Laal Singh Chaddha, directed by Advait Chandan, largely adheres to the original source material. Shoutout to author atul kulkarni for everything from the feather at the top to Laal's "magic shoes" as a youngster, jaadoo ke jute in this, to the metaphorical "running" across the pages of history. I don't mind that golgappas have taken the place of the chocolate box; in fact, I'd say it adds a nice touch of indian flavour. Despite the fact that the shift in emphasis from "you never know what you might obtain" to "your heart will always want more" is itself a sign that we will leave with an increased desire,

However, not all of Atul and Advait's original ideas are adopted. As Laal's mother, mona singh suffers from a poor adaptation. Laal Singh Chaddha, a typical Maa funda who protected her son from the communal riots that tore apart india in the 1980s and 1990s by teaching him that "desh mein malaria faila hua hai," undermines the zeal and confidence she instils in Forrest. Although they do eventually tie it up with one of the movie's most realistic lines, "dharam se malaria failta hai," it came far too late and left us bored.

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