Three things I hate about Hindi Music
1) Himesh Reshamaiyya
2) Himesh Reshamaiyya
3) Himesh Reshamaiyya.
This was the last movie I’d have liked to write a review about, but then this was the only new movie I’d seen in some time. There’s nothing much to crow about here, neither there is anything to laugh about, but yes, there is certainly something to cry about.
Salty tears trickled down the contours of my face as the movie started with a gentleman looking like Inzamum-ul-Haq with a cap ( Aka Himesh Reshmaiyya ) took stage and started crooning a song. I’d say “crooning” coz’ singing is not worth an addition in his dictionary.
However, the ordeal soon ended with the murder of a rather young and happy looking Mrs Chang. Yeah she’s Indian and owns a mansion and a casino that looks like its been transported from New Jersey.
However shes now murdered rendering the casino rudderless. However, before the murder, Shahid & Kareena Kapoor happen to chance upon the kidnapped baby of Mrs Chang. The baby apparently has a tag of a few lakhs attached to it. So a glamour starved Shahid and a runaway Kareena decide to give the baby back to Mrs Chang and collect the booty. And they thus stumble upon the dead body of Mrs Chang. It seems that others too had visited the mansion and stumbled on a dead Mrs Chang and left a lot of clues for the police ( Akshayee Khanna )to point the needle of suspicion in their direction.
So two fat men with their pretty wives, Shahid & Kareena, a flirt in the casino – Upen Patel and a raucous drunkard apart from others are in the hot-list of suspects.
There are enough efforts at trying to make people laugh. Some of it is worth a guffaw or two but however the movie lacks in vigour and strength.
Akshayee Khanna disappoints as a police inspector and Upen Patel as a stand-in flirt. Paresh Rawal and Johnny Lever as two fat men with pretty wives regale the audience some-what with their antics which probably is the only thing in the movie that is worth a watch.
So then the big question is, who’d murdered Mrs Chang ? Was it Johnny Lever & Co who carry the dead body in a suitcase thinking its loaded with money? Or is it Paresh Rawal who’s lost everything in one night-out at the casino or is it their jealous wives ?
Or is it the drunkard that Shahid & Kareena meet on their way to Mrs Chang with her kidnapped boy , or is it Shahid & Kareena themselves ! ?
Sounds like an edge of the seat murder mystery !.. Well its not !
Rather watching some TV serials that are detective mysteries is a better fare. 36 China Town is a perfect no no uless you are an avid Himesh Reshamaiyya fan ( And I sincerely hope that you are not ! ).