Hum Chaar Movie Review: An Honest Tale Of Friendship Which Becomes A Snoozefest Owing To A Dull Screenplay!

A tale of old school friendships which often last for a lifetime and strengthen more than our blood relations are always endearing to watch. Hum Chaar attempted to bring such an honest tale of four friends on celluloid. The film could have been curated into an amiable take on friendship but the dull screenplay and the lousy writing soons turn it into a snoozefest. 

The plot revolves around four group of friends  Namit (Prit Kamani), Abeer (Anshuman Malhotra), Surjo (Tushar Pandey) and Manjari (Simran Sharma). The moments to establish the nuances of their adolescent friendship has some genuine moments but again there are some cliched 'dilly dallying' and a loose interplay between the characters which does not make their bond convincing. The major twist occurs when an unfortunate incident leads the group to separate. The film takes a four year leap showing the four individuals leading their own separate monotonous life. Till, a plea of help from one of them leads them to reunite. To witness the rest of the meandering shape of events was laborsome to watch owing to the lousy narrative and screenplay. 

There is nothing much to say about the performances as all were on the same tedious page with not one ounce of performance standing out effectively. Tushar Pandey and Anshuman Malhotra are amiable to watch but can be seen trying too hard in some of the portions. Prit Kamani has a sense of charm and screen presence but he too fails to hold the rein of the film after a certain point of time. Simran Sharma appears to be the weakest link and it was a snoozefest to bear her 'drunk' scene in the film. The film had some stereotyped traces of Rajshri glimpses like the girl having an orthodox family who are always more than pleased to get her married but the film lacks in charm and the amateur dialogues and the narration adds to the tiresome humdrum of the film. Even the soundtracks fail to add some relief.

The film has an honest message to convey that sometimes friends become more than family even when blood relations abandon you but what we were left thinking when did the structured and efficient sense of narrative leave abandon the film.