Posts Tagged ‘Rajpal Yadav’
Mere Baap Pehle Aap is a remake of the Malayalam hit Ishtam.Priyadarshan’s work seems to be just making the original film to suit Bollywood aesthetics and many times he is good at it.
The film has a few uproarious scenes in the first half but the second’s protracted emotional melodrama turns it into middle-of-the-road fare.
Janardhan Rane (Paresh Rawal) is a widower and a strict father who lives with his son Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna). Janardhan always manages to get into discomfited situations, thanks to his best friend Mathur’s (Om Puri) frantic pains to get married.
Shikha (Genelia D’Souza) is Gaurav’s good friend. And Anuradha (Shobana), Shikha’s guardian, is Janardhan’s first love. The film revolves around how Gaurav and Shikha try to unite Janardhan and Anuradha, and, in the process, fall in love.
The story of a son trying to get his father married is not a silly idea but such ideas are best if ideated rapidly, and this is where Priyadarshan fails to keep a tally. The first half is cheerful but the second is aimless on with twists and sub-plots, which devastate the film. Khanna flair for comedy is displayed adequately. Rawal is appropriately cast as Janardhan. Rawal and Khanna’s chemistry as the father-son duo keeps the film energetic during the boring time.
Om Puri manages to keep you in good note on most occasions. D’Souza is lively and a meet change in Priyadarshan’s films. Rajpal Yadav, has literally no role to pay. Naseeruddin Shah is brought in for a tedious climax but leaves his mark.
The music leaves no impact. A realistic director like Priyadarshan should have thought twice before attempting such futile fabrication of making a remake picture for the Bollywood, for the reason that the plot was pertinent for the mallu mass but not appropriate for Bollywood, as their potential, mind-set, and viewpoint are absolutely dissimilar to that of South Indians which Priyadarshan should have kept in mind.
From the critic point of view the film stands on the grade of an average only.
Tags: Aap, Aesthetics, Akshaye Khanna, Baap, Boring Time, First Love, Genelia, Genelia D Souza, Good Friend, Malayalam, Melodrama, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Shobana, Silly Idea, South Indians, Strict Father, Widower
Suresh Menon, comedian of TV is in the preparation for a 24-hour comedy channel to leave the audience in jerks.
“I have been meeting different people involved in this field for starting a comedy channel which is my brainchild. Let’s see how my 15 years of experience on television comes to use. I shall be able to make a definite announcement in two months,” stated the exited Menon.
According to Menon, some comedy shows are currently on air, still there is a lot of breathing space for comedy on television and the substance is doing well and is getting better day by day.
Menon said that he has five films on floors; Don’t worry be happy, Tom Dick and Harry part II, 24 hour gupshup, The Man and Chatursingh.
He added “Comedy is here to stay in films. But, heroes would not like to call themselves as comedians. This is where films like Khalbali hai Khalbali directed by Ajay Chandok come into picture. This movie has 30 comedians together for the first time. I play a bell boy, a confused character in his own world. It is an interesting role,” says Menon.
Menon felt that it was wonderful working with comedians like Johnny lever, Shakti Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Tiku Talsania, Manoj Joshi, Rakesh Bedi, Vrajesh Hirjee, Dinesh Hingoo, Asif Sheikh, Ketki Dave,Delnaz Paul, Rasika Joshi, Chunky Pandey and many like that.
“Even though the hero of the film is Nikhil Dwivedi, all the comedians have pivotal roles and our characters have gelled very well to the main plot,” expressed the shy Menon.
Tags: Asif, Asrani, Bell Boy, Brainchild, Breathing Space, Chunky Pandey, Comedians, Comedy Channel, Comedy Shows, Delnaz Paul, Johnny Lever, Manoj Joshi, Menon, Pivotal Roles, Rajpal Yadav, Rakesh, Rasika, Shakti Kapoor, Tiku Talsania, Tom Dick And Harry
Banner: B R Films
Producer: Ravi Chopra
Director: Vivek Sharma
Star Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Shahrukh Khan, Aman Siddiqui, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Rajpal Yadav, Satish Shah
Music Director: Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant
The movie “Boothnath” is aimed at children audience on vacation. The movie is about a friendly spirit, family generations, school pranks and relationships. The script of the movie is clear and performance of Amitabh Bachchan is extremely perfect. Though the film shows Ghosts, it is not a horror movie and it just tries to get spirituality in theme.
The movie starts off as a perfect entertainer for kids. There is even a song sung by the kids Hum to Hain Aandhi dancing adult style, which borrows heavily from Westside Story the cult Hollywood film of the ’60s. Banku (Aman) has just shifted with his parents (Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla) to this huge house in Goa. But the house is haunted by an angry ghost (Bhoothnath) whose sole aim in life is to rid the house of its inhabitants. And the ghost can be vengeful.
But the ghost is no match for Banku’s charm and innocence. Soon they develop a rapport and the two of them create a magical world of their own. Some very good special effects as Amitabh appears and disappears at will. And Aman is a fairly spontaneous actor. He should have been given better dialogues instead of the stilted dialogues he is now busy mouthing.
Aman insists he has a special friend who is not visible to anybody else. But his mother does not believe him. Then suddenly one day Juhi Chawla realizes his her son is telling the truth. So Bhootnath is forced to appear in a human ‘avatar’ in front of Juhi too.
Chopra was very forthright and honest in admitting that Big B and SRK will not be seen sharing the same frame in Bhoothnath. He elaborates that this is so as it is the demand of the script.
Final verdict:
A summer vacation movie for the kids
Rating: 2/5
Tags: Adult Style, Aim In Life, Amitabh Bachchan, Bhootnath, Family Generations, Final Verdict, Hollywood Film, Horror Movie, Juhi Chawla, Magical World, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Rajpal Yadav, Satish Shah, School Pranks, Shah Rukh Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Shekhar Ravjiani, Siddiqui, Sole Aim, Special Friend
