Bol Bachchan

Bol Bachchan- another action comedy offering by Rohit Shetty is the story of Abbas Ali aka Abhishek Bachchan and his sister Sania –played by Asin, who hail from Delhi and are in financial duress. They move to a small village ranakpur where unfortunately Abbas falls prey to circumstances while breaking open the door of a mandir. To save himself from the furious mob, Abbas ends up lying about his name.

This incident brings a twist in Abbas's life leading him to working as a supervisor under lie hater & idiom spewing Prithviraj Raghuvanshi- played by Ajay Devgn, who is an 'akhada' king. In order to keep the lie going, Abbas is forced to perpetrate a series of lies in front of his boss. This is when the golmaal or bol bachchan in this case begins. Abbas has to portray a double role to keep out of being beaten senseless by the akhada king.

The fear of getting caught by his boss ultimately turns Abbas into an Absolute 'Bol Bachchan'! The first half either has you constantly laughing or atleast smiling at the antics of Abbas and Pritviraj. There are plenty of rib-tickling scenes with an equal mix of action. In The second half, though, the film loses its momentum in places and tends to get a bit monotonous and tedious. In fact if the last 15mins are done away with the movie would have shaped up pretty well.

BB is an absolute commercial entertainer, a movie that is completely mindless and one that doesn't pretend to be anything else. If you are looking for intellectual, stimulating cinema, then this one is definitely not for you. This film is perfect if you want to relax, forget all your troubles or just have a few laughs. Dialogues are as funny as the situations, especially Ajay’s one liners and English interpretations of Hindi idioms which will have you in splits. Everything is larger than life, but in a good way. Director Rohit Shetty has stayed true to his style and given us an entertaining masala potboiler.

You are going to watch comedy – lots of it, some drama and 80s action –again lots of it - that has been super-styized to fit into 2012. Also, whether it's the characters, the acting, the action, emotions, comedy- all are reiminiscent of cinema from the late 70's and 80's era.

Ajay Devgn as Prithviraj is in his element and seems to have thoroughly enjoyed playing his character. The way he delivers his oneliners with a straight face is spectacular. Abhishek on his part seems to have finally shed all inhibitions and given his all to his character, he particularly excels in his entry as the effeminate Abbas Ali. Prachi Desai and Asin look pretty and do their thing (whatever that is) as best as they can.

Krishna and Archana Puran Singh overact and overreact... Asrani and Neeraj Vora are brilliant. Music by Himesh Reshammiya, Ajay and Atul is one of the downfalls of the movie. The much-hyped title track 'Bol Bachchan' based on Amitabh Bachchan's legendary track 'My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves' from Amar Akbar Anthony is a poor imitation and a disappointment.

The basic plot is inspired from the 1979 Amol Palekar-starrer 'Golmaal', but that's where the similarity ends. Golmaal left you feeling good, whereas this one is a movie where you laugh but you will forget why as soon as you leave the theatre.

The original was a classic comedy and will always remain endearing and while BB has its own charm, it caters to the sense of humour of the current audience.

Director Rohit Shetty certainly lives upto the audience's expectations and comes up with an absolute laugh riot. The director with the midas touch seems like he is going to recreate his magic at the box office yet again.

We'll take some creative license, and change the tagline from “Don't talk, just watch!” to “Don't ask, just watch this 3-star comic flick!”