An official remake of the Gujarati film, “Chello Divas”, “Days of Tafree”, written and directed by Krishnadev Yagnik is a frivolously handled, cathartic film that lacks depth. It is more befitting as a television broadcast. Without any layers of suspense or major drama, it reveals the carefree lives of seven friends; Nikhil, Vicky, Suresh, Sarabjeet, Pooja, Nisha and Isha, during their last year in college. With large dose of romance and idling away of time doing nothing meaningful in life, the film is a badly made big-screen version of an Archie comic. Here, Riverdale is Delhi. Narrated in a non-linear fashion, the film starts with a promise when after a night out on their last day, Vicky the life-line of the group meets with a fatal accident. The friends gather at the hospital to garner support for him. And they recall their past one year.
This plot line seems familiar and is reminiscent of many oft seen college films which include Karan Johar’s “Student of the Year”. While the gags here are fresh and cheesy, the narrative is clunky and comically bad. And the characters are all one-dimensionally etched. The dialogues are predictable, tasteless and some absolutely awful, that would appeal to the back benchers in college. But what keeps you hooked is the sincere and natural performance of the cast. Yash Soni plays the part of Archie Andrews, as the refined loveable dude, Nikhil.
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