I had returned from a long long trip last weekend and could manage to catch only Delhi Belly. I would have loved to catch up with Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap (BHTB) last weekend itself but what discouraged me was a massive bout of tiredness (which led me to sleep for 14 hours at a stretch last Sunday i.e. 4 pm to 6 am) and the fact that I wasn’t really kicked about the prospect of watching a crappy Big B movie which would have turned out to be like Jaadugar or Ganga Jamuna Saraswati or stuff on those lines – u guys get the drift right? That the show time would have made me wait for nearly 2 hours helped me make my decision really quick and I chose not to watch it last weekend. However, when people started speaking about the movie in good light I was quite intrigued and said to myself that I must try and catch up with it; so what if it was a week later.
If there was a a sure formula to ensure success in this country it would have been include the Big B in your cast. Releasing BHTB along with Delhi Belly was probably the reason that BHTB lost out. Flashy clothes and a different role are definitely challenging but the packaging was too down market for someone of your stature. The producers should have worked on it to ensure that the communication was classy. Because at the end of BHTB one actually says – Not bad yaar. BHTB is Tacky, reeks of south Indian direction that is average at best, stunts are too obviously worked upon, most of the cast looks insipid and pale when the Big B is sharing screen space with them (except for Hema Malini who looks stunning and confident), music that is just about ok and has very few good moments – but still one feels quite satisfied at the end of the day simply because the Big B completely takes away the role into his stride and delivers a performance that is quite commendable – not amongst his very best or anyways superlative but definitely commendable. He is not supported by anyone else in the movie except for the villainous Prakash Raj who seems to be quite good at his job. Sonu Sood is also just about OK. The women in the movie other than Hema Malini are a combination of an absolutely gorgeous piece of furniture called Sonal Chauhan (stunningly gorgeous to say the least), her best friend Amrita played by the most irritating piece of overacting material you can find in Bollywood called Charmy and Amrita’s mother played by Raveena Tandon whose item number was deleted in the version that I saw in PVR Goregaon.
BHTB is by no means the Big B’s best piece of work. But it is definitely entertaining and worth spending time and some money on. It is as good as if not better than Murder 2. A solid entertainer – but do keep your brains to the side before you get here. The story will hold you to the screen but the execution may make you tear your hair apart. I give this a 5 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeD7VCzB9g4
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