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Producer/s:
Sahara-One Motion Pictures
Director: Singeetham Srinivasa
Rao
Cast: Kamal Hassan, Manisha
Koirala, Om Puri, Saurabh Shukla, Sharat Saxena
Music: Illayaraja
Lyrics: Dev Kholi |
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Xpress Movie Review : |
 Give
us more films like this. At least they are better than
those pretentious, boring films that one is being forced
to watch these days. Kamal Haasan's latest film is a
crazy entertainer and is sure to click with kids and
all those who somewhere have a kid lurking within them.
The film has all the
elements to keep the audience laughing from the first
to the last reel. And yes, it has loads of mass appeal.
We have to add, only Kamal Haasan could dare to make
a pure family entertainer in an age when skin show and
sex is perceived as the new age mantra in films. As
usual, he treads on yet another different path that
no Bollywood maker would have dreamt of.
The USP of 'Mumbai Xpress'
is the raw humour. The best part is that none of the
characters are trying to make you laugh. Their normal
conversations and the situations they get into are so
funny that they make you laugh. The witty one-liners
by Saurabh Shukla are hilarious. By the way 'Mumbai
Xpress' is the name of a train and also happens to be
Kamal Haasan's nick name in the film. This leads to
a real comedy of errors in the climax. The film has
a lot of these mistaken identities and absurd situations
which are genuinely hilarious. There are lots of funny
sequences but the one in which school kids are singing
Vande Mataram as part of their sports day celebrations
with Kamal Haasan in the background hanging from almost
150 ft. is a laugh riot.
Now for the story. The
three-member gang (Vijay Raaz and two of his friends)
had planned to kidnap a millionaire's (Sourabh Shukla)
son from school. They are short of a man. So they chose
Mumbai Xpress/Avinash (Kamal Haasan). Unfortunately,
the kidnapping plan goes haywire when they kidnap an
A.C.P. (Om Puri) and his mistress Ahilya's (Manisha
Koirala) instead of the millionaire's son.
The kidnapping act is
again very hilarious. Even the prequel to the kidnapping
is extremely funny. What follows because of this wrong
kidnapping is both emotional and funny. One cant express
everything that one feels while watching the film but
it is one helluva joyride!
Humour they say is more
difficult than melodrama. Had the film had actors of
a lesser caliber, then the entire film would have fallen
flat. But with the best comic talent in the country;
Om Puri, Vijay Raaz, Saurabh Shukla, Sharat Saxena,
and a couple of other brilliant guys whose names and
faces are not yet famous, one can only expect the best.
Of course, Kamal Haasan
is the leader of the pack. He delivers a brilliant performance
and keeps the film moving at a fast pace. The casting
is brilliant. Even the kid (Manisha's son) is superb
and delivers despite the presence of veterans. The absence
of songs in the film does not matter. Manisha Koirala
is likeable. Pratima Kazmi is brilliant. Raza Murad
is wasted. This film has chances of working at the box-office,
especially with vacations and the lack of good releases,
favouring it.
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