|  Fun2shh..
Movie Review
Debutant director Imtiaz Punjabi's Fun2shh... has an
interesting premise - three 21st century good for nothing
blokes hitting a wall and getting transported into the
10th century - but he botches it up with tacky sets,
gross dialogues, obscene sequences and an overall lack
of finesse and style. The humour if any comes in miniscule
doses while a major part of the film is about the (mis)
adventures of Aju (Anuj Sahani), Vicky (Iqbal Khan)
and Johnny (Paresh Rawal).
Aju, Vicky and Johnny are three good-for-nothing
friends who live as tenants with a land lady (Farida
Jalal). The trio one day is wrongly accused of stealing
a crown that belonged to the 10th century King. On their
case is Bhaleram (Kader Khan) their employer and a couple
of idiotic cops. The crown has been actually stolen
by Chindi Chor (Gulshan Grover), a conman. While the
three guys are being chased around by the cops and Bhaleram
their car gets hit against a wall which takes them to
the 10th century in the Chhanpura kingdom of Raja Babusha
(Grover again). The three find themselves in tricky
situations and in the meanwhile Aju and Vicky also fall
in love with the King's two daughters (Netanya Singh
and Raima Sen). They also find shelter in the house
of a lady magician who is the 10th century incarnate
of their landlady. After an excruciating two hours,
the trio finds themselves back in the 21st century with
their ladyloves.
Punjabi is also credited with the story
and screenplay, which get royally butchered. Add to
that Jayant Deshmukh's pretentious sets, Prittam's strictly
average music and Rajesh Khattar and Pravin Raj's dialogues,
which don't help matters much (especially 10th century
folks talking in different dialects, even Urdu).
As for the performances, Gulshan Grover
sleepwalks through the role (he even looks sleepy in
some scenes), Kader Khan is unbearable, Paintal as the
10th century Einstein is seen in a thankless role. Anuj
Sahani looks visibly uncomfortable while Iqbal Khan
goes over the top. So naturally it's upto Paresh Rawal
to keep the madness going but honestly we are sure even
the audience is now bored with his antics. Can Rawal
please start saying no to ventures like Fun2shh, which
do nothing but insult our senses? |
