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Starring: Fardeen Khan, Kunal Khemu, Dia Mirza,
Anjana Sukhani, Arbaaz Khan, Rajesh Khattar
Director: Puneet Sira
Jai Veeru’s narrative has
some resemblance to the Hollywood hits - 48 Hours,
Lethal Weapon, Rush Hour and even apna Jackie Shroff -
Anil Kapoor starrer ‘Andar Bahar’.
Fardeen Khan and Kunal Khemu star in the hilarious saga
of a cop, a crook and a beautiful friendship gone sour.
Jai ( Fardeen Khan ) is an undercover cop pretending as
a motor mechanic to trace down a ruthless gangster
Tejpal (Arbaaz Khan). There is a petty thief Veeru (
Kunal Khemu ) who steals cars and works for this
gangster. Tejpal is on the hit list of criminals of the
Police Force. He is into brutal killings, fake currency
rackets, and is a cold-blooded criminal.
Veeru hits on a girl at a
club and in an attempt to impress her, he falls in
trouble with her four brothers. Jai saves him from the
hefty men, and this is the beginning of a thick bond of
friendship between them. They sing and dance and steal
together.
Tejpal the gangster is the
only person who hates Jai-Veeru more then they hate each
other and want s to kill both of them and put them six
feet under! Tejpal has got his side kicks to do the
dirty work. Well, these chaps they neither appear
fearsome nor comical.
Now, through a strange twist
of fate, Jai and Veeru are to run together. With a
little luck, the boys might jus get out of this one
alive if they don't kill each other first!
Will they survive? Will their Friendship Survive?
The director Puneet Sira seems a bit off track with his
futile attempts to stuff in comedy, action, emotions,
romance et al…in this mindless story which lags in pace
in between. The film neither has good action nor good
comedy as Fardeen Khan is miscast as an action hero
while Kunal Khemu is just mediocre in his role as a
funny guy.
Cast:
Jai - Fardeen Khan
Veeru - Kunal Khemu
Anna - Diya Mirza
Divya - Anjana Sukhani
Tejpal - Arbaaz Khan
Rajesh Khattar
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But when Veeru comes to know that Jai is a cop, he feels
betrayed and shoots Jai and flees. Even as Jai
miraculously survives, Veeru grapples with his troubled
conscience. On top of it Veeru is hounded both by cops and
his gangster boss Tejpal, whose diary of secret he has.
Once inseparable pals, Jai and Veeru find themselves on
opposite sides of the law, each feeling betrayed by the
other.
Fardeen Khan
works hard in his performance. Kunal Khemu comes with a
lackluster performance. Dia Mirza and Anjana Sukhani the
two girls are just eye candies and have no substantial
presence or any important part throughout the film. Arbaaz
Khan is okay in his part.
The very least the movie could have done is to have
avoided the obvious reference to the immortal bond of
friendship.
Okay, its got some funny scenes now and then, and some of
the songs are worth a while watch. A noteworthy track
‘Tenu Leke’ and ‘Sufi’ stand out. Cinematography is above
average.
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Shaami M. Irfan
Credits & Crew:
Banner: Siddhi Vinayak Movies
Presenter: Venus Pictures
Producer: Shyam Bajaj
Directed by Puneet Sira
Music Director: Bappi Lahiri
Lyricists: Sameer, Omar Inayat
Cinematography by K. Raj Kumar
Visual Effects - Muthu Stalin
Screenplay Writer - Vekeana Dhillon
Co-Producer : Varun Bajaj
Creative Producer : Narendra Bajaj
Art Director : Chokas Bharadwaj
Action Director : Allan Amin
Playback Singers: Javed Ali, Tulsi Kumar, Mika Singh, Raja
Hasan, Hard Kaur, Rema Lahiri, Mouli Dave, Saim, Omar
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