After watching the excellent trailer of the film for the last several weeks, I approached the film with enthusiasm to the effect that I asked for the ticket in a sing-song manner uttering the tune 'jat Yaaamlaa Pagla Dewaaanaaaa' generating sufficient amusement and wide grins on the faces of 4 people selling tickets behind the counter.
'Yamla Pagla Deewana' turned out to be one of those films – ‘Borat’ and ‘Quick Gun Murugun’ quickly come to my mind - where the only good scenes in the movie are packed into the trailer and they exist independently outside the film even as they appear in the movie. The first half of the movie is atrocious with nothing much happening. If one labours through it, the second half of the movie is good enough to make one forget that the first half is atrocious. From the time the story movies to Punjab it does pick up momentum. The second half movie goes in the lines of the Punjab-half of DDLJ but nevertheless has its own colour and feel to it. It is delightful to watch the NRI/Canada obsessed Anupam Kher and his band of brothers. The performances are very good across the board by the Deol troika and the supporting cast. The best performance of the movie comes from the girl playing the role similar to the one played by Mandira Bedi in DDLJ - with her lifetime ambition of marrying a NRI from Canada. She has great fun with her character - joyously sporting I-love-Caneda T-Shirts and being the flesh and blood version of Lonely Planet and Wikitravel rolled into one.
Did the movie amuse me as much as I amused my friends behind the ticket counter? I am doubtful.
2 Starts out of 5.
Post Script (not for family readers):
YPD is KLPD.
Again, why am I not surprised that you ventured into a Deol-overload? It would have been more interesting if the Deol-girls were included too ;->
Good review by the way, esp the part where you amuse the four people behind the ticket counter (I wonder why it takes four of them to sell one freakin' ticket!) =)
Posted by: Swarna | January 14, 2011 at 11:54 PM
Sisters don't act as brother's heroines, Swarna! he he. that would be a cardinal sin.
Thank you for your comments.
Well, the 4 fellas were selling 4 separate tickets.
Posted by: Arvind Swarup Pathiki | March 15, 2011 at 12:30 AM