Director Gurmeet Singh the man who presented What the Fish with Dimple
Kapadia now appears with his take on rom-com turned thriller. The problem with
the film is how the film maker fails to sustain interest in a script that makes
108 minutes seem eternal. One wold expect this designed for the multiplex
product to have a little more fizz, but so tame and insipid is the product that
you begin to yawn even as the protagonist spreads butter on his slice of bread
minutes into the film.
The story line is wafer thin. It is about the penny counting architect Prithvi
Khurana (Zayed Khan resurfacing) who suddenly hits the jackpot when he realises
that his account has a 100 Crores. His lazy roommate Sam (Rannvijay Singh)
finds this a God sent opportunity to squander and continue a life style of
non-accountability. Prithvi soon realises that the amount comes with a huge
hidden price tag. He has been chosen by Dawood of the D gang and he is to
withdraw sums on his dictates and deliver where told. While the commission for
the task is carrot, the stick is too uncomfortable. While roommate Sam is privy
to the development and also abettor to the tasks called upon, his girlfriend
Megha (Tina Desai) is unaware while snooping at the suspicious goings on. So
far so good. It starts of as a simple romance in the urban backdrop with
contrasting guys and a gal with her romance with one of the guys.
Things get messy when the guys hit a plan to take a part of the booty without
authority. Things turn complicated when the news arrives that D is dead. The
telephonic demands however do not stop leading to the question as to who is it
who is stalking the guys. We have two other chanced characters in the script
Rashida (Talia Bentson) and the banker Dhavan (Anupam Kher). With the unknown
stalking the threesome and the cause unknown, you have to unravel the mystery
on who is behind the entire activity and why.
The film simply lacks a spirit. It is as if the film maker has been forced into
storytelling and the task has been unwittingly taken. The central idea like
What the Fish is an interesting premise but the execution is extremely and
visibly half hearted. The cast is adequate and interesting. Zayed resurfaces to
play the central character of a guy lost and worried. For a guy whose screen
personality is so different this is a challenge well taken and equally well
delivered. Rannvijay Singh is that archetype hardly youngster full on one
liners low on activity. He in fact gets the punch filled lines which he
delivers with consummate ease. Tina Desai has a terribly etched roll. She walks
in and out of the script at the whim of the film maker who is any way at gun
point narrating the story. The result is that even the 100 minutes of the film
seem eternity and the lay out is about things you are positively disinterested
in.
Rating : 2 stars.
+ Zayed and Rannvijay
– Very half hearted