Bol Bachchan - The worst that you can get!!

                There are good films, there are bad films. And then there is Bol Bachchan. I generally am very choosy about what I watch and what I don't. And Bol Bachchan definitely came in the NEVER EVER kind of films. But I think it was just one of those days when my choices derailed. Bol Bachchan, in one word, was pathetic. In two words, absolutely horrendous. And this was in spite of the fact that, as advised, I kept my brains at the door step of the cinema hall. Frankly, it was unbearable to sit through the film. Both my brother and I were in a state of utter disgust.  We were at a stage where we were repulsed (and almost hyper- ventilating) that some people around us were actually laughing on the lame attempts at slapstick comedy!      

                At the outset, Bol Bachchan seemed to be a film made to fill in an otherwise dry Friday. With no story line, what the film was basically riding on was senseless comedy. But unfortunately, Rohit Shetty really went berserk with this film. Everything was wrong about this film. From casting to story line to dialogs. I mean, you cannot and I reiterate, CANNOT cast Abhishek Bachchan for a dance role. He is a miserable dancer. And it isn’t as if he has set the world on fire in the comedy genre. I think Rohit should have looked beyond the obligation and cast somebody else. A Sharman Joshi may have been good. Further, if you have Abhishek Bachchan as one of your joint leads, you cannot have Ajay Devgn as a comic lead. With all due respect to his recent successful record (read Golmaal series), he gives Kristen Stewart competition when it comes to his expressions. And he just could not fill up the void created by Abhishek. Mind you, I have not even commented about Krushna Abhishek, VIP and Archana Puran Singh. Prachi Desai and Asin Thottumkal really had no roles to speak about. A well polished table could have replaced them and we all would have been none the wiser (Actually the same can be said for Abhishek considering that a table also has two left feet!!! :P).

                Coming to the story line, what was presented on the platter was absurd. The character of Vikrant Raghuvanshi, Radhika Raghuvanshi, Sania Ali were not needed at all (I know I just took out half the characters. I also know that the film should not have been made in the first place. But this is damage control mode!) The insipid English dialogs by Ajay Devgn which were supposed to be the high points of the film were actually an eye sore. (A reference can be made to Sanjay Mishra’s character in Golmaal 3. He pulled off the broken English character to the T and was amusing to watch!) Frankly, after braving 3 traumatic hours of the film I felt that Rohit Shetty felt obliged to make something for his Comedy Circus comrades. I believe the writing credits should have been given to Krushna & VIP (the story genuinely seemed to be a rip- off from the stand- up acts that these two perform). It was senseless for sure, but contained no comedy.

                At the end of it all, I felt really disappointed with the kind of movie that was made. I know that it has been declared as a Box- Office hit. But in reality, such kind of films are an apartheid for Hindi Cinema. We, the viewers, really have to demand a better product from this industry. Eventually we are going to buy the same 100 - 150 rupees ticket. Why not spend it on some quality film? Films like Bol Bachchan are the reason why we are nowhere on the worldwide movie scene. We can get better from this industry. We deserve better from them. Let’s make this known to them. Let us not tolerate such asinine set of films. Only then shall this miserable condition abate.

Hoping that my film choices are back on track next time on.

This is the Sciolist.

Signing out!!!
     
(Pranav Vaidya, who goes under the pen name The Sciolist, is an avid reader, food enthusiast, zealous blogger, Lord of the Rings fanatic, Android addict, fervent writer and sporadic poet. To follow his other work, visit Sciolism, which is an advocacy of his perspectives.)