Juvenile NRI Punjabi fantasy

Rating: 2/10 (7 July 2006)

If the average Bollywood movie gets a 1/10 from me this gets a 2/10 because technically the movie is above average (Indian) and they're trying a theme which is relevant in today's India. However the movie like most other Indian movies is filled with fantasy, poor acting and idiosyncrasies. If you can fast forward the first 60 minutes of the movie it would be a good idea. Nothing really happens. There's the amateur film producer from Uk coming to India with 0 cash and making Mega documentary with settings of pre-independence India. Then as with Lagaan, the white woman falls for the brown Indian guy (a 40+ yr old trying to act like a 21 yr old). Unrealistic sections guys just shouting for the heck of it, a defense minister blaming a soldier who died in action, the take of All India Radio which happens to have just one guard, and many more. The end was really funny, thy just go an kill the defense minister, then get shot themselves while they are live on the radio. As always Amir Khan is the last to die. Amir Khan's forced effort to speak Hindi like a Punjanbi was really cheesy. Half the movie is in English like most of the new Hindi movie, very targeted to the NRI audiences and the Hinglish speaking upper and upper middle class. Another thing that I learnt was that Delhi University has really nice modern suites where the white girl stays. In someways the movie reflects the sad reality of the Indian youth, who have lost touch with reality and am sure will love this movie and will be all pumped up with anger against the Indian system and will do nothing about it!