Bajatey Raho

When you have Ranvir Shorey and Vinay Pathak in a movie, you can be reasonably sure that the acting department has been taken care of.  You would be right this time around as well.  This duo has been entertaining us for over a decade and with Bajatey Raho they continue their good work.  To make things better we have some other great actors as well who make the journey even more easy.

Starting with Dolly Ahluwalia who is quickly taking up the role of the Mother of Choice. If Golmaal (1979) were to be remade then Dolly ji would fit into the role of Kamla Srivastav (Dina Pathak) like no one else can.  And those who have seen the old Golmaal will agree that it is saying a lot.  Of course there are the ever reliable Brijendra Kala and Ravi Kissen.

In a nutshell, Shashant A Shah (Chalo Dilli / Dasvidaniya) continues with this Bollywood career by first getting his casting right.  Even the otherwise bland and expressionless Tusshar Kapoor does reasonably well (so what if he I the lowest point).  What Shah needs to work on however is how not to make a movie too damn soppy towards the end.  He shortens the soppiness this time around but doesn’t do away with it.

For those who are unaware of what Bajatey Raho is all about, it is an average revenge comedy.  Sukhi (Tusshar Kapoor) is your average everyday good for nothing Joe.  His father is conned by Sabharwal (Ravi Kissen) in a multi crore scam through his bank.  He dies of a heart attack en route to jail.  The peeved customers file a case against the surviving members of the family.  So they get together to scam Sabharwal of the same money and return it to the investors.

The story is quite simple but is made unduly long thanks to a random unnecessary romance where the ever average Vishakha Singh looking very glam-sham comes into play.  There is an item number thrown in for good measure and a few unnecessary scenes with an attempt to provide comic relief. Instead, if Shah had cut these out, he could have saved about 25 mins and made a really tight movie.

But, at the end of the day, Shah can conveniently point at finger at the Indian audience who apparently demands this.  I beg to differ Mr. Shah.  I think its time that you take the “brave” step for your next venture and not add the riff raff.  Because that’s probably the only reason you are a few steps away from being a really good director.  6 on 10 for the movie.  Worth a watch.

Watch the trailer on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n0Zyrr_ddU