Dil Bole Hadippa

Starring :Rani Mukherjee, Shahid Kapoor, Raakhi Sawant, Anupam Kher, Dalip Tahil, Sherlyn Chopra.
Direction: Anuraag Singh.

Debutant Anuraag Singh delivers like an enthusiastic school kid focused on impressing his school teacher by repeating to a fault montages of the Yashraj library and worse seems to bite the Punjabi flavour without the backing of a script that can make the debut worth talking about. It is just not the loud pitch of the film but also the total lack of purpose that makes the goings on a trifle too chaotic and wild.

Take the script and story (Jaya-Aparijita) and you realise that not too much thought has gone into it. In case you think that the protagonist is a strong willed lady looking for and fighting for her place in the male world , you need to wait a little longer and pinch your self at this ridiculous bra burning facet of gender equality.

With Rani Mukherjee at the centre of the script you expect the script or at least the camera to give her some lingering moments. Here too you are disappointed. The actress, any way over rated, hams heavily and does more mimicry than acting. She is so loud that you wonder if she was reaching out to you directly unmindful of the media she has chosen.
Must spend a couple of lines on what the story is about: Two friends Vicky (Anupam Kher) and Lucky ( Dalip Tahil) have lived in their respective countries post partition but have let an annual cricket tournament keep the bondage alive. Unfortunately, for Vicky the Indian team keeps loosing with shocking regularity. IN this small loud town, is loud mouthed Veera Kaur who is a real spectacle wanting to make cricket her profession. She promises to be Anjum Chopra and Mithali Raaj in one and put to shame the Sandeep Patils and Yuvraj Singhs. Since she cannot be part of the team she is threatening every bowler with over the boundary hits. Into this contrived scenario, walks Rohan (Shahid Kapoor) who returns home to Papa Vicky leaving behind in U.K. his Mom (Poonam Dhillon) . He coaches the entire town and avenges the habitual defeat with a last ball six in a theatric climax that mocks at your intelligence.
Forget the film, the script, the acting is as loud. While veterans like Anupam Kher just pass off with reputation, Rani is so so over the hills that you feel like walking up and telling her to tone down. The success of her over kill performance in Black has obviously gifted the audience this encore. The one saving grace in the film is Shahid Kapoor who is blossoming into a very quiet but sure performer. This dark horse is making it to the Derby and could sure be the winner. Watch the film for him and if you are noise fan.

L. Ravichander