Oye Makhna Movie Review: Punjabi Mania present before you the full movie review of recently released Punjabi movie titled ‘Oye Makhna’.

Cast: Ammy Virk, Guggu Gill, Tania, Sidhika Sharma, Sukhwinder Chahal, Hardeep Gill, Tarsem Paul, Deedar Gill, Satwant Kaur, Rose J. Kaur, Manju Mahal, Parminder Gill.

Director: Simerjit Singh.

Producer: Vikram Mehra, Siddharth Anand Kumar, Simerjit Singh, Ammy Virk.

Music: Avvy Sra, Gaurav Dev, Kartik Dev.

Genre: Comedy, Romantic.

Oye Makhna Movie Review

Most recently released Punjabi movie titled 'Oye Makhna' would've been easily titled as 'Chacha Bhatija' in an alternate universe. And this is not because of any similarity with Manmohan Desai's movie of the same title which had released four and a half decades ago.

Oye Makhna is essentially a story of enchanting and adorable bond between nephew Makhan Virk (Ammy Virk) and his uncle Shinda Virk (Guggu Gill). Having shared the screen in the past as well, Ammy and Guggu's chemistry in the movie calls for their best on-screen collaboration thus far. No exaggeration but the pair really hit it off in the given relationship. Guggu Gill, in particular, outperforms everyone else in a character which is moderately opposite from what his on-screen reputation has been over the decades.

It is both Makhan and Shinda's inclination towards getting the former married is what forms the primary premise of the movie. Although the subquent offerings with respect to confusion in a marriage scenario isn't novel by any means in the Punjabi film industry, Oye Makhna thrives on being different due to the presence of effective family drama which makes the movie much more than just another romcom. In fact, it wouldn't be wrong to say that Oye Makhna is indeed a family drama put up for sale as a romantic comedy.

Rakesh Dhawan, perhaps the most active writer among high-profile Punjabi movies in the last two years or so, has written Oye Makhna pretty acutely and effectually. Ensuring no low points in an easy-going script, Dhawan emerges as a success in creating amusingly perplexing scenarios especially in and around a crunch situation such as the interval.

Much like the above mentioned uncle-nephew relationship, there's another enjoyable father-son equation between Harnek Singh (Sukhwinder Chahal) and Shaunki (Deedar Gill). The two characters are introduced at a point where all they do is add value to the movie. Although Shaunki's romantic angle with Sonu (Navjeet Sandhu) lacks a lot of sense but is still acceptable due to the humour around it possible majorly because of Deedar Gill.

Director Simerjit Singh, who has had a theatrical release after more than three years, excels in not letting the lack of novelty be visible on screen. Not letting one down by any means, Simerjit manages to make a passable, quick-paced and simplistic movie. In all honesty, the simplicity of Oye Makhna doesn't become a hindrance which is in itself is the biggest attainment for this movie.

In addition to the above mentioned actors, Oye Makhna also comprises of acting performances to one's liking from the likes of Tania, Sidhika Sharma, Satwant Kaur and Rose J. Kaur. Each of the four female actors provide quite a mileage to the movie.

Last but not the least, Oye Makhna is also aided drastically by its music. While a dance number right in the beginning is peppy and romantic songs in between the movie serve their purpose, a wedding song right at the end steals the show on the back of being the pick of the lot. Yet to be released on streaming platform YouTube, possibly titled song 'Lakh-Lakh Vadhaiyaan' has it in it to instantaneously become part of a large number of wedding videos in the near future.