Mar 22, 2006 10:31 PM
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(Updated Mar 22, 2006 10:31 PM)
This is one laughathon you can enjoy with your family without squirming in your seats. Undoubtedly, Vikram Bhatt's smartest comedy to date, ''Dewaane Huye Paagal'' communicates the airy ambience of a perfect comic party.
Goofy-looking Karan (Shahid Kapur) is in love with the college beauty Tanya (Rimii). Tanya witnesses the murder of Khurana (Om Puri) and unable to get over the trauma, she takes off to Dubai with her aunt (Supriya Pilgaonkar) and changes her name to Natasha.
Unknown to Tanya, Khurana drops off an important clue in her car, which his twin brother who’s an underworld don desperately wants. The lost-in-love Karan then hires a local detective Rocky (Akshay Kumar) to go to Dubai and track her.
Expectedly, once Rocky meets Tanya, he falls head-over-heels in love with her and misleads Karan into getting over her and returning to Mumbai.
But Rocky still has competition in the form of Sanju (Sunil Shetty), Tanya’s physically challenged friend and Tommy (Paresh Rawal), who’re both trying to woo Tanya as well. The action begins when the don lands up in Dubai gunning for Tanya and the story takes a new turn.
The plot is as slender as Rimi Sen's waist. Clearly, the film's main attraction is the way the four leading men go about trying to get her attention. The hook-and-crook strategy is milked to the last delectable drop. Apart from some portions after the intermission, the situational witticism never wanes.The comedy plays itself out at a fairly high decibel. Even the songs and dances, are choreographed with a zip-and-zing that makes you sing.
The cinematography is outstanding. Not to miss the way the camera captures the Dubai locales. The high production values are reflected through the film . Also, the fact that even if you haven’t seen there is something about Marry, the film is one paisa vasool package.
The casting is just perfect. One cannot imagine anyone else playing Akshay as Rocky. His body language, the way he moves his mouth and his comic timing are superbly brought . In fact he is the soul of the film. Shahid is restrained. Sunil is first-rate . Rimi is expressive enough to leave a strong impact. Vijay Raaz is just right.Johny Lever and Paresh Rawal are, like always, extremely dependable.
Dewaane Huye Paagal isn't a film that will change your life. But it sure as hell will makes you smile, if even chuckle once in a while. Its biggest achievement is that no one, neither the director nor his cast, take the goings-on seriously. The mood of fun just springs out from the screen and grabs you with a viral vigor.
