The David Dhawan brand of filmmaking has always been known for its crude jokes, double meaning one liners, over-suggestive physical gestures and a bulky, repetitive Govinda. But whenever the filmmaker has teamed up with Salman, the films have always been more classy, less vulgar and decent enough for family viewing.Mujshe Shaadi Karogi is perfect example.
There’s no Khatiyaa’s, no Pelvic Thrusts, no Suhaag Raat songs and no double meaning conversations too. What’s more, Anees Bazmee’s dialogues and Rumi Jaffery’s screenplay bring the house down at various instances and frankly, are the highlights of the film. The fast pace has been evenly maintained throughout and the film moves at a brisk speed therefore, not leaving much room for boredom.
The movie begins by establishing the character of Sameer (Salman Khan) as a person with uncontrollable temper and fists, a weakness that makes him lose his girlfriend Amrita Arora to another man.
Sameer decides to start life afresh and after promising his mother Shashikla that he won´t lose his temper again, lands up in Goa an takes up a job as a resort manager.
Sameer falls in love again this time with Rani (Priyanka Chopra) but he is met with trouble when before anything can begin, her father (Amrish Puri), a retired army officer shows up. Thereafter many other things come in his way all resulting in creating a bad impression of Sameer in the eyes of Rani´s father, a situation that even Sameer´s astrologer panditji friend (Rajpal Yadav) cannot improve.
The movie takes a monotonus course and just as one starts thinking that Dhawan has lost it enters Sunny (Akshay Kumar). What happens next?
The screenplay does have its share of flaws and the songs have been forced into the proceedings but the enterprise is so high on entertainment and laughs that one doesn’t mind neglecting the loopholes in the narrative. But hey, this is Vintage David Dhawan; senseless yet rip roaring. If Rumi can come up with something as funny as this with his upcoming directorial debut, God Tussi Great Ho, I am up for it for sure!
As mentioned earlier, the film carries a polished look throughout and has been expertly crafted. Each and every frame looks well-decorated and the songs have been nicely canned. Art direction goes well with the film and enhances its overall look.
Saajid Waajid too plays their part well. They have come up with tunes tailor-made for a David Dhawan entertainer. The songs are racy, foot-tapping and entertaining to the say the least. My personal favorite is Rab Karein. The song not only sounds terrific but is surely the best wedding dance number to come out in a while. I’ll personally prefer it any day over a certain Kaal Dhamaal or Kajra Re.
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi is a Salman Khan show all the way. This a role tailor made for Salman and he does it so well that it is hard to imagine anyone playing the coming off age Casanova other than Bollywood’s funniest leading man himself. His expressions are utterly hilarious and he intones his voice to his maximum advantage. Having the best comic timing alongside Paresh Rawal and Govinda, Salman Khan leads MSK’s nutty brigade right from the front with an effortlessly natural performance. Akshay Kumar , though good at times , is no match for apna Superstar Sallu Miyan.
Priyanka’s role requires her to be sweet and at times, sensuous and she does that with grace. Though She gets less footage , she turns in a decent performance.
Rajpal Yadav is hilarious and as always, his comic setting with Salman is highly amusing.
Energy and inclination permitting, I would’ve loved to time-log the film’s deliberately demented, but frolic, portions you must intermittently catch and huff off for a smoke/cell-phone break.