Dumb and Dumber
Film: R… Rajkumar
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha
Directed by: Prabhu Dheva
Duration: 2 hrs 27 mins
Rating: *
Directed by Prabhu Dheva (don't
miss the newly added h in the surname), who has a couple of 100cr films under his belt,
R…. Rajkumar (earlier known as Rambo Rajkumar, till Rambo got into the act and
threatened to sue the producers) marks a new low on every count in the name of
cinema. Meant to appeal the masses, surely if this is entertainment, then sir,
spare us from it, please.
Juvenile gags, jokes about rape and a non existent story this is nothing
short of a travesty. In one scene, the
villain who is learning to speak English keeps repeating 'I am your bull, you
are my sh*t' and then he combines the words together, acknowledging what the audience
thinks about the film.
In another scene where the
policeman is about to rape a woman, he is interrupted by a phone call, some men
and women were laughing like hyenas. On a sociological note, that was quite
worrying.
The film is set in an unknown part of the country where we two rivals and fighting to
control the drug trade. Enter RR (Shahid Kapoor) a new kid in town who joins Shivraj
(Sonu Sood) and helps him eliminate members of the other gang led by Ashish
Vidyarthi.
When he is not breaking bones, he
is admiring the village damsel Chanda (Sonakshi Sinha), actually pestering
would be an appropriate word rather than admiring. Like many filmi heroes he
bludgeons her into submission only to discover that his boss has also fallen for
her. It doesn’t help that she also happens to be the other rival niece
compounding his problems and the audiences as well.
There is nothing going in the
films favor – the plot is hackneyed, the lines are strictly from the 80’s but
on the whole, it doesn’t even match up to the standards of some of the films
then. He calls her lollipop (what kind of a name is that anyway?) and there is
also a rather elaborate description about what will happen on the wedding
night. Enough endured.
There were some people in the
audience who were laughing their guts off but perhaps they even find picking
the nose as a funny act.
The choreography and the music
are the only non-irritating aspects of the film. As for the acting, they could
all have phoned in their part even though Shahid Kapoor shows a little more
zest than that.
Watch it at your own risk.
Published in The Navhind Times on 8th Dec 2013
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