Saturday, 26 September 2015



In my Opinion :  One Time Watch, no logic but just for a good laugh.


As i had planned of going for a night show of the movie i got enough time to talk to my friends who have seen it already. Most of them were against the movie and then there were a few who called it a laughter riot. It is then that i realized that almost all the negative reviews that i heard were from women! I completely respect their opinion but it made me ponder over the fact that the reason behind it is that today times have changed and marriage is not a priority. So the beautiful, independent, working women for sure hated the story line where four women act dumb and are constantly fooled by one man throughout the movie. All they care for is to get married to him, get dolled up, keep 'Karwa Chauth' for him and nothing else. How is that possible ? 
Let me help you with the plot.


The story revolves around Kumar Shiv Ram Kishan aka SRK (Kapil Sharma) who is a wealthy man, by god's grace as no where in the movie it is shown that what does Kapil do apart from marrying?  SRK gets ‘accidentally’ married to three women and how these 'accidents' happen are narrated in the first fifteen minutes.The most bizarre ways that anyone can get married, our hero gets through them all and gets married thrice.




 Simran (Simran Kaur Mundi), Juhi (Manjari Fadnnis) and Anjali (Sai Lokur) are the three gorgeous ladies that Shiv Ram Kishan is married to, of course with different names. Interestingly, apart from three wives, he also has a bombshell girlfriend named Deepika (Elli Avram) who loves Kumar, SRK's first name.
Like Batman has Robin the same way Kumar’s sidekick in this story is Karan (Varun Sharma). He is a lawyer, old friend and a problem solver for SRK. With his amazing 'science' and 'Newton Laws' he keeps the wives and SRK's nosy Champa Bai (Jamie Lever) at check and helps to continue the drama.


To make SRK's life easy Karan suggests him to shift all at one place so that its easily manageable. He shifts all of them in one building on different floors and even gets Karan to shift to the top floor of the same building in order to keep him always around to help.
Even after three 'accidental' wives, SRK dares to plan his FOURTH wedding with the love of his life Deepika. What happens then is the movie all about.
Trust me if you think i have told you the story and now your film will be no fun, then you sir are wrong!  This is exactly what they have already shown in the promos, but what surprised me was why did a director duo like Abbas- Mustan pay Anukalp Goswami ? They could have easily called David Dhawan as such stories, Mr. Dhawan Sr. can cough out in his sleep.

 There is no head or tail to the story. It defies all logic but does give moments to laugh throughout. 


Abbas-Mustan have been the famous director duo for their genre of suspense / thriller films with this movie its their switch for the first time from their forte. I guess the duo pulled their inspiration from David Dhawan style of film making. But even in those movies a man was only shown caught up between two wives, here it is three and still counting! It is a situational comedy so, the film does make one laugh out loud at some points where 'Nootan Laws' are explained or the confusion is shown and you end up laughing at the absurdity of it all. Having said that i would like to add that the film belongs to 90's as it is heavily inspired by movies like, Saajan chaley sasuraal, Gharwali-Baharwali, Coolie No.1 and more such. Honestly, if that was the benchmark then you can easily understand what was achieved as the movie lacked the expression, comic timing of Govinda-Kader khan level. 

Acting wise Kapil was good in comedy but other parts he falls flat. Dancing,drama, emotional scenes, monologues are something where the moment he began, i wished to say, " Tumsey naa ho paayega". Especially, the drunk scene on terrace, its fake and he couldn't even fake it. When he is delivering emotional speech, you always fear he might not end up cracking a joke. That is the difference between a Govinda and a Kapil Sharma in such roles. One knows how to fill the loop holes with his expressions and performance, the other one has no idea till now where the loop hole is. Having said that a few of Kapil's punchlines are kick ass for which he is well known. The ‘Karva Chauth’ scene is a true 'B-grade trademark', i mean that big and bright a moon can only look if 'Bruce Almighty' wants, Period.



There is a lot of beauty in the movie, Manjari Fadnnis, Sai Lokur and Simran Kaur Mundi are actually good for whatever little screen time they get. But i failed to understand that how can they think a wife (in this case THREE) will not be able to recognize their husband just because there is cake smeared all over his face? How can anyone possibly be that dumb ?  


 This is Elli Avram's second film after Mickey Virus, she does well and looks stunning. Her character is also shown half developed, a girl whose father (Manoj Joshi) is shown to be a very big businessman but only keeps people at job who have a picture of their life partner. I know some weird stuff, i couldn't digest too.
Supriya Pathak and Sharat Saxena play Kapil’s parents and despite having small roles, they have done pretty good work.


Varun Sharma and Arbaaz Khan are brilliant in this film. 'Makkhi' and 'Choocha' are two actors who portray their roles so well that for the scenes they come on screen one almost sure laughs. Jamie Lever as Champa Bai is also fun to watch, true portrayal of the arrogant lot of Mumbai House maids. 
The cinematography and screenplay are two of the worst departments of the film. In the already illogical plot, the background score of the movie is another pain. Music wise 'Bum bum' and 'Samandar main' are two songs that are okay but none good enough to linger on. 

The problem with this movie is that the characters are not developed properly,no back story of the characters gives it a feel of a comedy show. From beginning till the end no one finds out what  business exactly Kumar is into that he maintains three wives, one girl friend, a useless lawyer friend , a nosy kaamwali Bai, three flats in a posh locality, ride a Harley Davidson, drive a sports car and sit in a fancy office in Mumbai! 
How? Simply How is that possible ?

Just when you ask yourself all such questions let me remind, you are watching a film that is based in the 90's but released in 2015. So it defies logic, go to the theatres for a good laugh with family and don't think how, when, what ?    If you liked David Dhawan movies in 90's then you sure will enjoy, else stay home and watch Comedy Nights.












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