I watch the movie yesterday evening, but could not post a review, due to a small mishap. Soon after watching the movie, I lost my consciousness (as if I had any) and I was immediately taken to the nearest hospital in an ambulance, the siren of which sounds like, 'Yamla Pagla Deewana'. Even when I said I lost my consciousness I can clearly recollect a conversation happened in the hospital room and happy to see that it can serve as a review. Before that, let me thank Dr. John, my friend from India & Dr. Stephen from US along with all the beautiful nurses in Mouthshut hospital in Virtualland to bring me back to safety from the attack of moviecrazomania.
Dr. Stephen: 'Dr. John, the picture was very clear, right?'
Dr. John: Yes, Dr. Stephen. The picture quality is very good but not excellent. Good enough for the analysis and entertainment.
Dr. Stephen: Ok, what about the length of the movie? I only have a few hours to spend.
Dr. J: It is quite lengthy, Dr. Stephen! The print the patient seen is 2 hr 40 minutes duration. Still the writing and editing could have been better to trim by 20 minutes in the first half, where the patient suffered most of damages.
Dr. S: Oh! So, it is only the first half that made the damage. God saved the parrot! Dr. John, will you brief me the story of the movie which took the patient to this level?
Dr. J: Dr. Stephen, I am really sorry, but there is no serious story in the film. It is a collection of scenes from many films. The movie seems a tribute to Bollywood, past and present.
Dr. S: That is interesting. Please elaborate
Dr. J: Yes, the film will bring memories of many films. Including Sholay, DDLJ, KKKG, KKHH, Hera Pheri, Jab We Met and even Debaang for the action. With all these they somehow manage to bring a skeleton for a new movie. The movie got 3 flavours in it. Action, Romance and Comedy.
Dr. S: Dr. John, sorry to interrupt you, but you said there is a skeleton of a story. What is that?
Dr. J: The skeleton has actually made from the bones of golden era movies. Master of flirting and intelligent thief Dharam takes away his 2 year son deserting his dedicated wife and smart elder son. After 3 decades, the mother and elder son is now well settled in Canada. They are in hope of bringing back the family together, where they came to know that Dharam had trained his little son to his tricks and now are in Banaras. The movie don't go the soap and soap box kind way but bring the Comedy flavour to front to save the show.
Dr. S: I am all more interested in this case, Dr. John. Will you update me the MEG (Movie Enjoyment Graph)?
Dr. J: Yes Doctor. At 5 minutes from the beginning of the movie, the patient is very interested in it. At 15 minutes, he is more interested. At 30 minutes the interest is still on but showing a downtrend. At 60 minutes the graph is really going in a downtrend like when Sensex Gods feel fever, and by interval, it sinks to touch the bottom of boredom. However, after the interval, the graph remained so for 5 minutes or so and from there it is showing a high climb. At 120 minutes from the beginning, we can see that the patient is getting all excited and the laughs in the theatre which we reproduced through our latest technology prove that not only our patient but all in the theatre were hysteric. From there onwards, the movie was a great entertainer and the graph end with a high note.
Dr. S: Tell me some incidents of the movie the patient shown the best of excitement?
Dr. J: The one where Sunny D drinking from the bucket, Scene the marriage is fixed for Sunny, The entire scenes where 'Poli' is present, The Ditto boy, The intelligent theft by the father son combo.... Dr. Stephen, the patient completely liked the last one hour.
Dr. S: Oh! I am relieved. Now we can surely save the patient. Ok, Dr. John, update me on the acting.
Dr. J: Our Paulsometer shows that the patient liked Darmendra's acting for he did a wonderful job. The Iron man of bollywood Sunny Deol acted to his reputation. Bobby Deol was good in his comedy scenes where the romantic angle was not well developed and was a failure. Kulraj Randawa as the love interest was let down by the writers in the first place, make up man in the second and the director third. The only scene where the actress made her presence felt is the 'mirza sahiba story telling. One interesting observation Dr. Stephen, the patient liked the acting of Sucheta Khanna as Poli, probably the patient have a similar name. Then, the patient is little disappointed with not permitting Poli to Mar(r)y an 'impotent' in the end.
Dr. S: Ha...ha...ha... Dr. John, tell me about the writing and direction?
Dr. J: All lab reports indicate that the patient liked the writing department for the comedy where it was not slap stick despite it had cliched spoofs here and there. Action scenes too were adequate where it is presented with the support of comedy, as in Debaang. However, the romantic angle was a let down where the writer and director share the fault. The writing could have been much better and direction.
Dr. S: What about the songs, back ground scores and choreography?
Dr. J: The songograph shows that the patient only liked the songs partly. The graph never reaches the very good tag and it often enters to the average territory. The background shows a better result. For the choreography, the patient really liked the choreography of song Chada De Rang. Rest of the choreography is just ok.
Dr. S: Now my last question. Does the patient recommend the movie?
Dr.J: As we can see from the recom test results of 3.25 the patient does recommend the movie. We can further see that the first half was ranging in the level of 2.5 where the second half shows a result of 4. Dr. Stephen, we await your final decision to post it as a review as the 'will' of the patient we found which the patient kept for use in case of any eventuality.
Dr. S: After considering all the test results and examination reports I come to the conclusion that the patient's condition is stable. There is no serious damage to mind, body or soul after watching the movie. The patient was wise enough to keep the brain in a fridge before going to the movie which helped a lot in the recovery process. The reason for a temporary illness for the patient is the sudden enjoyment after a depressing first half. The patient can be wake up to his consciousness now. As a doctor, I am going to prescribe this movie to all my patients who barge to my clinic with depression at work place and at home. Dr. John, why don't you take a break today evening and go for the movie to celebrate this successful? I am anyway going for it.
Dr. John: Thanks Dr. Stephen, I am surely going for it, but tell me, will you take your brain with you while going for the movie?
Dr. Stephen: Ha ha ha..as if I used it while examining the crazy parrot...ha ha ha! See youDr. John. Have a nice day ahead. And just a reminder:
Patient's Rating: 3.25 stars
