Gali Gali Chor Hai Review

Gali Gali Chor Hai Review

Director: Rumy Jafry
Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Annu Kapoor, Satish Kaushik

The common man might have upgraded from newspapers to television and cinema. But his
chronicle continues to remain common. In a country governed by corruption, the common
man is still ruled by red-tapism. The maximum that he can do is hurl a shoe at
bureaucracy or slap the system. And that's precisely what the hero of the film does.
Beyond that he and his story are as powerless as the common man.

Sure, in an age of citizen candidates (this year the BMC polls in Mumbai are seeing
an unprecedented number of citizen candidates), there is some hope, but each political
party looks as corrupt as the other. In short, Gali Gali Chor Hai holds true.

The makers of the above movie held a screening exclusively for the great Gandhian, Anna
Hazare in his hometown. The screening earned them their fair share of newsprint, because
'anything with Anna sells,' and naturally, the Gandhian was inspired by this film. We
wonder why?

Gali Gali Chor Hai Review: Direction & Music

Rumi Jafri’s direction, limited as it is by the script, is just about fair. Not just the
script but the narrative style also would appeal to the audience in small centres and not
to the city folk. Anu Malik’s music is quite alright. The Chhanno song, written by Swanand
Kirkire, is mass-appealing whereas the title track is quite inspirational, more so for its
lyrical value (Rahat Indori). Song picturisations (by Ahmed Khan) are functional, the
‘Chhanno’ number being the only one which stands out. Kailash Kher appears in the title
song. Gururaj Jois’ camerawork is mediocre. The choreography of action scenes by Bhiku
Verma is okay. A. Muthu’s editing is alright.

“‘Gali Gali Chor Hai’ has been in the news because of lot of reasons but as a composer I
can tell you that the music is really being appreciated seven days back when we released
it and the title Gali Gali Chor Hai, Chhanno and Suno Suno has become new hits and I have
been getting positive feedbacks,” Anu Malik said.