HelmetThe only attribute are three actors.
Aparshakti Khurana, Abishek Banerjee and Ashish Verma have a laid-back wit and easy camaraderie, says Sukanya Verma.

The population explosion in India is a real problem and it is the oblique focus of the comedy directed by Satramm Ramani, which is highlighted by the numbers Helmetopening and closing credits. But comparing the condom theft to the Get Out of India revolution takes his campaign to a new level of absurdity.

Producers: Sony Pictures and Dino Morea. Helmet is a public service announcement disguised as a friendly comedy that looks like it was conceived in the early 2000s, when the spread of HIV and fear of it was at its peak.

The result is a bumpy mix of the funny and the preachy.

Always the bridesmaid, not the bride, Aparshakti Khurana, Abhishek Banerjee and Ashish Verma take a break from the protagonist’s silly sidekick duties to play each other’s roles.

A lucky man from Khurana wants to marry a wedding florist (Pranutan Bel), but her conscientious father (Ashish Vidyarthy) is against the marriage.

Sultan Banerjee works on a chicken farm and owes money to a sick local bandit (Sharib Hashmi).

Minus Verma does not hear well. Their respective personal crisis colors their mood and motivation.

In this story of a small town in Uttar Pradesh, a lack of job prospects prompts an aspiring band to rob a truck full of mobile phones, sell it and get rich. But the boxes were full of bags of condoms.

The way they throw away this junk like Tupperware highlights Bollywood’s understanding of marketing.

In the heart Helmetoften insinuating advocacy slang is a funny, farcical idea that is central to the failed efforts of an AIDS awareness NGO to educate people about birth control, and the shame and embarrassment associated with saying the word, in exactly the same way. vein like Padman.

But Ramani’s inability to connect his satire and go beyond sexual metaphors never allows Helmet be the bag of laughter and lessons he wants to be.

Instead, things get ridiculously sanctimonious and melodramatic as the focus suddenly shifts to the plight of sex workers, characters hoarsely crying about STDs, and orphans lamenting the lack of condoms.

HelmetThe only attribute are three actors.

Khurana, Banerjee and Verma have an easy wit and a touch of camaraderie.

They do what they do best. But that won’t be enough to stop India from overtaking China in terms of population.

The helmet is streaming on Zee5.

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