1/5
Stars
9-years-in-the-making, the film is about a
disgruntled duo of a struggling actor and an aspiring director who are trying
their level best to make a feature film. However, they face the strangest of
odds on their way to become successful in film world.
Amar Joshi (Suniel Shetty) is a boy from Benares
who pursues direction at a filmmaking school in London. Wanting to return to
India to make a film on a rape victim called ‘Cheekh’, he approaches his friend
Suraj (Rajpal Yadav) to get an entry into Bollywood. Upon reaching Mumbai, he
realizes that making a film won’t be as easy as he reckoned. He faces weirdo
characters; superstitious, foul-mouthed, debauched, sex-starved, corrupt,
perverted and some of them, plain dumb. There are cameo appearances by Suresh
Menon (a badly stereotyped South Indian music director), Deepak Qazir (an
impulsive spirituality-struck producer), Avtar Gill (another sex-starved
producer with a fixation for item numbers), Razzak Khan (as the crotch-tugging,
foul-mouthed producer gave us some of the most disgusting moments in the
history of Indian cinema) and many more. Udita Goswami as an established
actress Mohini and Mumait Khan as a gangster’s moll also lurch around in the
film. That the film finally gets made or not forms the crux of the story, not
that you care!
Awful, even keeping in mind that the film
has been in the making for almost a decade, there is certainly no excuse for
mediocrity. Suniel Shetty and Rajpal Yadav ham through their roles. They have
to pretend throughout the film that they aren’t really interested in making the
film ‘Cheekh’. However, they look like they aren’t interested in making the
film ‘Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baaki Hai’ as well. Rajpal plays a guy who cannot
speak English properly. Hence, he mispronounces words which end up meaning
something else from what was intended and yes, embarrassing to pits. Sexual
innuendos are rampant throughout this film. They don’t bring about hilarity at
all. In fact, they are supremely cringe-worthy. Other ‘stars’ in the film
include Udita Goswami, Mumait Khan, Shawar Ali, Shyan Munshi etc. Even veteran
actors such as Om Puri and Neena Gupta are hideous in their badly written
characters.
It is so ironic that the film which spoke
about the difficulties of filmdom, itself was in the cans for nine long years.
Yet, after watching the film, it does not seem surprising at all. Such inane
writing merits no acknowledgement. Even the music of the film is yawn-inducing.
Director-writer Rajnish Thakur can probably keep revisiting this film to learn
why a film doesn’t work.
Haggard storyline, lacklustre dialogues,
annoying music and tired performances, make this film a terrible watch. You
should not veer towards the ticket-window for this one.
Disappointing to the core! (First Posted in MSN)
Shivom
Oza
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