I am sure this review is late by a month and a 1/2. I am sure you all have seen the movie - paid, unpaid, whatever. I am also growing to realize what brand value is. Its true. I hate Shahrukh Khan. I hate his bloody stammering acting. I hate his cliche’ mannerisms. I hate his unchanging character and the unimaginable amount of ’’ahmm..urr..amm..uss’’ sounds he adds to all his dialogues (refer to Kuch Kuch Hota Hai for the extreme usage of the latter). But I had to. Something compelled me to see this movie...in a theatre...for Rs120.00 !! Baap Re...Here’s what I think about the movie :
There are 2 approaches to watching a masala / David Dhawan Movie.
Review by approach 1 : The Masti Methodology
There are many things which have gone right with this movie. Firstly Shahrukh Khan looks what he is supposed to look like. If we compare this to the legendary ’’Chalte Chalte’’ (jahaan Shahrukh ka ek baal bhi Truck Driver jaisa nahi tha), this is a remarkable improvement.
Secondly, the spoofs and jokes are the highlights of the movie, which some are lucky enough to notice, while others are not. As I see it, the heavyduty rickshaw scene is not a standard action sequence. The spitting Matrix thingie is truly humorous...
What went wrong with the movie, is that working double time to extract Shahrukh Khan from his disgusting mould, Farah Khan forgot to pay attention to Suni(e)l Shetty. The guy looks sad. He looks less vicious than Helen ( the piya tu ab to aa jaa dude-ess). All you notice is the well designed green shades outfit. His sidekicks look more cool with their gog’s and black suits..
Amrita Rao has been lucky enough to play the same Love-me-Iam-cute-and-ekdum-fit-with-flat-tummy again in this movie (after Ishq Vishq). Must have been pretty easy. Anyway, job well done. Lets see what she does in the future movies.
Zayed Khan does a good job playing a perfect dude. Again, it was mundu role, and he did a decent job. Problems to ab shuru hongi, when he’ll have to do the standard ’main-hu-tera-jaaneman’ songs.
Sushmita Sen was just a model in the movie. 3 dialogues. 110 smiles. 1100 Kilo-Ton-Meters of air blown on her.11, 00000 Pallu Adjustment Shots....
Isspecial point no 1 : Why is the guy who fails or the one who doesnt enter the library the cool-dude of the college ?
Isspecial point no 2 : Do such frolicky-partying-dancing colleges exist ? where ? where ? where ?
Isspecial point no 3 : People...do you realize how pathetic the movie soundtrack is ? This is totally independent of my Shahrukh Khan hatred. While I do believe that its bad to be picky, this is an exception. Its of the category of Mein Prem ki Diwaani Hoon, or the 99 Antop Hill. Villain=Evil=Loud=Rock Music. So you have some vague Drums and Guitar Combo replayed everytime Sunil Shetty strides in. Same bloody Arabic tune for Khan-the-Villan scenes...Its bad...Its sad...
Review by Approach 2 : The Rational Methodology
We can always question the scenes/actions being depicted in movies - ’’How can he...How is it possible that she...Waah...baal aise hi udte rehte hain kya...Ye T-shirt hardam fataa hua kyon hai kamar se ? ’’
Through divine intervention, I’ve realized its terribly stupid to do this. No point. Absolutely no point. You’ll only screw up your 3 hours (for which you have paid Rs120) and your neighbours..So refrain..
Few scenes in the movie are truly stretched. The standard Maa-Beta(s) scenes, the Border-Hugging-Kissing-Families. But theek hai..Some of my friends must have shed tears on these, so I wont stress on the irriation it caused.
Enjoy the jokes, and the overall masala content. Save the brains for the upcoming Hum Tum, or the Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya
God...who says Hindi Cinema isn’t progressing !!