7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Chachi 420 (1997)
Chachi 420 (1997)
Overview
In order to see his little girl more often, a divorcee disguises himself as an old lady and gets a job as his own daughter's caretaker. A Hindi remake of the 1996 Tamil film "Avvai Shanmugi," which is itself a remake of the Hollywood film "Mrs. Doubtfire."
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
7.2
Overview
In order to see his little girl more often, a divorcee disguises himself as an old lady and gets a job as his own daughter's caretaker. A Hindi remake of the 1996 Tamil film "Avvai Shanmugi," which is itself a remake of the Hollywood film "Mrs. Doubtfire."
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central subject matter, a father's desperate efforts to reunite with his daughter and family through comedic deception, is primarily apolitical, focusing on personal relationships and love rather than promoting a specific political ideology.
The film 'Chachi 420' features casting traditional to its Indian context, with no explicit DEI-driven race or gender swaps of roles typically associated with Western cinema. Its narrative, a family comedy, does not critically portray traditional identities or center explicit DEI themes, focusing instead on a father's comedic efforts to be with his children.
Secondary
Chachi 420 does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. While the protagonist cross-dresses as an elderly woman, this is purely a comedic plot device for a heterosexual character to achieve a specific goal, unrelated to queer identity or experience.
The film features a cisgender man cross-dressing as an elderly woman for comedic and plot-driven purposes. This disguise is not indicative of transsexual identity, and the movie does not present any transsexual characters or explore related themes. Therefore, the portrayal is N/A.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film features a male protagonist who disguises himself as an elderly woman to be near his daughter. This is a performance involving gender disguise within the story, not a re-gendering of a canonically established character.
Chachi 420 is an Indian film, a remake of a Tamil film, with all characters and actors being Indian. There is no evidence of any character being canonically or historically established as one race and then portrayed as a different race within this film's context.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.4
6.9
Critic Ratings
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