SPECIAL CHABBIS ("IT'S CON TIME")

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Shergill.

Director: Neeraj Pandey.

Neeraj Pandey is known to keep his audiences guessing about what's going to happen next. Special Chabbis which is based on real incidents is no exception.

Akshay kumar, Anupam kher, Rajesh Sharma and Kishore Kadam are conmen who keeps raiding the houses and offices of politicians and businessmen posing as CBI/Income Tax Officers. Manoj Bajpayee plays the (real) CBI officer who is in pursuit of Akki and his gang. What happens next forms the rest of the story.

Akki is cool as usual but his performance is subtle, subdued and perfect for his character which he intentionally downplays. Though he is the master mind of the gang who always has a trick up his sleeve he lets Anupam Kher deliver the cool dialogues and cheesy one liners (like asli power dil main hoti hai) most of the time. Anupam kher as the fearful old man who wants an early retirement from his "job" and Bajpayee as the relentless, truthful but over confident CBI officer excel in their roles. Jimmy Shergill does his part neatly.
The 1987 India has been depicted perfectly by the director by the smart use of the costumes, vehicles (like Maruti 800, public transport vehicles etc) and newspapers in the scenes. 

Kajal Agarwal’s character and the two songs could have been done away with. Average BGM and a few scenes with bad CG may be overlooked. Though the screenplay could have been tighter especially in the early stages of the film the dialogues that are smart and funny are a stand-out throughout the film. As the film progresses it picks up speed keeping you on the edge to deliver a master class climax!!!

I am giving a 3.5/5 for Special Chabbis. It’s Con time don’t miss it!


Rating Scale (Out of 5)
Less than 2 - Unwatchable.
2 to 2.25 - Below average.
2.5 to 2.75 - Average.
3 to 3.25 - Good.
3.5 to 3.75 - Great.
4 to 4.25 - Exceptional.
4.5 and above - Extraordinary.