Made in China Review: Rajkummar, Boman shine but poor plot miscarries good idea

New Delhi | Jagran Entertainment Desk: In modern times, Made in China is basically the reality of Bollywood. They have a concept driven content that is high on entertainment and message, but the storyline gets lost in execution. The Mikhil Musale directorial brings together a mix of old entrepreneurship and sex-- a domain that brought commercial success to filmmakers in movies like 'Shubh Mangal Saavdhaan' and 'Vicky Donor'.

Entrepreneurship, on the other hand, is an effort to woo audiences with a clever pitch. This is an area that has failed to attract fans in the recent past, for example-- Rocket Singh: Salesman Of The Year and Band Baaja Baarat. The chemistry between these two elements could have been a sure shot high if the writing would have been sharp. The film takes away too much time post-interval to remind the audience about what is actually taking place.

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Based on Parinda Joshi's bestseller of the same name, 'Made In China' shows Rajkummar (Raghuveer) as a Gujarati businessman, who is struggling to find his ground, although his father (Manoj Joshi) and elder brother (Sumit Vyas) are successful businesspersons. After facing one after another setback, Raghu's luck turns around on the day he meets big businessman Tanmay Shah (Paresh Rawal).

Raghu finds out all the orthodox notions that he has grown up, realising there is some serious money to be made, in a country starved of sex, via the business of aphrodisiacs. For this, he ropes in honest sexologist Dr. Vardhi (Boman Irani). The duo teams up together to sell their magic soup--Chinese aphrodisiacs with a secret recipe. For villian, there is a greedy rich guy (Gajraj Rao), who ends up in a spot of a disadvantage as Raghu thrives.

The first half is enjoyable while the second half tests your patience showing nothing precious. Too much time is spent in narrating Raghu's marital life (Mouni Roy plays his wife). His initial failures prevent us from getting into the crux of the story.

"Made In China" benefits from enjoyable performances of Rajkummar Rao and Boman Irani. While the former is a guy with big dreams, Boman is an underrated comic addition. Mouni and Amyra Dastur get the characters that are not fully fleshed out.