(2/5)Priyadarshan, India’s one of the best comedy directors, basically from the south, is back again. All his previous hits were remakes of successful Malayalam movies in the 90s. Finally he is back with a brand new movie, this time solely written by him. The movie stars Ritesh Deshmukh, Reema Sen, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Arbaaz Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Asrani, Rajpal Yadav, Innocent etc...
The whole story is built around a poor village and a lottery ticket. The story as well as the performance is not so captivating. The first half of the movie feels a little stretched out. There is only one song, an item number by Rakhi Sawant (the famous baby doll). Priyadarshan did dare to tell a totally different story, when most of the film producers out there are selling patriotism, romance and the passion of youth. But in the second half, especially towards the end, director was successful in throwing the viewers into waves of laughter, rocking the whole theater. May be we have to correct that; the last impression is the lasting impression. I found a cheerful crowd walking out of the auditorium, teasing each other how uncontrollably they were laughing. Bottom line is, take a risk and give it a try.
Here is a list of Priyadarshan remakes, with the originals in bracket:
Gardish (Kireedam), Virasat (Thevarmakan), Doli Sajake Rakhna (Aniyathipravu), Hera Pheri (Ramji Rao Speaking), Hulchul (Godfather), Garam Masala (Boing Boing), Yeh Tera Ghar, Yeh Mera Ghar (Sanmanasullavarku Samadhanam), Muskurahat (Kilukkam), Hangama (Poochakkoru Mookuthi), Kyon ki (Thalavattom) etc..
Read more about the Priyadarshan here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priyadarshan
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