Harmless One Timer. Review on Bhagam Bhag

Everyone with a pre cinematic experience would know how important a promotion campaign is for a product to work.It was apparent, that a movie like DON was not the best of Farhaans efforts, but what worked in his favour was the way it was promoted and of course, the King Khan himself on the driving seat.

So,lets face it."Bhagam Bhag" is,as mentioned in the title, a movie that could be wathced once.The heavy Promos will work for this one time viewing.As for substance,this by no means is the best "priyadarshan" product , but it does leave a mark at several places.

PLOT:Champak [Paresh Rawal] has a theatre group in India and he performs shows all over the country. Bunty [Akshay] and Babla [Govinda] along with others are actors in the group. Both are naughty-natured guys who never miss a chance to flirt with girls, even with girls in the group.

At the completion of one show, an organizer [Asrani] offers Champak's group to perform shows in England. Unfortunately, the heroine of the play [Tanushree Dutta] opts out due to Bunty's misbehavior.

They reach London and through Gullu [Rajpal], a taxi driver, Bunty and Babla try to find a girl for their play, but it leads to many misunderstandings. In this process, Bunty and Babla fall into trouble involving a drug baron [Manoj Joshi].

Thereafter, Bunty and Gullu discover a girl Minni [Lara Dutta], who suffers from amnesia, to act in their drama and just as Bunty and Minni fall in love, she regains her memory and reveals that she's married to a U.K.-based entrepreneur [Arbaaz Khan].

The story conitnues from there taking us through a murder mystery and eventually the climax.

Unlike other Priyan movies, the climax here is a complete let down with an abrupt ending which could have been made grand and interesting. The way the mystery unravels is not captivating either.

The screenplay could have been a notch better in these reels.

1)PERFORMANCES:In movies like these, the chemistry between actors is very important and hats off to the lead pair for having taken the movie to a high which could have been otherwise a boring fare,if not, for Akshay and Govinda.

Akshay has again delivered another of his best performances and has time and again, proved that he is currently the best bet for any light hearted movie.He continues to maintain the panache and exuberance through every shot.Great Job!!!

Govinda has had a fair comeback in this movie and has displayed his skills at every instance he could.This man still has the energy that he had in his previous flicks.Well,get ready for the Hero No 1 again,provided he gets the right kind of scripts,now.

Paresh Rawal and Rajpal Yadav need special mention.They along with, Shakti Kapoor have been an icing on the cake as far as performance goes.

Lara looks good throughout the movie, but could have done better with her performance.

Arbaaz, Asrani, Jackie, Sharath, Manoj Joshi and others have handled their parts well.

2)Music:Strictly Okay."signal" stands out.

3)Cinematography:Top Notch.

4)Dialogues:A special mention for Neeraj Vora who has been part of Priyan movies before.

The dialogues need to have a strong punch in comic capers, as thats what gets the audience on the ground along with the histrionics.Neeraj has been very convincing in this area, and has really

contributed immensely.

Some scenes that stand out:

a)The car scene with Shakti and his pals getting under akshay's nerves

b)Every scene that has both the lead actors delivering

c)Watch out for Paresh's expressions as Lara poetically explains her Suicidal intentions

d)Akshay-Rajpal scenes

All in all, considering, no releases this weekend and the fact that its an extended one, the movie shoud fare well at the Box office.As for viewing, well, theres nothing you will lose,for watching it once.Bhagam Bhaag can definitely be watched once without any hue and cry.