Chocolate Movie Review: The Usual Ssssss..tory

Spice Team Entertainment's 'Chocolate' is a crime tale involving NRI's living in London. According to the media reports, a gang of five Indians have committed a bank robbery. Two of them, Irrfan Khan and Tanushree Dutta are charged by the police for committing a murder of their three colleagues Arshad Warsi, Emran Hashmi and Suniel Shetty.

But Reporter Sushama Reddy thinks other wise. She feels that Irrfan and Tanushree are innocent and she persuades Anil Kapoor, who plays a top lawyer to take up their case. In a constant and slick probing Anil urges Irrfan and Tanushree to narrate their versions of the incident. Discarded skeletons come out of the closet and questions like are Arshad Warsi, Emran Hashmi and Suniel Shetty really dead and Are Irrfan and Tanushree really innocent, get slowly revealed as Anil Kapoor demystifies the case.

Production values are very good. Attar Singh Saini's has managed to give a true international look to the movie with his cinematography exploited. Pritam's music has managed to draw on popular appeal with tracks like 'Halka Halka sa ye nasha' and 'Mummy se na kehna.'

Though the film has gloss, cinematic liberties have been taken a little too far. Performance-wise, Anil Kapoor is at his all time best, playing the role of an honest lawyer to perfection. Where Arshad Warsi is the 'relief-factor' when ever he comes on screen, Irrfan Khan brings his usual poise to his role. Tanushree Dutta comes across as charming and looks like she's ready to join the bandwagon of the glamour gals.

As the director, had debutant Vivek Agnihotri shown as much flair with the script as his technical expertise, Chocolate would have faired better.