Almost entirely based in the sylvan and picturesque locales of London, Humshakals is yet another Sajid Khan so called slapstick comedy gone horribly wrong.......
All about the loony and juvenile antics of three men Ashok (Saif Ali Khan), Kumar (Riteish Deshmukh) and the evil and conniving Mamaji (Ram Kapoor) and the prevalent confusion thanks to their look alikes or "Humshakals", do venture out and watch this one only if you've got a death wish or than are a glutton for torture and punishment..........
In my humble opinion all the criticism and brickbats being hurled at the film do it little or no credit; Saif Ali Khan is on record saying that he couldn't have done this film a decade or so ago as he would have been unable to carry it off; sorry to say Saif that you still can't carry it off and should have never have done this utterly banal and meaningless role in the first place..........
Riteish Deshmukh and Ram Kapoor (strictly in that order) do strive to rise above the non existent script and screenplay and provide some semblance of sanity and credibility to the on screen cacophony, bedlam and mayhem; but alas!!!!! the two of them too soon run out of steam and throw their hands up in sheer frustration..........
Sajid Khan seems to have learnt precious little from the debacle or then complete no show of his previous directorial venture "Himmatwala" at the box office or turnstiles; the so called humour and gags are just as puerile, amateurish, offensive and begin to get your goat and cause the king of all headaches after some time rather than making you guffaw and roll in the aisles as they were meant too.........
The less said about the three leading ladies (Bipasha Basu, Esha Gupta and Tamannah Bhatia) the better; as they are barely there on screen and register their nubile and nymph like presences on screen in this all male mental asylum; one remembers Esha saying something to the effect that her mother is an unabashed Ram Kapoor fan and that was one of the main reasons behind her doing the film; well Esha I hate to tell you that even your mother dearest must be cringing in horror at this one; Ram Kapoor's noteworthy presence notwithstanding..........
Beginning with a tribute to and paying tributes to noteworthy comic talents like the immortal Kishore Kumar, Peter Sellers, and last but not the least Jim Carrey; "Humshakals" ends up being nothing more than a sheer affront to their proven talents and an insult to their exalted and cherished comic antics..........
RATING: 1/5 (purely due the sterling and creditworthy efforts of Riteish Deshmukh and Ram Kapoor); one ardently wishes that Messrs Saif Ali Khan and Sajid Khan would hang up their boots after this one and do the paying and long suffering audience a tender mercy...........
All about the loony and juvenile antics of three men Ashok (Saif Ali Khan), Kumar (Riteish Deshmukh) and the evil and conniving Mamaji (Ram Kapoor) and the prevalent confusion thanks to their look alikes or "Humshakals", do venture out and watch this one only if you've got a death wish or than are a glutton for torture and punishment..........
In my humble opinion all the criticism and brickbats being hurled at the film do it little or no credit; Saif Ali Khan is on record saying that he couldn't have done this film a decade or so ago as he would have been unable to carry it off; sorry to say Saif that you still can't carry it off and should have never have done this utterly banal and meaningless role in the first place..........
Riteish Deshmukh and Ram Kapoor (strictly in that order) do strive to rise above the non existent script and screenplay and provide some semblance of sanity and credibility to the on screen cacophony, bedlam and mayhem; but alas!!!!! the two of them too soon run out of steam and throw their hands up in sheer frustration..........
Sajid Khan seems to have learnt precious little from the debacle or then complete no show of his previous directorial venture "Himmatwala" at the box office or turnstiles; the so called humour and gags are just as puerile, amateurish, offensive and begin to get your goat and cause the king of all headaches after some time rather than making you guffaw and roll in the aisles as they were meant too.........
The less said about the three leading ladies (Bipasha Basu, Esha Gupta and Tamannah Bhatia) the better; as they are barely there on screen and register their nubile and nymph like presences on screen in this all male mental asylum; one remembers Esha saying something to the effect that her mother is an unabashed Ram Kapoor fan and that was one of the main reasons behind her doing the film; well Esha I hate to tell you that even your mother dearest must be cringing in horror at this one; Ram Kapoor's noteworthy presence notwithstanding..........
Beginning with a tribute to and paying tributes to noteworthy comic talents like the immortal Kishore Kumar, Peter Sellers, and last but not the least Jim Carrey; "Humshakals" ends up being nothing more than a sheer affront to their proven talents and an insult to their exalted and cherished comic antics..........
RATING: 1/5 (purely due the sterling and creditworthy efforts of Riteish Deshmukh and Ram Kapoor); one ardently wishes that Messrs Saif Ali Khan and Sajid Khan would hang up their boots after this one and do the paying and long suffering audience a tender mercy...........
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