Movie Review: Bol Bachchan

If you are looking for a serious soul stirring, thought provoking film you are barking up the wrong tree. This is one mad caper, a film that will put you in a good mood with all the madness that simply seems to erupt on the screen. This remake of the Amol Palekar starrer Golmaal, does justice to the original by capturing the essence of the original film while retaining its individuality.  All the characters seem to have been handpicked for their roles.

Ajay Devgn has the best comic timing and the way he spouts the mad Hinglish dialogues with a dead pan face itself is worth the price of the ticket (I paid three hundred and twenty quids for a ticket, not that I'm complaining, this is just so you know. It makes me think back of the time when I used to go to the movies while in college and thought that the thirty rupee ticket was dacoity, but I digress). My personal favourite "Boy under armpit, hypercity noise pollution", this being Ajay Devgn's translation of the hindi idiom "Bagal mein chora, sheher mein dhin dhora". A truly versatile actor who can bring to life any role by getting under the skin of the character.

Then you have Abhishek Bhachchan who moves effortlessly from being Abhishek Bhachchan (yes, the screen name of one of the characters) to Abbas Ali. Archana Puran Singh is outstanding in the bit role as an ageing mujra queen who thinks she is sweet sixteen, but agrees to portray the role of Abhishek Bhachchan's mother to prove that she is an actor par excellence. Krushna Abhishek is a surprise package. The lead actresses Asin and Prachi Desai are purely for ornamental purposes and as such have nothing much to do in this out and out Ajay Devgn starrer.

P.S.-Watch out for the pre-climax scene ala Karz with pehelwans singing, standing like girls from a convent in a singing contest!!

All in all it is a film that will put a smile on your face!!!