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EDITOR'S PICK
Rating: * 1/2
Coming from a comic guru like Sagar Ballary, who has given comedies like Bheja
Fry and Bheja Fry 2, Hum Tum Shabana is a total
let down. Unlike his previous films, this has various scenes from different
comedy films strung together to look like a comic masterpiece.
Rishi Malhotra (Tushar Kapoor) and Kartik Iyer (Shreyas Talpade) are executives
at loggerheads in an event management company organising a beauty pageant in Goa.
They get smitten by Shabana Raza (Minissha Lamba), a contestant. Right from
their first meeting, on flight, they vie for her attention.
The film begins with an acknowledgment to Madhur Bhandarkar and seems to be
inspired by his film Fashion. The first half of the film revolves
around how the two guys woo Shabana. They give her tips on grooming and the
winning formula.
The story proceeds like the old fable of two cats fighting for cheese. Shabana
wins a couple of rounds. But for some unexplained reason, she loses the crown.
Disheartened, she leaves Goa.
Till the intermission, the plot does not progress.
The second half begins with one feeling as if you are watching a wrong reel.
There is a disjoint in the link. You realise that this is a major twist in the
story. Shabana lives with her uncle (Satish Kaushik), who is an eccentric
underworld don.
Rishi and Kartik are kidnapped by the uncle`s henchmen and kept under
surveillance. They are also given tasks, on a daily basis. This is to enable the
uncle decide who would marry his niece and succeed in becoming the next don. But
instead of participating in the tasks, our heroes plan ways to scamper away. The
plot treads on a nonsensical path making one feel irritated as the comedy is
weird and defies logic.
The absurdness of the script combined with the dialogues being layered with a
track of background music camouflaging the effects of the punches makes the film
unbearable.
There is less of comedy and more of hamming. No dialogues are worth remembering.
They don`t leave an impact. Tusshar`s performance is an extension of his
character in Golmal. Shreyas just walks thru his bit making no
effort to be different.
Satish Kaushik too is so typecast that it makes his characterisation dull.
Minissha and Pia are just tolerable.
The screenplay and story offer no originality. Visually the film is colourful,
but the editing, oh yes, the editing with the usage of graphics and computerised
effects makes the movie look like an amateurish attempt in filmmaking.
The music by Sachin Jigar is a mixed bag. The song Thank you Mr. DJ
is like a lullaby. And the title song Hey Na Na Shabana makes you
realise why you make the effort to see this film.
Wonder what prompted Sagar Ballary to attempt Hum Tum Shabana?
Actress Pooja Batra, who was last seen in "Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story" in 2005, is returning to Bollywood with a cameo in Sagar Ballary's "Hum Tum Shabana". She will play herself.Read More
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Two guys, one girl….seems like a simple enough love triangle right?
Wrong!
There is nothing simple about this madcap story, especially when their rivalry to woo her lands them into a crazy contest of epic proportions. Soon enough, this battle to woo the girl, turns into a desperate battle to lose the girl!
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