Monday 23 June 2014

HUMSHAKALS - Movie Review


"Men have called me mad; but the question is not settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence – whether much that is glorious – whether all that is profound – does not spring from disease of thought – from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect.”
– Edgar Allan Poe

Yesterday, we watched Director Sajid Khan’s latest offering, Humshakals, despite the negative reviews and comments. 


Three actors- Saif Ali Khan, Riteish Deshmukh & Ram Kapoor have triple roles. 

Saif plays Ashok Singhania, a smart multi-billionaire industrialist, whose passion is doing stand-up comedy. However, he succeeds in making his audience stand up and leave!

Riteish plays Kumar, Ashok’s "best-friend from the 2nd Standard". Ashok often takes Kumar for a ride! Thanks to that, we get an aerial tour of London city!

Ram Kapoor plays Ashok’s Mamaji (Uncle)– KANS- Kunwar Amar Pratap Singh. He wants to usurp the Power of Attorney & take over the Singhania group of companies.
Then, we have two more sets of the same actors- one set consists of mental-patients and the other set has two-lab-assistants-turned-into-lookalikes and a dance-bar owner in Southhall.

Heroines Tamannaah Bhatia as Shanaya (Channel 9 TV-Show Host), Bipasha Basu as Mishti (Ashok’s Estate Manager) & Esha Gupta (Mental Doctor) don’t have much to do except express their surprise & shock. They also get to sing & dance on London streets & night club & dressed in night clothes in the mansion!

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They are supported by a host of actors like Satish Shah, Darshan Zariwala, Chunky Pandey etc.

Some points: 

 - There are catchy songs like the "Caller-Tune" song.

- The public understands Hindi perfectly in the UK, even Hindi jokes! Like in all Hindi movies, they sing and dance in the language!

- Check out for the parathey made with other ingredients! The chefs or onlookers never 'smell' what's being used for the preparation?!

- If the ParatheyWaaley Ashok & Kumar’s brains were akin to five-year-olds, how do the mental patients become so smart to think for themselves and to make their own plans to help?

- How can the waitress-chasing scenes & especially saree-pulling scene be explained from the effeminate characters?

- How are all the 3 sets of triple-role - 9 people- dressed in identical clothes in the climax?

- Signing & handing over property-papers in London’s House Of Commons in front of ‘Prince Charles’ takes the cake!

Watch out for the scenes that match with your sense of humour :P

Humshakals is a case of mistaken identity with over-the-top acting, direction, double-meaning-dialogues, impossible situations, mad scenes… a typical Sajid Khan movie.

There are two scenes in which we find Sajid Khan’s self-deprecating humor- officially announcing his movie- Himmatwala & his sister, Farah Khan’s movie- Tees Maar Khan as ‘severe torture’.

The idea of 'Comedy' & 'Slapstick Comedy' varies from person to person. I prefer the Kishore Kumar kind though this is supposedly a 'tribute' to him.


The line - “Hum Paagal nahi hai, Humara Dimaag kharab hai!” has been taken from Kishore Kumar's movie- Half Ticket.

(It means- "We are not mad, Our brain is out-of-order")

When I invited my hubby’s cousin for the movie, she had refused to come along saying, she’s not MAD!

Watch it only if you have time to spare & appreciate Sajid Khan's madness! 

My Rating- 2.5 / 5

18 comments:

  1. You're a brave women :P !
    himmat wala ke saath sajid khan ki movie dekhne ki himmat bhi chali gayi meri :d

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    1. Thanks Ankur! I had no option, but to watch as my kid wanted to watch this :)
      It's better than Himmatwala, I think!

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  2. Seriously you sat through the whole movie!! :O Sajid Khan should totally stop making movies..

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    1. Some people walked out, Anusree. But, I watched!
      It is tolerable if you don't question anything. Just watch for 'comedy' :)

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  3. Hmm..sounds interesting though I have never seen this movie. You have a given a decent review Anita :)

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    1. Watch it only if you have time to spare, love the lead actors and enjoy Sajid Khan's style, Uma :)
      Thanks!

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  4. I am with you .. I enjoyed the comedy in the yesteryears nowadays people make stupid comedy .. sometimes i cant understand did they not see the movie themself before releasing it ..

    this one seems interesting :)

    Bikram

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    1. True Bikram. The movies belonging to the yesteryears were a class apart.
      Signs of the changing times :)

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  5. I watched this movie too and completely hated it. Just double meaning dialogue bazzis it had!

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    1. Many kids like my kid were keen to watch this movie for the triple roles & for its 'comedy' factor.
      But, I disliked some dialogues & scenes and felt they were terrible & unsuitable for kids, Juhi.

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  6. What does your kid think about the movie after watching it? :)

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    1. Thanks for reading, Pankaj.
      My kid's rating is 1.5/5 :)
      We had gone as she wanted to watch it. After watching the movie, she apologized to my hubby & me for forcing us to watch this! :)

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  7. YOU HAVE 2.5? How dare you? My brain felt like it was on a self destruct mode after watching this movie.

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    1. Ha Ha, Red! Wouldn't want your intelligent brain to self-destruct.
      How did you land up to watch this? I did thanks to my kid!
      My kid rated it 1.5, while my rating is on a higher side as I'm generous & also a huge Bollywood fan :) BTW, TOI rates it 3 :)

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  8. hahah! what a review! that Prince Charles scene seems to be utterly idiotic and such concepts can come only to the king- of-lunatics- Sajid Khan..I wonder if that's the reason Jaquiline dumped him :P

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    1. You have valid points, Ankita :) We have to ask Jacqueline :)
      I was wondering what will the members of the House of Commons & Prince Charles say when they watch this!

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    2. they'll roll on the floor laughing !

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    3. Seriously!
      In that mad scene at the House of Commons, while making an exit, 'Prince Charles' comments- "Remind me never to attend any Indian event!" :)

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