The most ironical part in Himesh
Reshammiya starrer TERAA SURROOR is also the most amusing part yet so not an agreeable
statement to make. Himesh gets to play a ‘Bharat ka beta’ with
a heart of gold. He used to sell Chai once in
his childhood while battling with poverty. He involuntarily gets enraged with
so much aggression that he pierces the chest of a gangster with bullet-driven holes
when the latter makes lewd remarks involving his Maa.
Years pass. Himesh is now a Modi-fied
young man with newly developed chiseled body and all expressionless wooden
face. He’s seen giving tough time to ‘gore angrej’ in a verbal
spat over India and Indians being targeted as the incredibly incompetent. He
flaunts his Desi Tamancha made in Azamgarh smugly in Dublin to
represent and rest his case; and leaves the premise in such swag that most pseudo
nationalists will rise up and start saluting and waving Indian flags if allowed.
Wait, there is more. He never forgets to make his enemies citing ‘Bharat
Mata ki Jai’ before he could take his final shots at them.
What the puking patriotism!
TERAA SURROOR is apparently being pushed
as a sequel to Reshammiya’s AAP KA SURROOR (2007). It is not but only when
Reshammiya uses some of the head-thrashing songs from the previous. Tara [Farah
Karimee] has been booked by cops for the act of drug possession in Dublin,
Ireland. Her beau Raghu [Himesh] needs to find a way to rescue her and to trace
the unidentifiable man behind all this. Enter Elle Jordan [Monica Dogra]- a
lawyer, an Indian official at the embassy [Shekhar Kapoor] and a seasoned conman
in prison Robin Santino [Naseer Saab] fondly called as ‘the bird’ for his 14 successful
attempts at prison break! Together they all try to help Raghu in his mission
and also the film in getting some kind of gravity. I wish they had not been
overshadowed by the one and only Himesh Reshammiya!
While tasting your endurance for nearly
2 hours, you often find yourself in a tight spot to decide who irritates you
the most; Himesh- the actor or Himesh- the composer. Both have their pros and
cons to their individual (ir)responsibilities. Himesh never really
bothers you as an actor. He certainly is not one at the first place. He never
tries to wear too many varied emotions on his face to impress, though the
shades on his lips do magnetize your attention. His self-possessed tunes and
the background score by the master himself make sure you don’t miss out a
single frame in the film. I made serious efforts to take a quick refreshing nap
in between but the hammering beats, earsplitting sounds and eerie singing will
never let you be successful in your thoughts.
In rest of the cast, Karimee has nothing
to impress. She is smartly given a lesser number of dialogues to mouth and it
appears bliss in many ways. Shekhar Kapoor charms as good as Naseeruddin Shah. Where
Kapoor shows off his ease and delightful presence on screen, Naseer Saab does
quite a job as an interesting cameo. Shernaz Patel and Kabir Bedi are good. In an attention-grabbing
portrayal, the villain of the film [He only surfaces at the end] plays a new
musical instrument every time he appears on screen. Each time I wanted and
wished him to be a real life competitor of Himesh disapproving his success and
guts to bounce back with an unabashed self-praising attitude! Could have been a
real joke!
Overall, I might have gifted you many spoilers
from the plot of the film but the real spoiler is the one who spoils your very
idea of entertainment i. e. the unstoppable, the unbearable and the
uniquely annoying Himesh Reshammiya. He can seriously trouble you for nights
with his hugely haunting ‘O huzoor, tera tera teraa
surrrooor!’ Beware, he’s there waiting for you in the dark! Visit at
your own risk! [1/5]
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