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Starring:
Akshaye Khanna, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Genelia D'Souza,
Naseeruddin Shah, Archana Puran Singh, Rajpal Yadav
Directed by Priyadarshan
The comedy specialist director Priyadarshan has come out
with another not so great comedy story about a widowed
father and his authoritarian son. The director who has
produced good comedies like Hera-Pheri and Malamaal
Weekly comes up with just an average entertainer.
Anyway, good performances and the dialogues add fizz to
the story.
It’s the story of an authoritarian son (Akshaye Khanna)
who bosses his long-widowed father (Paresh Rawal) about
living away the remaining years of his life like a
decent old gentleman. But the father, well under the
influence of his lusty old
friend (Om Puri), is inspired to relive his youth again
and marry his childhood sweetheart (Shobhana). And even
as the son falls in love with a girl (Genelia D'Souza)
who troubles him perpetually, he is worried more about
his father’s marriage than his own.
There are some genuine moments like the endearing
chemistry between Paresh Rawal and Akshaye Khanna
playing an unconventional father-son pair. The father is
perfectly adorable and compliant daddy to the son’s
authoritarian attitude.
Eventually, after facing
obstacles within his family and even his sweetheart’s
father, the son manages to marry off his widower father
to estranged childhood sweetheart (Shobana). The
romantic issue between Akshaye and the lovely Genelia
D'Souza breathes life in this somewhat amateurish
scripting in the movie.
Overall, this flick belongs to two players – Akshaye and
Paresh Rawal. Om Puri is a bit miscast in his role of a
leceherous friend, but it is Paresh Rawal as the mild
natured father who performs well. Akshaye appears a bit
overboard in a few scenes, but does well throughout.
Genelia is naturally pretty in the movie, Archana Puran
Singh is okay, while Naseeruddin Shah makes a surprise
appearance. Rajpal Yadav is roped in for an
insignificant role.
The movie
though begins unimpressively, develops into a feel-good
tale of a father-son, the son and his fun-loving
girlfriend has the filmy old-fashioned social melodrama
towards the end. Making a good comedy is what the
director Priyadarshan has mastered. However this film is
strictly “just time pass” which means its okay if you
miss it and not boring if you go for it.
- PAW
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The film opens with a dream sequence of Om Puri (with a
shoddy wig) day dreaming. He dreams of making merry in the
company of a bikini-clad curvaceous model (Mumait Khan)
and other under-dressed nymphs.
Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna) is the son, but he treats his
father (Paresh Rawal) like his son. Gaurav is on guard
with the vigilance of a disciplined parent. He shouts,
threatens, and fights - even locks up his father
occasionally to keep him away from the bad company of his
father’s best friend Madhav who is a divorcee and
desperate to get married.
Om Puri takes
advantage of his old pal Paresh Raval and convinces to
accompany him for bride-hunt for Om Puri, as they go to
the college to seek matrimony for Om Puri with a lady
professor and in the process, they mess up things and get
in trouble with a She-Cop (Archana Puran Singh) who, by
bad coincidence, hates nothing in this world more than
eve-teasers..
Akshaye Khanna comes to the rescue. Frees them from the
attempted legal offence, brings his daddy (Paresh Rawal)
home and cautions him to stay away from the lecherous
Uncle (Om Puri).
CAST & CREDITS
Cast
Gaurav - Akshaye Khanna
Janaradhan Rane (father) - Paresh Rawal
Mathur Uncle - Om Puri
Shikha Kapoor - Genelia D'Souza
Shikha’s father - Naseeruddin Shah
Inspector Bhawani - Archana Puran Singh
Rajpal Yadav
Credits
Produced by Raman Maroo
Directed by Priyadarshan
Writer, Dialogues - Manisha Korde
Original Music by Vidyasagar
Cinematography by Piyush Shah
Film Editing by Arun Kumar
Production Supervisor - Sanjay Roy
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