What’s with roadside Romeos that fascinate Indian filmmakers
so much? Prabhudeva’s Rrajkumar has not one but two Romeos in love with
‘khamosh’ Juliet. There is Shahid Kapoor,who calls himself “Romeo Rajkumar” and
calls the girl “Lollipop”. Reason enough for this love story to end before it
begins.
But Juliet aka Chanda
(Sonakshi Sinha) has other concerns. ”Teri height mujhse kam hai,”she tells him.” wajan dekha hai?”, he shoots back promptly.
Then comes the filmy declaration,”pyaar dil se hota hai, height, weight se
nahin”. Naturally, a song follows…”touch kar ke dil attach kiya re,kabhi chod
diya dil, kabhi catch kiya re, saree ke fall sa kabhi match kiya re..” Pritam’s
music with whacko lyrics like these and the popular chartbuster rocking
nightclubs these days, “Gandi baat”, actually make these songs more enjoyable
than even a minute in the rest of the film.
Now that Mr Shorty has wooed Miss Heavyweight, it’s time for
the villain to enter. Only he happens to be a wannabe street Romeo. He is
Shorty’s own drug mafia boss, (Sonu Sood),the ‘dabangg’ man as he calls
himself. Mr Dabangg declares he will marry
Ms Heavyweight on Dusshera. Mr Shorty flexes his tiny muscles, grabs the girl’s
hand and challenges his boss, “silent ho ja warna violent ho jaonga”.Not to be
left behind, Mr Dabangg lets go of the knives and guns and rises to the
challenge like the Romeo he is. He decides to learn an English poem to woo the
girl. The English teacher teaches him, “I am your bull, you are my
shit..together we will make bullshit”. Predictably, the film continues to
produce more of the bull yarn.
Prabhudeva who is best remembered for choreographing the
fabulous dance in Pukar’s “Que Sera Sera”, is now clearly settling for anything
that is crass and crazy. After a 100 crore success like Rowdy Rathore, it has
been assumed that the story, character, lines and actions have to get rowdier
with every film. Pyaar pyaar” and “maar maar” as used by the hero here, are the
new formula words
.
Shahid Kapoor,desperately tries to fit in the Akshay Kumar
kind of silly action-humour hero mould
but falls flat on all the valiant ‘violent’ one liners.
Sonakshi ‘Khamosh’ Sinha apparently continues to ride on her
dad’s popular one word, “khamosh’ fame, used in the film in the most hackneyed manner.
She does little to add any weight to the jokes or the romance.
If the film’s only
saving grace can be song with lyrics like “Gandi baat… and its music, you can
well imagine, how bad the film is. So bad that even 2 same alphabets in the
title cannot help.
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