'Cheenti Cheenti Bang Bang' is one more animation movie appearing on the Bollywood horizon. Though the director tries his level best, the movie doesn't meet the required quality standard. Again, the movie derives its title from an English flick 'Antz or A Bug's Life'. So, it has an international shadow behind it. Yes, the story of the movie is very interesting. There happen to be two rival groups of ants - the black ants and the red ants. Both the groups are at war. As usual, there is a mediator, too, named Ghunn (termite). The mediator does what it should, double-crosses the kingdoms of both the ants groups for his personal gains. Both the groups live opposite to each other across the river.
This reminds us of Subhash Ghai's 'Saudagar'. Moreover, the kids of the combating kingdoms are also in love. Well, any story, especially of Bollywood, cannot refrain from itself from romance? Meanwhile, each team equips its army with more creatures. There is a chameleon (that never changes colors), a frog (that never stops croaking) a mongoose (that looks more like a mouse), a termite (with a wagging triangular tongue) and an array of anglicized ants. And, Uncle Spiderman snaps in the climax with a sermon on humanity! There are also a magician moth and a youthful baritone taking the story astray into senseless scenes of a DJ ant singing Salsa song and the lovebirds involved in drowsy duets! The couple elope midways never to return in the climax.
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The film begins with a lecherous old male ant that likes to watch a young female ant from behind the bushes. Then, it extends into an item song where the old lecher with a beard up to his knees teases her, and the lyrics go cham cham! When she complains to the queen of the black ants, she is accused of making a big issue out of none. His people shield this old man: the red ant community. Then follows an item song where the black ant king is salivating after a showgirl, only to be caught by his unattractive wife. The termite villain Ghunn initiates the war between the red and black ants.
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Technically, the characterizations in the movie are sans character as they are sketchy. Besides, the director hasn't crossed the childish conduct. The animation is two-dimensional and fails to touch the hearts of the viewers. The dubbing and the voiceovers are irritating with excessive moans and groans? Dialogues aren't worthy of children and also references like buddha (oldie) or black beauty (referring to the female black ant). However, Anjan Srivastava plays the role of a henpecked husband very well. Could Anjan carry the movie on his shoulders? Would the filmmaker pay heed towards these lapses?
