Movie Review: Dil Kabaddi

The film Dil Kabaddi is bold and piping hot for the Indian audiences. The movie is inspired by Woody Allen’s 1992 film HUSBANDS & WIVES.

Dil Kabaddi has no plot as such and the director Anil Senior adopts a complex style of storytelling. The script of the film suffers mainly because there is no beginning, no middle, no end.

DIL KABADDI is a marital comedy that delves into the lives of two couples who are caught in the web of post-marital boredom. How the couples deal with charming temptation of lurking out of the relationship for some fun is what the film explores.

Everything related to the sex life is discussed in this film. A few sequences do register an impact, like the one when Irrfan goes out on a date with his office colleague and ends up doing shirshasana. Also, Rahul Bose’s student demanding a passionate kiss on her birthday. And the sequence at the party when Payal Rohatgi ends up giving aerobic lessons to some senior citizens.

Dil Kabaddi is rich in performances. Irrfan Khan has a unique style in acting. Soha Ali Khan is getting better and better. Rahul Bose is excellent. Konkona Sen Sharma is good. Rahul and Konkona’s scenes are superb. Rahul Khanna is first-rate. Payal Rohtagi is good.

Dil Kabaddi does not have a strong plot to leave an impact at the box-office. It is a film for a handful of multiplexes in a handful of cities. At most places the film ‘Dil Kabaddi’ will run out of breath.

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