Film Mr Joe B Carvalho Review

Film: Mr Joe B Carvalho
Cast: Arshad Warsi, Soha Ali Khan
Director: Samir Tewari






Arshad Warsi is a brilliant actor when given the right script. Regrettably in Mr Joe B Carvalho, he is at the mercy of his director and script. In this case he plays a detective caught in the plot of mistaken identity.

Jaaved Jaaferi plays a terrorist names Carlos who imitates various people. Soha Ali Khan provides the glamour by dancing, showing up in a bikini and attempting a very bad imitation of Salman Khan's popular Chulbul Pandey act.

A cat and mouse game of chor-police the tale starts dragging in the first half and the song and dance routine make it more weary. 

There are a couple of scenes that stand out because of Arshad and Jaaved's comic timing. When given some good material to chew on these two can actually bring the house down. 

The screenplay suffers lack of imagination. The sub plots, situations and dialogues leave very little scope for any novelty. Almost everything you watch in the movie has been attempted elsewhere.

Arshad Warsi is the only bright spot in this blob of darkness. He strives to give the underdog-hero a semblance of sense. But a wreck is a wreck.

Soha Ali Khan does a Salman Dabangg Khan send-up, dives into a swimming pool in a two-piece swimsuit and even performs a seduction number. Full marks for effort, zero for impact. 

Its worst aberration is the character of Joe’s mom (Himani Shivpuri), a sightless woman who is repeatedly made the butt of ridicule. She falls off balconies and terraces for laughs.

Nobody has clearly told the makers of Mr Joe B Carvalho that it is in really bad taste to poke fun at disability. This movie should have been denied a censor certificate on that ground alone.


With very little entertainment offered at the price of its ticket, Mr Joe B Carvalho is a weak attempt that fails to provide any comic relief.

Overall, it is an average film.