Three friends – Ali Zafar, Siddharth and Divyendu Sharma – live in Goa. They owe money to their landlady, Lilette Dubey, and the local café owned by Rishi Kapoor.
Siddharth and Divyendu are the rascals while Ali is the good boy in the group. Newcomer Taapsee does a reasonable job in this mediocre film, and the two rascals stick to their over-the-top characters, and this demands some acting of the same. In fact, the whole film seems more like a parody than a comic caper.
Taapsee’s character, Sima, runs off to Goa to live with her uncle and grandma after her father’s repeated attempts to marry her off. Soon she falls into Divyendu and Siddharth’s sights and the two try to sweet talk her, failing which each makes up a grand story of their conquest. Ali meets her by accident and they fall in love. Just when all’s well in the romance kingdom, Siddharth and Divyendu find out who their friend has fallen in love with.
There are snippets of popular songs from the past to irritate the audience more. The first half seems to flow at a leisurely pace while the latter half moves quickly. There are too many scenes inside a mall which makes no sense and there is almost no scene capturing the loveliness of Goa.
The veteran actors, however, are a saving grace of the film. It was good watching Lilette Dubey on screen after so long. Rishi Kapoor seems to have found a new life in the industry with his varied choice of roles in films like ‘Agneepath,’ ‘Student of the Year’ and now the macho tattooed bachelor. He tap dances, too. Anupam Kher plays sparring twins and father and uncle to Taapsee as an army officer intent on marrying his daughter off to an army man and a professor rooting for his niece to marry a civilian. He is a bit irritating, probably because he’s never at his best when doing comic roles.
David Dhawan’s film seems so long at times and the songs are simply annoying. But people could enjoy the film if they don’t judge and have no problem sitting through a mindless comedy.
Screening at QFX Cinema
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