Disclaimer: The fact that I had admired
Sajid khan long back for being literally an encyclopedia to 70s-80’s Bollywood,
especially with all the lesser known junior artists, character actors and the
inside out gossips from every corner of the Bombay Film Industry, now hardly there
to exist. Sajid Khan as a filmmaker has completely lost the respect even for
being the tiniest part of this creative medium. So if in this review of mine, I
sound unapologetically personal and too harsh sometimes, it’s purely
intentional. Follows the review…
HUMSHAKALS is as illogical, as weird as its title. Neither there is a word
like it in any of the dictionaries in the world, nor does this maddening world
exist anywhere in this universe. Since it is supposedly a comedy of errors, I
am going to try my best to make you laugh, or smile for that matter with some
of its jokes. While working at a food-joint, one ‘Ashok & Kumar’ of the 3 look-alikes
[Saif & Riteish; don’t bother who are the others] serves parathas made with
cocaine and everyone around starts moving as either zombies or more like bhangra-lovers.
Save yourself to witness them making ‘Vodka ke Parathe’. Don’t try this at your
home!
The next ‘Ashok & Kumar’, escapees from mental asylum are seen
playing with the life-supportive ventilator of an old man in coma [Akash
Khurana as if he’s more comfortable there than being in the main league] as if
it is some video game. Insensitive? Wait, there is more. The warden at the so
called ‘CRAY G. Hospital’ [Played by Satish Shah] keeps torturing the patients
with his favorite electric treatment performed with naked wires. Now, where on
earth one uses that technique is barely matters if you are in a Sajid Khan
World. This is the world where drops of a drug can turn you in dogs. People still
apply Chloroform on hankies to make their targets passed out. A lollypop can heal
the mental stroke.
Even all these can be overlooked if the very idea of entertainment is
right, seriously, but it’s always like asking for too much from a Sajid Khan
Film. Actually, it is an insult to your intellect and sensitivity as a human
being. Homosexual men are again and again being portrayed as ‘always aroused’,
moaning sex-starving guys. Characters cross-dress to seduce their look-alikes
and fall into hysterically annoying love-cum-rape scenes. Songs come out of
nowhere to just make it a loo-break in every 20-min or something. Considering the
degree of stupidity Sajid throws at you, this is one nice & smartest move
to keep viewers fresh like new from scratch. You should better take each one of
them to survive the whole film.
Bipasha had earlier made it clear that she wasn’t happy with the outcome
and that’s why she kept herself away from the film promotions. I wonder what
made Saif not go for that option. Watching him suffer as an actor who can’t
even crack a joke properly or deliver an ordinary piece of dialogue without
hamming is a terrible experience! Riteish and Ram are not so bad comparatively.
We better not discuss the girls. They are hardly there to impress with their
acting skills.
At the end, I hope it is the end. Let’s just not take cinema for granted
in the name of entertainment. Leave Entertainment alone, this is an insult to
Cinema! I just can’t throw my precious stars on such waste of time, money and
efforts of thousands of people on a film-set. Stay away, or else you might
release your anger, aggression and distress caused by the film upon your
friends and family! [0.0/5]
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