4084 Chaalis Chaurasi is not a typical Bollywood movie where you will see nice locations, hero romancing the heroine and in the climax the hero takes away the heroine in front of 50 odd looking villain. It is a movie where four friends plan to rob a deserted house that has a note vending machine and 20 crore Rupees .

The star cast of this film needs no introduction. It is needless to say the Naseeruddin Shah has as always has done a commendable work in this film. He plays a ex-professor Sir who has always controlled his anger and is very fond of rum. However due to some reasons he has been sentenced a jail term of 10 years .After his release from the jail he somehow finds a place where only two persons are guiding 20 Crores of Rupees.

Then he assembles three other players which are Albert played by Kay Kay Menon who is a car thief and goes on to find another person Bobby which is played by Atul Kulkarni who has a strange love to to call himself a manager. Shakti Chinappa played by Ravi Kishan is the last man that joins the gang.He is just a simple drug peddler. These are just inexperienced guys, though attempting a robbery they are cowards and foolish in their behavior. Whether they are able to make it happen is what you will have to see in a movie.


As far as acting is concerned everyone has done a fabulous work . However Ravi Kissen has done quite a average job as a thief in this film. The real backbone of this film is it's screenplay which has beautifully joined the plots. Characterization lacks imagination but it's understandable because the whole story finishes in just one night so you should not expect extra information. The writer has taken care of giving the details about extra artists too. This film can be called a thriller as it manages to surprise the audience and has a god pace as far it's story is concerned. The background music is quite decent. The music helps the film in its own way. Songs are quite catchy and will surely capture the imagination of the youth. Cinematography is good and is able to hold the audience throughout for the entire period.

Overall this film could be much better than what it turned out to be on the screen. The talented cast of the film was wasted in a way and the makers of this movie had managed to make a average thriller with a talented cast.