Tere Bin Laden

Plot synopsis:
Ali Hassan (Ali Zafar) is a reporter with Danka TV, a downmarket local TV channel in Karachi, Pakistan. He is keen to migrate to the US for a better life and wants to work for an American news channel. He gets a chance to fly to the US, but ruins it on board while filming his own audition. He recites the words "Hijack" and "Bomb" too many times; thus scaring his fellow passengers and flight crew. As soon as he reaches the USA, he is deported. Furthermore, because of this incident his visa application is rejected six times in seven years. While covering a local event for his channel, he comes across an Osama Bin Laden look-alike, Noora (Pradhuman Singh), and hits upon an idea to make a fake Osama tape. He manages to convince his assistant Gul (Nikhil Ratnaparkhi) about the merits of his plan. With help from his travel agent's assistant Zoya (Sugandha Garg) and a local radio jockey Qureshi (Rahul Singh), he is able to make the tape by tricking Noora into unknowingly posing as Bin Laden. He then sells the tape to the owner of his channel, hoping to raise money for a new false identity, a new passport and a renewed attempt at getting the elusive US visa. However, the gravity of their action strikes them when the US Government takes the tape seriously and gets involved, as do the Pakistani intelligence agencies. Noora, too, comes to know about the trick played upon him and goes into hiding in his house.
Ali decides to defuse the situation by making another tape in which Osama would be declaring ceasefire with US. He manages to convince Noora and Qureshi. During the shooting of the tape in Danka TV studio, Noora unwittingly detonates a grenade, which kills his beloved prize rooster. Depressed, Noora runs away from the location with the Osama-makeup still on, forcing Ali and his team to follow suit. They manage to get hold of Noora and try to convince him for another shoot. Meanwhile, the FBI team, led by Ted Wood (Barry John) and Usman (Chinmay Mandlekar), head of the Pakistani intelligence agency tracks down the location of Ali and his team. The police arrests Noora, Ali and his team. Ted is delirious that he could at last catch Osama bin Laden. However, during the interrogation, the truth is revealed and to save Ted's face, Ali convinces him about his idea of making a tape of Osama declaring ceasefire. The film ends with US accepting the offer of ceasefire and Ted getting elected as Defence Secretary. Ali is, at last, able to make it to the US and Noora too changes his lifestyle, marries Zoya and helps her with the daily routine in her beauty parlor. Usman is shown to be admitted in a mental hospital as he tries to tell the truth to the world.

Tags: comedy, humor, satire

Review:
Its good news for all Comedy genre lovers as here comes a fine tuned comic flick with some great performances after a long time.
Out of all the genres of film-making I consider Comedy as the toughest one since each individual viewer has his own kind of sense of humor and it's really tough to make everyone laugh at the same time.
And if you are dealing with a concept based on the identity of the world's most famous personality OSAMA BIN LADEN then the vision of its makers really matter a lot.Fortunately "TERE BIN LADEN", comes up as a clear winner, offering you a highly enjoyable time in the theater with a fresh and daring subject.
The movie once again proves a strong point of film-making that a pleasing project solely depends upon its writing, script and execution more than its star-cast.
Now "TERE BIN LADEN" proves it once again, as the common man is appreciating it, even when he is not familiar with any of the faces seen on the screen.Based on the subject of creating a fake personality of OSAMA and then shooting his forged tapes to earn some quick bucks, the film is immensely likable right from its first sequence of deporting the lead hero by mistake.
And on top of all there is Ali Zafar, the hero with his impeccable timing and Pradhuman Singh who is made to pose as the fake OSAMA in a highly hilarious manner.Beside this, what really works is the mixed language used in the movie with insertions of Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi lines written intelligently.
So, considering it as a hilarious satire on the system, it's a fine funny take on the whole world fighting with the current situation of terror.A comedy mainly works, when a well crafted script gets an ample support from its performers and they all have a good time working together.
Luckily, that is the main USP of "Tere Bin Laden" where everyone gels together perfectly and contributes a lot to the overall experience.Frankly speaking, performance wise, the movie was a pleasant surprise for me as I knew Ali Zafar, the lead hero of the film, only as a talented singer-composer and Pop Icon of Pakistan.
He is surely the find of the season for both India and Pakistan and should soon be getting more deserving offers of acting.Among the rest of the cast, Pradhuman Singh as OSAMA is too funny playing with his Sikander (the chicken).
So the unexplainable regional disparities in backgrounds, getups and physical appearances remain the only hick-up in this immensely likable comedy.If "Khosla Ka Ghosla" gave us Dibaker Banerjee then "Tere Bin Laden" has given us another ace debutant writer-director Abhishek Sharma.
So, stop thinking and just go for it with your entire family at the earliest and have a good time.("Tere Bin Laden" also finds its place in my "Movie To See Before You Die" list as its an out of the box comedy based on a rare and daring concept never tried before.).
No, it's not a movie about cricket but it has the same formula for success where Abhishek Sharma is the captain steering the ship with zeal, there is team effort from five to six individual players and then there is a certain Ali Zafar who acts as 'Shahid Afridi' catalyst for the victory.Out of the 120 minutes I sat in the theater, without exaggeration I had a smile for 70 minutes and I laughed for 40 minutes.
The best thing is that it's not dragged unnecessarily and is shorter than your normal Hindi films.The movie marks the arrival of Ali Zafar, who will probably become the first major successful Pakistani actor in bollywood considering that TBL has already grossed over 10 crores at the Indian box office.
Olper's buntings on the shops and Dr. ZIauddin Road on the walls was brilliant.Even when the movie was over, I kept sitting to see the final credits and guess what; it offered more when it unfolded the future of those characters an all-spiky Bin Laden!
Though The film has already fallen into many troubles but "Tere Bin Laden" is highly recommended for it's fresh concept and some pure humor.In recent times, Comedy only means non-veg, double meaning jokes, abusing each other, misunderstandings, slapping each-other furiously, funny proverbs etc.
But "Tere Bin Laden" has introduced Comedy in a fresh package with some not-so-cheesy but damn funny dialouges, Cock- kicks, Chicken-Kabab Blasts, Laden make-ups, Carrot eating FBI Agents & many more like that.
Without lavish sets, beautiful foreign sites, too much budget, unnecessary songs - "Tere Bin Laden" amazes us by its great wit, slapstick script & some biting dialouges.PLOT - Ali Hassan(Ali Zafar) & His Friend Gul(Nikhil Ratnaparkhi) are two luckless Pakistani reporters of a disgusting TV- channel "Danka TV".
By The Help of make-up artist Zoya(Sugandha Garg), Ali turns Noora into Osama Bin Laden & takes his video & sells it to his boss Majeed(Piyush Mishra).
Besides Singing, This Good Looking Paki Boy is to watch out for in the future for good acting & nicely made stupid expressions what was needed for the movie.
Rest Songs like "Shor Sharaba", "Kukduku" are fare.ACTING - Debutant Paki Singer Ali Zafar has done very nice job and for his naughty & stupid expressions made in the movie are very cool.
We will expect him gravely in future.VERDICT - In recent times, when most of comedy movies are coming up, "Tere Bin Laden" is completely different from them in concept and humor.
Comedy Films have a new nature to them - 'Tere Bin Laden'.Osama Bin Laden, surf this name in Google/Yahoo, and I can assure you...
I saw this movie recently on DVD, the reason I did not go to theater was (actually were) new actor, new director, and the plot was also not so much thrilling, as 9/11 and Osama are not in news now.The main drawback of most Bollywood comedy flicks is, they do not have any plot at all, and most of them have only three things 1.Misunderstanding 2.
Old or double meaning Jokes in place of dialogsThis film was nothing like old crap and to my surprise, I was completely wrong; the cast does justice to the movie's theme especially "Noora chacha" played by Pradhuman Singh and yes "Sikandar"(the chicken) too.
This is perfect platform for him to be launched in such a good movie.The main USP of "Tere Bin Laden" is a well-crafted script with total fresh idea and of course superb direction.
After "LAGAAN" and "3 IDIOTS", this is only 3rd Indian movie I rated as 10/10, and the rest of review explains why I rated it so..While India always has had wonderful actors like Amitabh , Naseer-ud-Din Shah and Aamir Khan, most of such talent is wasted because many Indian movies copy a lot, if you are a well-informed movie geek, you can identify a sequence copied from a classic Hollywood flick or some Giallo, as such movies make lots of gross in India but abroad they lose their charm as we know from ratings that biggest box office hits in Bollywood hardly pass 7 in IMDb ratings..But here and there the biggest film industry in terms of movies made produces absolute genius like the movies I mentioned, there are many more..TERE BIN LADEN is a no-brainer comedy with hilarious moments and equally compelling script and direction, and a totally original effort.The story starts with a Pakistani Journalist Ali (played by Pakistani pop-star Ali Zafar) who wants to go to USA and till the credits open, we know that his VISA has been rejected for 7 years (told in a funny way at how he tries to fool the immigration department), Ali works in a small news channel reporting small league press conferences and even cock- operas, he has a friend camera-man GUL (Nikhil RatnaParkhi) and a mean boss Majeed (Piyush Mishra), Ali gets an idea after watching a cock owner NOORA (Pradhuman Singh) and noticing his resemblance with BIN LADEN.He hires a Hair-Stylist ZOYA(Sughanda Garg) and Voice imitator, communist RJ QURESHI (Rahul Singh) , together they make a tape of Bin Laden and sell it to news, the rest movie tells the after effects of this and I won't spoil it , you have to enjoy it.The movie has a small message and asks a question about America's decisions, but it is lightly told so it doesn't effect the momentum of the movie.As for the performances, ALI ZAFAR was lucky to be cast in this, Pakistani Actors have never been lucky in Bollywood and he got such an original movie to launch his career, but its not to take anything off him, his performance is good, in some scenes he is hilarious while at others , he is just OK , but considering he is originally a singer, he didn't do bad.
The pick of the cast and the person who makes this movie is PRADHUMAN SINGH whose USAMA lookalike character is heart and soul of the movie, he is funny, natural and carries the movie to whole new level in all the scenes he is featured, one of best debut performances.
I would also like to mention Rahul Singh who plays Communist RJ Qureshi, he was also really funny and his physical gestures were really comic, the rest of cast, be it Ali's friends or police and FBI , are all on par.Now to the technical stuff, if this movie was 20 minutes longer, it would have been a plain turkey, but the 95 minute running time (about 5 minutes for credits) really keep your interest throughout without senseless sub-plots and gimmicks, the character of Ali is well developed and his love for America is into you in 10 minutes of the movie, the rest of cast are there to carry the plot, Abhishek Sharma who wrote the script and directed doesn't tell you unneeded stuff which slows down many Bollywood movies, like there is no extra prologue of NOORA and other characters, no annoying parents of Ali, all the characters and progression of movies is on the plot and the jokes are around the plot, which makes this movie great, such a good script needed excellent direction and here too Abhishek scores, with a low budget, he carries off the movie beautifully with short flashbacks and well-executed scenes, the Osama video is hilarious yet looks so original, I would love to see him doing bigger projects in future.For some Bollywood audiences , this might not be the dish but international audiences have liked the movie a lot and it is a big hit now, in India too it has grossed 120 million Rs.
This movie really makes you laugh with honest and entertaining performances by all the young actors.
Putting severe topic like Osama Bin Laden into comedy is itself an achievement.
Just Watched the movie Today, the Concept was Brilliant and the Laden fake worked just fantastic.
Yup, the movie will be a bit disappointment for the American in some scenes but tolerable, overall this is not a laughter riot but a laughter ride, A light Movie to go for, Talking About the performance, the poor Laden Fake was fantastic and done his part of Job, and he was the most memorized character of the movie when you finished watching it, Ali Zafar was good for first Timer, but the Show Stealer was Pradhuman Singh, The Laden Fake,Final Verdict : If you have the Time, Go for it..
You can see a lag somewhere, in almost every film, whether its a classic or a crap...But, surprisingly Tere Bin Laden never showed such a trend, i don't remember which was the previous film that entertained me this much...The protagonist Ali Zafar is a complete discovery!!!
we want to see you more on screen..And Pradhuman Singh, who portrayed Noora (Laden) is perfect, and very good in his role...
and laden(noore) in the movie is so comical, didn't expect this one to be so good but its excellent...
All the actors have done a fabulous job and hats off to them for pulling it off so well, one of the best movie's of bollywood in 2010, i would go with a 9/10 and 2 thumbs up for ali zafar and the director...
Abhishek Sharma's debut feature Without You, Bin Laden arrives with a great deal of both matter and controversy; banned in some nations, and begrudged in general due to its nature and its content, the 2010 black comedy about certain contemporary issues actually arrives with more of a brain and more of a heart than people give credit.
Hassan's enthusiasm to get started within the domain of journalism syncs up nicely with that of what we can only imagine were Sharma's initial struggles and problems in attempting to get his film made; the meeting of a certain chicken farmer named Noora (Singh) at one of these media events coming to formulate the catalyst Hassan needs to try and unlock a pathway into the big-time of media scoops and 'proper' news journalism.Principally, Noora's uncanny resemblance to a certain Osama Bin Ladan leads Hassan and his small crew that he concocts to shoot a mock-Al-Qaeda video of the guy making grave threats and release it so as to garner some kind of fame.
I saw this recently thinking lets c what we guys make comical of bin laden.so i dint expect much....but it was a surprise....this is a low budget movie....but this was funny....the guy who was Noor did play his role as bin laden really well....
i recommend u all should give this movie a try....i thought it was worth watching.the acting was good....it was funny....all in all i thought it was well done....go ahead....the way the story unfolds is good.you mostly know what is going to happen next and all.but still the situational comedy is good....and the part where you see the wannabe cop is hilarious.
We have already watched Chirag Vohra aka Lateef in Munnabhai and Mentos ads; he was hilarious as a supporting character.Sugandha Garg as Zoya was a surprise package and this movie really helped her to bring out her acting skills; Same for Rahul Sing as Quereshi, we have seen him in many movies (one of them is Kyun ho Gaya Na) but his roles were too short to notice...this movie truly gave opportunity to these efficient actors to show their acting skills to the audience.The positive side of the movie is that its really well integrated, straight and simple fun.
Good Job Actors and Director of Tere Bin Laden.
We need more GOOD comedy flicks like this one.Eagerly waiting for a new one.Thanks and Best Wishes Satisfied Happy Audience..
The dialogues, the repartee, the acting from all, the settings, it is all so funny.It is good to see such a wonderful if low budget film with relatively unknown actors.
'Tere Bin Laden' is an out and out comedy that will make you start rolling on the floor laughing.
Abhishek Sharma (the writer-director of this fantastic movie) sure need a special mention, Hats off.Ali Zafar is charming and funny as usual.
Pradhuman Singh, the actor who acted as 'Osama' has also done a great job.
Again, this movie is not one of those mindless comedies (Golmaal 3 or whichever) which rely on timing and dialogues of the actors, but is a well knit story around which the laughter is bound.
And that plan is to make an Osama Bin Laden tape to sell for money.However things get complicated.Yes This really is the plot to the film and let me tell you its so different compared to any other Indian film.
But, considering how many years it debuted after 9-11, it's probably about time for folks to laugh (a bit) about Osama bin Laden.The film was made in India but is set in Pakistan.
Well, in the film, the fake Bin Laden was in Pakistan...and it turned out the real one was being protected there as well!.
'Tere Bin Laden' is an intelligent and a confident comedy from India.Kudos to the well researched and meticulous script and great TIC humor!
The dialogues are witty and the storyline is quite different and equally is the treatment.I was pleasantly surprised by Ali Zafar's acting.P.S.:-A pat on the back for Abhishek Sharma Sir. Expecting more movies like this in future from you !
Even after reading good reviews I did not have the slightest urge to go and give Tere Bin Laden a try.
The person who played the Osama Bin Laden look-alike himself acted very nicely and gave us an impression of a simple and innocent man with an amazing sense of humor.
Tere Bin Laden is part of the new Indian Cinema.
Things that really make a movie Tere Bin Laden is different from most Bollywood films that have been made in the last decade.
Compared to the shipload of terrible comedies made in Bollywood over the last decade Tere Bin Laden can be heralded as the 2nd coming.
Ali Zafar the lead in the movie has posters of films like Goodfellas and Amercan History X.
I would be entertained in an intelligent manner that wouldn't insult my intelligence.Tere Bin Laden towards the end makes a few intelligent points.
Tere Bin Laden is already a banned movie in Pakistan but due to its funny and contradicting popular personality of OSAMA BIN LADEN is getting more anexity among people.
Its a completely funny movie with a reporter in KARACHI dressed like osama bin laden just coz he need to go to new-york but doesn't have money so makes a false tape and sells it to make money so that he can make a false identity to reach USA but while trying this they fall in certain tragic and comedic situations enough to entertain people.this movie is getting good response from the south asia and gulf regions .there are false attempts and spoofs been made over the internet that THIS MOVIE HAS CROSSED $50 MILLION WORLDWIDE.