Mere Dad Ki Maruti
- Director
- Ashima Chibber
- Studio
- Y-Films
- Release Date
- 14 March 2013
- Running Time
- 101 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Budget
- ₹11.00 Cr
- Box Office
- ₹14.94 Cr
Review
"Mere Dad Ki Maruti" is a juvenile comedy that mistakes loudness for humor and confusion for plot complexity. The premise—a kid loses his dad's car and hijinks ensue—has potential for genuine satire on parent-child relationships and responsibility, but director Ashwni Dhir squanders it by opting for slapstick desperation instead. The film relies too heavily on Abhishek Chaubey's frantic energy and the chemistry between him and Boman Irani, but even their efforts can't salvage the predictable trajectory. Irani, always reliable, tries to inject some warmth into the disapproving father archetype, while Chaubey plays the typical bumbling protagonist we've seen a hundred times before. The supporting cast feels wasted, and the whole thing moves through its motions with the grace of a stolen Maruti being driven by a panicked teenager.
Where the film truly falters is in its writing and comedic sensibility. The humor relies on escalating stupidity rather than wit—watching the protagonist and his friend bounce from one crisis to another might amuse a fraction of the audience, but it grows tiresome quickly. The subplot involving the sketchy car dealer and the police raid feels like it belongs in a different, better film. Dhir seems more interested in creating chaos than crafting coherent storytelling, and the result is a mess that confuses plot twists with narrative depth. The wedding backdrop, which should ground the emotional stakes, instead feels like an afterthought used to rush to
Storyline
So basically, there's this guy named Sameer whose dad just bought a brand new Maruti Ertiga as a wedding gift for his sister. Sameer's the typical college kid who his dad thinks is completely useless, and one night he decides to take the car without permission to impress this girl named Jasleen from his college. Things go downhill pretty fast when he accidentally hands over the keys to someone he thinks is a valet after dropping her off, and boom—the car is gone. He and his best friend Gattu panic and spend the whole night frantically searching for it.
The next morning, Sameer realizes he's in serious trouble because his dad will absolutely lose it if he finds out the car disappeared. So these two brilliant geniuses come up with this crazy plan to cover their tracks. They borrow different Ertigas from various places and even agree to buy a stolen one from a sketchy car dealer named Pathan, all just to make sure there's a car in the garage so his father doesn't suspect anything before the wedding happens.
But obviously, their plan starts falling apart as things get messier and messier. The police get involved, there's a raid at Pathan's place, and everything spirals into chaos. What was supposed to be a simple cover-up turns into this whole wild situation where Sameer finds himself caught between trying to fix his mistake and dealing with way bigger problems than he bargained for, all while his sister's wedding is just around the corner.
