear manner by actor cum writer-director Saurabh Shukla, the film is his finest effort as a director. Also, full marks to the production company PNC for delivering what one can truly term a ‘multiplex film’. The production values are of absolute high standards and the setting perfectly upmarket. There is absolutely no sleaze and the adult humour is just what one often hears at the parties. Great one-liners spread across plenty of sequences leave you laughing your guts out. The twist at the end is again a big surprise. The peppy songs are pleasant to the ears and very situational with the Love in C major being the pick of the lot.

The story is simple but the end, when it unravels, will have you believing in love even more.

The night’s over, but the memories linger.

Video Source: DVD
Host: Zshare
Chapters: 6

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part 3
part 4
part 5

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