I walked into the cinema hall having almost no expectations from this Dharmesh-Darshan directed moivie.........unfortunately, even the little expectations I had from the movie could not be fullfilled. Lets understand why my very soul cringes at the thought of this waste of celluloid:
The movie begins with a dazed Priyanka Chopra flying to London with a male escort (Akshaye Khanna) to make her ex-boyfriend, Dino Morea, jealous and to draw him back to her. Akshaye is a guy from Lokhandwala (as he oft repeats in the movie....trying to be funny I guess) who has a weakness for money and so agrees to the job assigned to him by Priyanka. The two are on "coordial" terms, not at daggers drawn- quite surprising!
For some or the other reason, Priyanka has no car to pick her up at the airposrt even though her family in the UK lives in a palatial mansion. Akshaye Khanna, no doubt really bored by now, starts singing a romantic song and plays on his mouth organ. Anyway, we then get to meet the eccentric members of Priyanka’s family, which include an old and sexy mom and a ohh-he-thinks-he’s -funny dad, Anupam Kher. Frankly put, both are pains in parts of the body I cannot name on a free for all website. Now, let me tell you why Priyanka had flown to the UK: to attend her step-sister’s (Amisha Patel) wedding to Suniel Shetty, who hams through a character that has no major acting involved. The parts where you see " Stupid Shetty" on screen urges most of the audience to look for crocines in their bags or purses. Amisha Patel and her pal, some gal called Bhumicka, are just plastic dolls paid to show some skin to the people who walk into the hall by mistake. What unfolds is supposed to be a tale of love, trust and betrayal but ends up becoming a mockery that blows up in Darshan’s face.
Now, to understand what the title of my review means. Here is how I spent my two and a half hours in the cinema hall in the afternoon today. Walking into the cinema hall and seeing it 90% empty was a sure fire shot of understanding how BAD the movie realy was. But, having already bought the tickets, we decide to stick around and understand exactly why this movie would be so bad. We went and took our seats. Five minutes later, another family walks in and as it turned out, we had sat on their seats!! The usher requested us to change our seats, which was fine with us, as we had a vast array of seats to choose from. Then came the high point of the entire afternoon, the national anthem. Yes, this was the best part as it atleast had meaning! A couple of kids were also there in the hall, who entertained me more than the happenings on the screen. They romped about, running down the alley and stairway, and generally enjoying more attention than the happenings onscreen. After a relatively bearable first half, the interval came a s a bonus and a well-earned break. Attending nature’s call at this juncture seemed to be a most enjoyable activity at this stage. But little did I know what was in store for me.......After the movie began again, the torture REALLY began.
Anupam Kher and Dubey try to liven up the screen with PJs while Darshan hopes frantically that the twists in his stories will interest the audiences. In one word, the storyline is LAME. I mean, the reason why Dino is actually there in the wedding is soooo pathetic and Suniel Shetty’s reaction on knowing the truth is barely believable. An over the top Gujarati family at the climax irritates the already flabbergasted viewer further. Himesh Reshammiya belts out numbers that numb your sense of hearing , and apart from the title tarck, they are easily forgettable.
CAST PERFORMANCE
- Akshaye Khanna (7.5/10)
He tries and tries to emote as convincingly as Saif or SRK but he simply cannot. Though he more than justifies the tag of lead actor, he cannot lift the script to an alltogether new level. And lip syncing to Reshamiya’s nasal renditions is a task beyond him!
2.Priyanka Chopra (8/10)
Suffering from poor characterization, Chopra tries her level best to make her relatable to the audience. But she too can’t understand what expression her face has to be contorted into....
- Anupam Kher and Dubey (4/10)
They think they are funny, but their jokes are poor and comic timing is starined, if at all existent. If over enthusiasm ever killed the movie, then this is why AKK fails.
- Suniel Shetty and Amisha Patel (3/10)
You practically feel like throwing tomatoes at the screen whenever Shettyt or Patel come into the frame. They ham, overact and stay wooden, thoroughly angering the audience. Suniel thinks he’s sexy at his age, but he looks more like a father figure while Amisha thinks she’s stylish, but is there just to show her skin caked in multiple layers of makeup.
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