Move over David Dhawan,
Move over Priyadarshan,
Anees Bazmee the new KING of "Leave-Your-Brains-At-Home-Comedy" has arrived....Big Time.
The story is based on a lesser known Jackie Chan film called "Mr. Canton & Lady Rose" (a.k.a Miracles). It focuses on how a villager thru strange coincidences becomes a reluctant underworld don and then uses the opportunity to try and change the goons into good people.
An interesting plot sprinkled with your typical Desi Masala of Akshay's comedy + Kiron Kher's emotion + Pritam's music + Firangi Action + that special Punjabi Tadka, brings the movie pretty close to it's pre-release hype (but doesn't surpass it).
When it comes to performances, Kiron Kher performs her fav mother/old lady in distress act to the "T", Sudhanshu Pandey, Manoj Pahwa, Om Puri etc give good support as Akshay's side-kicks. Neha Dhupia and Katrina Kaif are shown to be NRIs hence their pronunciations are excused, they both have been given minimal dialogs...which helps. Sonu Sood, who till date has done intense roles, doesn't get to "talk much" but entertains by becoming the butt of all jokes & thus shows that he can carry comedy pretty well. Jaaved Jaffrey stands out of the crowd, shows awesome comic timing, and also gets a small dance number in the end to show his real talent.
What can be I say about the "KING of the SCREEN" - Akshay Kumar, as of today their is no actor who could have carried off this role as good as Akshay does. He has been used really well, his goofy smile, his crazy eye movements & facial expressions, his trademark dialog delivery style...anything and everything he does on-screen turns out hilarious...
The songs were already a hit, the real test, for the director, was how they look on the screen. As expected Jee Karda & Bas Ek King are energetic, Teri ore doesn't loose your attention, except for Tali Hua all songs fit in the screenplay. Special mention must be made about Bhootni Ke, if you found the lyrics hysterical, the picturisation does full justice to them. With comedy champions Guggi & Khayali to support Akshay this one Rockks on-screen.
Watch this one with a big gang of friends, as a full-to Bollywood masala flick - you will not be disappointed.
Move over Priyadarshan,
Anees Bazmee the new KING of "Leave-Your-Brains-At-Home-Comedy" has arrived....Big Time.
The story is based on a lesser known Jackie Chan film called "Mr. Canton & Lady Rose" (a.k.a Miracles). It focuses on how a villager thru strange coincidences becomes a reluctant underworld don and then uses the opportunity to try and change the goons into good people.
An interesting plot sprinkled with your typical Desi Masala of Akshay's comedy + Kiron Kher's emotion + Pritam's music + Firangi Action + that special Punjabi Tadka, brings the movie pretty close to it's pre-release hype (but doesn't surpass it).
When it comes to performances, Kiron Kher performs her fav mother/old lady in distress act to the "T", Sudhanshu Pandey, Manoj Pahwa, Om Puri etc give good support as Akshay's side-kicks. Neha Dhupia and Katrina Kaif are shown to be NRIs hence their pronunciations are excused, they both have been given minimal dialogs...which helps. Sonu Sood, who till date has done intense roles, doesn't get to "talk much" but entertains by becoming the butt of all jokes & thus shows that he can carry comedy pretty well. Jaaved Jaffrey stands out of the crowd, shows awesome comic timing, and also gets a small dance number in the end to show his real talent.
What can be I say about the "KING of the SCREEN" - Akshay Kumar, as of today their is no actor who could have carried off this role as good as Akshay does. He has been used really well, his goofy smile, his crazy eye movements & facial expressions, his trademark dialog delivery style...anything and everything he does on-screen turns out hilarious...
The songs were already a hit, the real test, for the director, was how they look on the screen. As expected Jee Karda & Bas Ek King are energetic, Teri ore doesn't loose your attention, except for Tali Hua all songs fit in the screenplay. Special mention must be made about Bhootni Ke, if you found the lyrics hysterical, the picturisation does full justice to them. With comedy champions Guggi & Khayali to support Akshay this one Rockks on-screen.
Watch this one with a big gang of friends, as a full-to Bollywood masala flick - you will not be disappointed.