The pivot of the story is corruption. This time round the corruption in the construction business, road construction is explored.
But, the movie lacks direction. Somewhere in between you hear dialogues like "tu to grahan ke din paida hua tha. Tu to mhanoos hai. Tujhese kuch nai hoga" i.e. "You were born on the day there was an eclipse, you are unlucky. You will never be able to accomplish anything in life". Which made me think, is it this topic we are highlighting?
Somewhere in between, we have an honest person, become corrupt so that he can make money. So he makes roads which are of low quality. Okay, so this is the topic right?
But then, you see someone kill an innocent person, after pushing the blame of his wrong doings on him. And a reporter who is trying to unveil the truth of the incident. He is killed before he can reach the court etc. since he is killed by a politician So, we are now talking about politicians here.
But then, in between, we have good comical dialogues and scenes where the road roller keeps moving down a slope and breaks into someone's house. So this is a comedy flick right?
There was an effort I believe to bring out humour in theis corrupt world of ours, poignant humour (I hope this term exists). But, the effort failed terribly. Songs come and go in between for no rhyme and reason, reminds you of typical bollywood movies right? But we have come way ahead of that stage in bollywood, so why keep going back? And Priyadarshan...come on, if you can make movies like Hera Pheri, why make Khatta Meetha?
Akshay Kumar is the same as always, and it feels like an overdose. Rajpal Yadav does well, but cannot save the movie. Johnny Lever, do not accept such roles, so that atleast your previously hard earned honour remains intact. And the heroine, Trisha Krishnan is a part of the movie only for an effort of glamour.
Please, don't bother!
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Zaru
nice review.. nothing to add.. :)
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