Here are three movies from the recent past that you cannot miss, for not-so-obvious reasons. Since none of these movies merit a full-page review, I thought I would make this a snippet review, following the KISS Principle(Keep It Simple Stupid or Keep it Short n Sweet, take your pick!)
Khel: Starring macho man Suniel(sounds like Juhi in Darr, Sun-i-el!) biceps Shetty, Ajay squeaky-voice baby face Jadeja and Celina cat eyes Jaitley.
The story: Dev(Suniel) is a psychotic businessman who goes around beating up business partners that renege on a contract. Best bud Rohan Podhar(Jadeja) is a happy-go-lucky character that is also Suniel’s voice of reason. Enter Saanjh(Ms.Jet Li:-) and friends become enemies. Predictability ensues until ACP Rajveer Scindia(sounds so royal) Sunny Deol arrives to rain on Dev’s psycho parade. And the conclusion: Dev is psychotic coz his mommy didn’t love him enough. Take a bow, Eminem!
Comments: Jadeja is better off between the willows fending off wily bouncers than cavorting around with maidens. Hopefully this is his only tryst with Bollywood movies. Suniel Shetty should stick to producing movies and take care of his restaurants; he looks comical in this role that was tailor-made for SRK. And Celina’s debut is a damp squib! Hope she makes this her swansong as well. And her catatonic eyes are scary!
Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon:
Suraj Barjatya’s fourth outing is a disaster with a capital D. It’s a predictable love triangle with a double whammy.there are two Prems in this movie. Did he think he was gonna double his luck with that? Unfortunately not even one of them Prems is Salman Khan. Ergo: FLOP!
Some of the songs are hummable, but the movie is forgettable. New Zealand is passed off as Sundarnagar, an animated parrot is presented as a character and the morphed dog is a poor substitute for the much loved kabootar from Maine Pyar Kiya or the pomeranian from HAHK.
Karreena’s lackeys err girlfriends coo all the lines in unison, ’Oh my God’, ’that’s so cool’ like they are in nursery class and need to learn the rhymes! Hrithik and Himani Shivpuri compete with each other in the over-acting department, while Abhishek and Pankaj Kapoor vie for the most understated performance of the year award.
Janasheen: This is my favorite movie of all. Can’t beat Feroze Khan, the original macho man. Should not miss his entry. He gets off a chopper, with his cape swinging in slow-mo, pets his royal Bengal tiger and bellows, “Vallaaaah”. Can you feel the vibration? Donald Trump has some serious competition in the tonsured, kohl-eyed Feroze Khan.
The story: It’s about fathers and sons and a whodunit plugged in between. Celina(her again) plays second-banana to Feroze and Fardeen, always with a violin in hand. And she holds it all wrong!
Final thoughts: Will Project Tiger please save the royal Bengal cat before it jumps off to its death for being part of this extravagant, grandiose torture?