Well I was in mood to watch this film the moment I saw its promos in TV, to say the least it is not dissapointing. well done Parmeet Sethi for an excellent debut.
lets do the postmortem now.
the story revolve around an ambitious middle class boy Karan(Shahid Kapoor) who wants to make it big by doing a business but his father(Anupam Kher) wants him to do MBA and take up a secure job. He along with his friends Zing(Tenzing) a drunkard, Chandu(Vir Das) an aspiring actor and Bulbul(Anushka Sharma) an aspiring model turn their way to do con business when nothing good materializes with thier life. It starts as a simple business of evading customs duties on the import of Reebok Shoes way back in 1990s, their business is dumped due to changed economic policies of 1992, and then they turn up to USA where their life takes an ugly turn post interval.
Did I say ugly turn post interval? well yes, and does that ring some bells? I suppose, YES. The film takes an obvious turn post interval where infighting among these four partners increases, Karan is left alone due to his ego and greed. As I said same old story. but still the director has taken every step that can maintain the interest level of the audience and that the best part of it, even if you know what is going to happen in the movie you would still love to see how things will actually happen.
all in all its a good movie to watch with your friends or family. just a hang out kind of a thing. ShaHId was as usual good, thank god it was not another dud from him a has been his past 3 film(dont even want to name them). Anushka seen after a long time after Rab Ne. in a glam role, she is looking gorgeous and acts well too. Tenzing is a surprise package, he was very subtle in his acting and so was Vir Das who we know as a good VJ was looking even more handsome than shahid in some scenes. Anupam kher ws for real in his middle class values and Pawan Malhotra(Jazz Mamu) was simply outstanding, superb comic timing.
music was average, Ayaashi is the best song, never believed that Pritam gave the score. Cinematography was good but was noo impressive in the US location.looked as if we are tourist there.
Parmeet Sethi debut as a director is wonderful, he has taken full control of the procedding, however 2nd half the film falls flat. if there could have been some twist and turns then film could have been better or even a blockbuster. after all no one goes to see a obvious film.
all in all a good watch, I will not say a must watch but given the qaulity of cinema we are experience in past few weeks and no good film realeasig before kites, this one is watchable.
Enjoy!
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