I love Boman Irani. As does most of the country I am certain. And I also like Farah Khan for the movies that she makes. Except the last one which bombed miserably and I must say was really baaaad. But I hadn’t quite expected that the bad luck and loss of talent in direction would rub off on the sheer confidence that is required on screen. What is worse is that it seems to be contagious as well. And that it has rubbed off so badly on Boman Irani that he seems to have forgotten how to act.
Never – and I seriously mean NEVER – have I seen Boman Irani so much at sea with a concept that is like second skin to him. Even when he was playing really weird characters like the principal in Main Hoon Na, Boman has always regaled us with his comfort on screen and commitment to the role. But I guess with SFKTNP he has been successfully downgraded to the level of a bad actor. A below par Boman still overshadows the lowly mortals around him as the 45 year old Parsee Underwear salesman who doesn’t seem to be able to find a suitable match – Farhad Pastakia
And one of them is the latest presenter of movies in the style of a documentary – Farah Khan. All through SFKTNP you cannot help but feel sorry for the moments that the audience has to look at her constipated expressions. Even news readers present with so much more passion. I am sure Bela Bhansali Sehgal was high on some really potent stuff when she decided to cast her in the role of the middle aged woman who has chosen to stay single because her father is in a coma – Shirin Fuggawala.
Shirin and Farhad meet when Shirin walks into the store where Farhad is the salesman to buy a bra. Over the next few days, the two of them bump into each other several times and love (read louv) happens. But the Fuggawala – Pastakia union is fraught with risk from day one. Simply put because of the fact that Shirin has successfully managed to get Mrs. Pastakia (Daisy Irani) really upset by removing the illegal water tank that was build by Mr. Pastakia before he passed – The last memory that they have of Farhad’s father.
What could have been a really sweet love story turns out to be a weak attempt at entertainment with several corny one liners and some really bad jokes thrown in as garnish. It was as if Bela was trying to say, “You thought my direction was bad? Look at the screenplay. Its worse”. But definitely not worse than Farah Khan on the other side of the camera. That has to take the cake this time around. The insipid music doesn’t do much to help things either. 3 on 10 for a movie that has proven once again that our critics are bought out straight through.
Watch the trailer on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJq9nU1FFpc
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