Here's one that lives up to its name—it's a laugh riot. Yes, there are too many confusing plots and unresolved subplots, outrageous twists after unbelievable turns, outlandish situations, raucous and at times totally extraneous characters and implausibilities galore. But it's these elements that help Priyadarshan pull it off. This comedy keeps you giggling even after it has come to an end. Don't go looking for logic, just keep your feel for sheer frivolity intact. The film starts gently in the tradition of those old comedies about charades, tricks, playacting and mistaken identities. It ends as a whacky slapstick with an insane climax. Watch out for the star performer of the finale: electricity.
The humour basically arises out of some assumptions and many suspicions. Jeetu (Akshaye) loves Anjali (Rimi) and thinks she's millionaire Radhey Shyam's (Paresh) daughter. Radhey Shyam, in turn, believes Jeetu is having an affair with his wife, also called Anjali (Shoma), even as his wife assumes that he's in love with the young Anjali. But Anjali Jr actually loves Nandu (Aftab), the guy who poses as her husband so that they can rent a room in Popat Seth's (Tiku) house. To add some more confusion to the madness, Popat's wife Dulari thinks Nandu loves her. Result: everyone keeps running into everyone else, making an utter fool of themselves. Some scenes and characters are quite priceless. Neeraj Vora's dialogues are coarse but inspired—like when Rajpal Yadav, who keeps getting beaten up by everybody, yells in exasperation: "Main koi mandir ka ghanta hoon. Jo bhi aata hai baja deta hai."
The show is carried out well by a uniformly good set of actors led by the ever-dependable Paresh. Akshaye displays a remarkably light and easy touch with comedy. In fact, the Akshaye-Paresh combo is the closest you'd have got in recent times to the Amol Palekar-Utpal Dutt jodi. But underlying all the hungama is also Priyadarshan's favourite theme—of finding a job and a home in the urban jungle. No wonder, one hears the strains of Kishore Kumar's Chota sa ghar hoga from Bimal Roy's Naukri in the background. Or was this merely a coincidence?
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Courtesy: Film Information
