Nikamma Movie Review: Abhimanyu Dassani-Shilpa Shetty’s Film Has Nothing To Make You Say ‘Killer Lagdi’

Jo bhi mujhse jeetne ki koshish karta hain, beta woh apni zindagi haar jaata,” quips the villain in an intimidating tone. To this, the hero smugly replies, “Jeet toh main tab gaya thha jab maine soch liya thha.” Well, we guess director Sabbir Khan thought on these similar lines when he was struck with the idea of adapting Nani’s 2017 Telugu film Middle Class Abbayi with a few twists. Unfortunately, the clichéd execution and some loud performances stop us from breaking into a ‘Nikamma kiya iss dil ne’.

Story: Nikamma opens with an injured Adi (Abhimanyu Dassani) checking upon a comatose man in a hospital. When one of the nurses quiz him about his concern for the patient, the film hits the rewind button. Adi is a lazy, happy-go-lucky guy who shares a close equation with his brother Raman (Samir Soni). With the entry of Avni (Shilpa Shetty) as Raman’s wife, Adi imagines himself as being knocked off the ‘happy’ photograph and desperately clinging to the frame. Later, Adi is forced to relocate to another city, Dhaamli with Avni when the latter who works as a regional transport officer gets a job transfer. There, the hapless guy finds himself pushed all over the house as Avni entrusts him with day-to-day household jobs. Amidst this, he also finds time to romance his girlfriend Natasha (Shirley Setia). And then like Adi exclaims in the trailer, “Jab life ho itni jhakaas, tabhi lagti hain hero ki vaat.” Enters the villain Vikramjeet Bisht (Abhimanyu Singh) who soon locks horns with Avni. But fret not, there’s Mr Nikamma who is all set to be the saviour for his sister-in-law because ‘jab problem family pe aati hain na toh ek Nikamma hi kaam aata hain.’