O Teri , Hindi Bollywood Film Movie Review, Johnson Thomas, Rating: * 1/2
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Hindi Film Review
Johnson Thomas
Film: O Teri
: Just Bad language, suggestive songs and inappropriate preening
Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Bilal Amrohi, Sarah Jane Dias,
Anupam Kher, Vijay Raaz, Mandira Bedi, Manoj Pahwa
Director: Umesh Bisht
Rating: * ½
It’s the Khan-daan’s latest offering presented with
all the gusto and pride that goes into the promotions of a Salman Khan film. The
pity is that it’s not a Salman Khan film and so minus that only possible saving
grace, there’s precious little to cheer you here. Albeit, Salman appears in the
title track much after you’ve suffered through the whole shebang of witless,
brain-dead , completely clueless narration-but it’s no consolation because by
then you just want to get away as far as possible.
Atul and Alvira Agnihotri’s production has not come
up with a worthwhile effort as yet. This one is no different. The attempt was
to make a laugh riot-a social satire with it’s plotline hugging the ‘Jaane Bhi
Do yaaron’ template while spouting currency through it’s focus on
politicians and media involved in
financial scams. The story and screenplay by Umesh Bisht and Neeta Palti, has
two unlikely reporters named Prantabh Pratap/PP(Pulkit Samrat) and Anand
Ishwaram Devdutt Subramaniam/AIDS (Bilal Amrohi) , both dimwits working for a
TV channel titled NU. Monsoon(Sarah Jane Dais) is their editor and chief news
presenter. In fact there doesn’t seem like anyone else works there. A CBI
officer is murdered in broad daylight, while a sports minister (Anupam Kher)and
an opposition party MP, Kilol(Vijay Raaz) are involved in some behind the
scenes shenanigans. Sherie(Mandira Bedi) a Nira Radia type public relations specialist
helps them out with their media management. So the setting is set for a typical
‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron’ plotting with the two dim-wit reporters finding the body,
losing it, accumulating some valuable evidence, misplacing it and then getting
caught out in a shoot fest. By then you are so fed up with the numerous inserts
for song and dance and an unsavory plotting, that you are just not bothered by
what happens eventually.
The references to modern day politicians and their
involvement in sports scams are just that. There is no clear logic at work
here. Despite the short-of two hour
runtime, the film feels like a marathon session of incredible tedium. Pulkit
Samrat has great rhythm but his constant pouty preening turns you off pretty
soon while Bilal Amrohi’s incessant flashing of his testosterone embellished
pecs(instead of talent which he doesn’t appear to have) makes you want to groan
in despair. So Tedium and Despair are pretty much this film’s calling cards!
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