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| PAYING
GUESTS MOVIE REVIEW |
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IF YOU HAVE TIME TO KILL |
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| Review
by : Harish V |
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Starring:
Shreyas Talpade, Javed Jaffrey,
Ashish Chowdhry, Celina Jaitly,
Chunky Pandey, Riya Sen, Sayali
Bhagat.
Direction:
Paritossh Painter
Music:
Sajid, Wajid
Production:
Mukta Arts Ltd |
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It
has been quite a while since
Mukhta arts entertainment enjoyed
a hit; their last hit was Apna
Sapna Money Money which was
released in 2006. Will their
new project with a debutant
handling the affairs and a cast
comprising of Shreyas Talpade,
Jaaved Jaffrey and Aashish Chowdhary
be enough to bring back the
glory days? Let’s analyze.
Paying guest might well be the
only movie worth spending the
2 odd hours in a theatre in
almost a month, since ‘99’
to be more precise. But that
doesn’t make it a brilliant
movie but definitely not unbearable.
The story is about four young
men who are without a job and
trying to find a place to live
in Pattaya. They do find a couple
Jhonny Lever and Delnaaz Paul
who are ready to give their
place for rent but only for
couples. So Aashish
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Chowdhary and his cousin Vatsal Sheth comes
up with a plan of making Jaaved and Shreyas
act as their wives and successfully they
occupy the house too. So what happens next?
Ok that’s easy to figure out, but
how things falls in place forms the rest
of the movie.
The story has an uncanny resemblance to
Golmaal, and thinking of which Aashish and
Vatsal could have easily used the ‘Dostana’
way to get the place, but then there wouldn’t
be a story, would there? Paritossh Painter,
the first time director shows immense talent
in some of the scenes but loses his grip
in the second half. There are a few laugh-out-loud
scenes but the problem is that the movie
is not laugh-a-minute like Golmaal or any
other recent mindless comedies. The climax,
inspired by ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’
is presented shoddily and is unwarranted
for. And the scene before the climax, Jhonny
Lever signs a contract with the bad guys
just because he came to know the truth about
the paying guests, Wah! Kya soch hai Paritoshh
bhai, but answer us this, why was he involved
in the chase after that? It just proves
once again that most of the Indian filmmakers
are clueless on how to give a proper ending
to a script.
The technical aspects of the movie is decent,
Cinematography by Selva Kumar is noteworthy,
editing by Manish more is slick with the
first half going in a rapid pace but does
slacken in the second half. Dialogues by
Lawrence John are great at places but the
heavy usage of English language puns will
surely limit its prospects in reaching the
target group. Music by Sajid Wajid is mediocre
with no songs being able to woo the audience,
the “Jack and Jill went up the hill”
song is sure to catch on but again just
because it’s a little different and
not because of its quality.
Shreyas Talpade, gives his best and so does
Javed Jafferi, they crack everyone up quite
easily. Aashish Chowdhary has improved by
leaps and bounds from his Dhamaal days,
he does have good screen presence too. Vatsal
Sheth is strictly ok. None of the heroines
get much scope but in that little space
only Celina is enjoyable. Apart from her,
Riya Sen is boring, Sayali Bhagat is wooden
and Neha Dhupia is predictable. Chunkey
Pandey overdoes his part, so does Paintal.
Delnaaz Paul and Johny Lever as the couple
are brilliant in their roles and are very
enjoyable.
Overall, this movie is not a great movie
but is bearable. Lack of any big opposition
and good movies in the theatres (except
the re-run of yester hits) can go in favor
of this movie. Whether it would give Mukta
films a final break? I guess.
Verdict:
Some mindless laughs
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