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Friday, April 26, 2024
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BOLLYWOOD DULHA MIL GAYA
EDITOR'S PICK
Rating: * 1/2
There is only one reason why this hideous satire gone awry can be tolerated for
a bit. Sushmita Sen playing the broadly satirical and hugely self-important
Shimmer just simmers on screen!
Dazzling despite her fluctuating weight, in-sync with her character in spite of
a script that doesn`t seem to know its mind, and utterly oblivious of the
bustling mess that first-time director Mudassar Aziz has created, Sushmita just
has so much fun with her character.
Sadly no component in the plot supports Sushmita`s unique ability to create a
woman who is simultaneously sexy and cerebral. How did Aziz think he could pass
off this exotic but idiotic echo of Hrishikesh Mukherjee`s 1969 Pyar Ka
Sapna as a contemporary take on commitment-phobia?
There are some interesting sporadically-touching moments in the mish-mash of
chaotic comic timing and misguided social messages. Watch Sushmita in that
moment when all her cynicism about the validity of the sweet innocent village
girl from Amritsar dissolves in a fleeting close-up. That moment is worth more
than the entire film.
Dulha Mil Gaya seems to endorse garishness in place of glamour,
hedonism rather than a high-life and a ceaseless stream of awkwardly-written
jumble of scenes that would probably be rejected in a halfway decent American
sitcom on the haughty heiress and the incorrigible playboy.
Sushmita is every inch the haughty heiress. But how much of the rest of the cast
ranging from Fardeen Khan to the over-the-top Howard Rosamayer (playing the
effeminate man Friday) can she control?
One expects the screen to light up when `guest` star Shah Rukh Khan turns up in
the second half. Tragically the anarchic humour of the second half dips to an
all-time low, leading to a fractured climax that even the most diehard romantic
would find hard to stay awake for.
Yes, the first half has its interesting interludes. Shimmer`s first encounter on
flight with Samarpreet (Ishita Sharma), the poor lost bride looking for her
playboy husband in Trinidad, crackles because of Sushmita`s patronising
preening. The way Shimmer takes the bereft Samarpreet under her wings could have
been done with more restraint and panache.
The gaudy interiors just don`t match with the natural scenic splendour of the
Trinidadian outdoors. Artificiality is the middle-name of this wacky wedding on
speed.
Most of the time we get the feeling that the crew of this film went to Trinidad
to party with noisy music for company. Someone forgot to carry the script for
this corny Caribbean cruise.
It`s largely unbearable even for diehard Sushmita Sen fans.
Bollywood actor Fardeen Khan, who has been married for over four years, dressed up as a groom again and led a marriage procession, but this time to promote his upcoming film "Dulha Mil Gaya". Read More
What prompted director Mudassar to carry Sush?A photo of director Mudassar Aziz carrying Sushmita Sen on his shoulders during the Caribbean shoot of their film "Dulha Mil Gaya" has been splashed all over the Internet, creating much buzz. Read More
