Mumbai, July 10: There is no short cut to success is what the film intends to convey taking a very long route. Sadly, at the very outset, producer Anil Kapoor attempts to take a shortcut by choosing to (officially) remake a Malayalam film Udayananu Tharam (Mohanlal, Sreenivasan) which in turn is a (unofficial) spin-off on the Hollywood flick Bowfinger (Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy).
The film is Indianized with an additional sub-plot of how a non-actor (Arshad Warsi) turns an overnight superstar by stealing the script of an assistant director (Akshaye Khanna). Ironical that a film that centers on stealing of a script is itself a take-off of another film!
Director Neeraj Vora tries too hard to make you laugh but all the jokes fall flat. Composers Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy try too hard to come up with peppy tunes which only sound lousy. Chunky Pandey tries too hard to play an acting teacher but needs lessons himself. Amrita Rao tries too hard to look hot but lacks oomph in every possible angle. Arshad Warsi doesn’t have to try too hard to look like a non-actor though. And all that Akshaye Khanna does in the film is scream and shout.
—Agencies