Movie Review: Rascals; Star Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Kangana Ranaut, Lisa Haydon and Arjun Rampal; Director: David Dhawan;
Renowned comedy king David Dhawan comes with very less humor concept. There is no natural comedy in all scenes. This is a Dhawan’s comeback film but unable to impress again as previous films.
With Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn cast as the supposed 'Rascals', the movie seems to be Dhawan's effort at regaining lost glory, his plot almost picking up from where one of his better comedies in the '90s, 'Deewana Mastana', left off. However, the movie suffers from some very poor humor, which borders on the weak, pulling gags at the expense of groups like the blind and the armed forces, along with a load of poor acting.
The film's plot seems to be pulled completely from the Michael Caine-Steve Martin starrer classic 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels', plotting Dutt and Devgn opposite each other as two conmen challenging to complete a job on a wealthy heiress type, played by Kangna Ranaut. Entertainingly, theHollywood comedy has already been remade in B'town before, as the Madhuri Dixit-Anil Kapoor starrer 'Khel', back in the '90s. Why David chooses to cull his plot from the movie, therefore, is a real ambiguity.
In any case, Dhawan's story sees Dutt and Devgn cast as foe conmen, Chetan Chauhan, and Bhagat Bhonsle, correspondingly. Collectively, they are 'Chetan-Bhagat'. Yes, har-har-giggle-giggle. The twosome meet on their way to Singapore, where both are headed after pulling a con on a gangster type played by Arjun Rampal, as Anthony, who is hot on their trail now. While the two already start with their tricks on each other, the rivalry really picks up when both spot a wealthy heiress called Khushi, played by Kangana Ranaut, and can't help but try to pull a con on her. So, starts the game of one-upmanship, with Dutt masquerading as a 'charitable' new-age guru who advocates the 'art of giving' and Devgn pretends to be a blind ex-serviceman who lost his vision due to unanswered love. In between, Lisa Haydon enters the scene in a random, mysterious manner, all to indulge in some passable skin show.
Much of Dhawan's 'humour' comes from lame and weak gags, like the blind running marathons and botched suicide attempts. More often than not, the director seems to think that the laughs lie in repetition and high-pitched yelping, with Devgn and Dutt plainly shouting out the jokes to each other. Both the lead actors are confirmed great actors; here, however, both of them seem to be in a game to see who can ham more than the other. In that department, Ajay Devgn 'wins', outshines Sanjay by a mile, as Dutt gets better lines and gags than him.
The movie gets painful at points, as it pairs the two middle-aged heroes with a nubile Kangana Ranaut, whose sole purpose here seems to be to indulge in the most generous skin-show she can muster up, the director filling the script with scenes where she has to appear in bikini tops and less. Ranaut shares a reasonable chemistry with neither leading man, and after a point, one has to wonder whether this simply isn't a comedy about dirty old men, really. This feeling is only maddened with the entry of Lisa Haydon, whose two-scene character really doesn't have much to do apart from dance around and be really liberal with her cleavage shots.
The others, Arjun Rampal, Chunkey Pandey, Hiten Paintal, Bharti Achrekar, and Dhawan's mascot, Satish Kaushik, come in at various levels on the hamming scale, all quite appalling. Chunkey's 'gujjubhai' act is hilarious initially, though it grossly repetitive rather quickly.
In general, it is below an average movie. It’s not a David Dhawan’s type movie.
With Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn cast as the supposed 'Rascals', the movie seems to be Dhawan's effort at regaining lost glory, his plot almost picking up from where one of his better comedies in the '90s, 'Deewana Mastana', left off. However, the movie suffers from some very poor humor, which borders on the weak, pulling gags at the expense of groups like the blind and the armed forces, along with a load of poor acting.
The film's plot seems to be pulled completely from the Michael Caine-Steve Martin starrer classic 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels', plotting Dutt and Devgn opposite each other as two conmen challenging to complete a job on a wealthy heiress type, played by Kangna Ranaut. Entertainingly, the
In any case, Dhawan's story sees Dutt and Devgn cast as foe conmen, Chetan Chauhan, and Bhagat Bhonsle, correspondingly. Collectively, they are 'Chetan-Bhagat'. Yes, har-har-giggle-giggle. The twosome meet on their way to Singapore, where both are headed after pulling a con on a gangster type played by Arjun Rampal, as Anthony, who is hot on their trail now. While the two already start with their tricks on each other, the rivalry really picks up when both spot a wealthy heiress called Khushi, played by Kangana Ranaut, and can't help but try to pull a con on her. So, starts the game of one-upmanship, with Dutt masquerading as a 'charitable' new-age guru who advocates the 'art of giving' and Devgn pretends to be a blind ex-serviceman who lost his vision due to unanswered love. In between, Lisa Haydon enters the scene in a random, mysterious manner, all to indulge in some passable skin show.
Much of Dhawan's 'humour' comes from lame and weak gags, like the blind running marathons and botched suicide attempts. More often than not, the director seems to think that the laughs lie in repetition and high-pitched yelping, with Devgn and Dutt plainly shouting out the jokes to each other. Both the lead actors are confirmed great actors; here, however, both of them seem to be in a game to see who can ham more than the other. In that department, Ajay Devgn 'wins', outshines Sanjay by a mile, as Dutt gets better lines and gags than him.
The movie gets painful at points, as it pairs the two middle-aged heroes with a nubile Kangana Ranaut, whose sole purpose here seems to be to indulge in the most generous skin-show she can muster up, the director filling the script with scenes where she has to appear in bikini tops and less. Ranaut shares a reasonable chemistry with neither leading man, and after a point, one has to wonder whether this simply isn't a comedy about dirty old men, really. This feeling is only maddened with the entry of Lisa Haydon, whose two-scene character really doesn't have much to do apart from dance around and be really liberal with her cleavage shots.
The others, Arjun Rampal, Chunkey Pandey, Hiten Paintal, Bharti Achrekar, and Dhawan's mascot, Satish Kaushik, come in at various levels on the hamming scale, all quite appalling. Chunkey's 'gujjubhai' act is hilarious initially, though it grossly repetitive rather quickly.
In general, it is below an average movie. It’s not a David Dhawan’s type movie.
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