To Each His Own Reviews

This is Indian comedy at its most highest. The absolute zenith. The comedy that makes all the others look as if they're trying too hard. Two of Bollywood's greatest comedians, Shakti Kapoor and Paresh Rawal, appear in this film as villains with the former being one of the most recognizable villain in Bollywood history and the latter being one of his best screen roles to date. What's better than one Paresh Rawal?: Two Paresh Rawal's. That's right. If he tickles your funny bone in other movies (Hera Pheri, Bhagam Bhag), then he completely shatters it in this film. Believe me, you don't know 100% comedy until you see this. His facial expressions, hand movements and perfect line delivery will make you wanna forget your other comedy heroes for a-while. But of course, the main two really steal the show for the first half: Aamir Khan, in my opinion should be titled King Khan instead of SRK, plays Amar and Salman Khan, one of his only 2 performances I liked, as Prem. Both are street-wise characters who set off to woo a wealthy rich girl. The storyline is not unique, and the climax is not shocking either, but it makes up for that by it's rib-cackling humor. It's not dirty or sick as you would see in a Judd Apatow movie or the recent Bollywood movies. It's funny, smart and very well written. The supporting cast is not bad either. In fact, they make the film with their little scenes and subplots.

It has so many memorable scenes (the bus sequence, the rescue, the dance, the Vasco De Gama gun scene) that it will make you reach for the rewind button many times and even after when you've finished watching it, you will still rewind to that particular favourite moment, which I bet would be many. It's also one of Bollywood's few cult films and I can understand why. This is highly recommended and believe me, they don't make comedy movies like this anymore, at least not in Bollywood. Now all I see is the same old tried-and-tested 'funny' scenes which are hardly amusing. A bitter chuckle here and there but that's it. Also, it's an unofficial rule of thumb that any film that has Paresh Rawal cannot be 100% bad or boring. You may not like the film but you surely cannot deny his performances. His aim is to make people laugh and that's exactly what he does, no more no less and his character(s) in this film is so utterly quotable that you will find yourself quoting to some of his lines in real-life or at least in your head. I guess this is why the director, Rajkumar Santoshi, kept him in his next film, China Gate, which was very dark but the tone was occasionally punctuated by his appearances.

A must watch for all out there and nary a second waste! 10/10 for everything!

10/10