{"id":749,"date":"2006-12-28T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-28T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2006\/12\/review-bhagam-bhag-2.html"},"modified":"2023-01-25T14:58:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T19:58:23","slug":"review-bhagam-bhag-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2006\/12\/review-bhagam-bhag-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Review : Bhagam bhag"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Rating : Below average (2.6\/5)
\nGenre : Comedy
\nYear : 2006
\nRunning time : 3 hours
\nDirector : Priyadarshan
\nCast : Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Govinda, Lara Dutta, Rajpal Yadav, Shakti Kapoor , Tanushree Dutta<\/strong><\/p>\n

BHAGAM BHAG : COMEDY’s NADIR<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always liked Priyadarshan\u2019s films \u2013 they\u2019re sort of like the last bastion of decent comedy. With \u201cMaalamal Weekly<\/a> I had hope. With this and previous films like “Phir Hera Pheri”<\/a> however, he seems to be losing his golden touch. Is this the same man who made the fabulous Virasat ? Seems hard to believe. It\u2019s like the fall of Mahesh Bhatt \u2013 from the classy \u201cSaaransh\u201d to the rotten residue spilling over from the Bhatt camp currently. Hai ! That downfall; it\u2019s painful to watch.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s it about ? OK, there\u2019s this drama troupe, comprising of the director Champak Seth (Rawal), main leads Babla (Govinda) and Bunty (Akshay) and Anjali (Tanushree), on their way to London to do shows. Problems arise when the heroine quits because of Babla and Bunty\u2019s crude behaviour, and the troupe must fly sans heroine. Once in London, Babla and Bunty search for a heroine, and find one in suicidal Munni (Lara). But big-time trouble follows because Munni is not who she seems . . .<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not like I didn\u2019t know what to expect. I had seen the trailer. And I still went to see it. So, who\u2019s fault was it ? The dumbo director\u2019s for dishing out this kind of trash, or mine for seeing it? Bhagam bhag is chockfull of the comedy one would call time-pass; time-passed badly that is. The comedy that is so eagerly lapped up by the movie-goer \u2013 no wonder we seem to be getting more of it.<\/p>\n

The story, and I hate to call it that (gives it credibility), is nothing but a product of someone\u2019s bad, impromptu imagination. I can just imagine THAT writer\u2019s block. Ooh, I\u2019m all out of ideas ! Oh my, oh my, what shall we do next ? Let\u2019s let loose a hive of bees into their midst ! Already flaky characters pursued by bees ! Oh, yeah ! That should be money\u2019s worth ! That\u2019ll make the film a hit.<\/em> And the pity is, is that it will. If not a hit, I\u2019m sure BB will at the very least do pretty good business.<\/p>\n

However, at this time of the year, I\u2019m thankful for small mercies. And while this is a poor film, it did have fewer of those sick, vulgar innuendoes which other comedies thrive on. The rest \u2013 you know it all \u2013 the cardboard-ish characters, the apparent lack of brain-power, the inanity, the stupidity, blah, blah, blah \u2013 I could go on forever.<\/p>\n

Still, because I\u2019m an ultra-nice person, and it\u2019s the holiday season and I\u2019m feeling not quite my bitchy self (although a couple of more such \u201ccomedies\u201d will get me there) I\u2019ll say that the film does have some good points. They are in descending order :<\/p>\n

1. The songs : Most of the songs are catchy melodies \u2013 especially the \u201cPyar ka signal\u201d number.<\/p>\n

2. Akshay Kumar : The actor looks good (although must get rid of the extra ab fat) even when dressed in dungeon-grunge as he is here, acts well, and displays a flair for comedy.<\/p>\n

3. Paresh Rawal : You could dunk this guy in the worst film possible and he\u2019d still come out smelling of roses.<\/p>\n

4. Some genuinely funny lines \u2013 these are few and far between, but are present.<\/p>\n

As in all of Priyadarshan\u2019s movies, this film retains a semblance of order because of the decent direction. The acting, such as is required, is OK. Govinda has aged; he now sports a paunch and a couple of chins, but still retains his ad-libbing glib tongue, thanks to all that valuable experience in David Dhawan-esque films. Rajpal Yadav is reduced to a caricature as the taxi-driver Gullu.<\/p>\n

So, unless you are getting free tickets, and have 3 hours to kill, you could do better with your time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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