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Ali Zafar saves Chashme Baddoor

Author: henna-saeed from Pakistan
4 April 2013

With memories of Deepti Naval and Farooq Shaikh, one enters the cinema all ready
to be entertained with the modern version of Chashme Baddoor but surprisingly
thats not the case… even with big names like David Dhawan and Ali Zafar, the film
turns out to be just time-pass.

"Classics cannot be recreated", says Rakesh Bedi, from the cast of the classic
Chashme Baddoor, but that was the challenge that David Dhawan took up and he
knew what he was getting into…

Remaking a 1981 classic and that too thirty-two years later is an extremely difficult
task. David Dhawan has directed this remake with a youthful touch and casted some
amazing comic actors, the all-rounder and charming Ali Zafar, who plays the main
lead while the side-kicks are funny man Divyendu Sharma and the talented
Siddharth Narayan, while the female lead is played by a new actress Taapsee Pannu.
The supporting cast boasts of big names like Rishi Kapoor and Lilette Dubey. Not to
forget the special appearances by Juhi Chawla and Varun Dhawan.

The film starts with a good pace and is fun to watch with a punch here and there.
Half an hour into the film and Taapsee Pannu's ordinary looks and average acting
start boring you. Although one tries to satisfy himself/herself by concentrating on
the exotic locations, the fine sets, the comic element and of course the naughty Ali
Zafar, yet every time you see the female lead, your heart starts sinking.

The film's story is very much like the original except for a new love-angle created
between Rishi Kapoor and Lilette Dubey, which is fun to watch and is rather cute.
On the other hand, the editing is pacey but the screenplay does not has much to
offer. The predictable story line steals the fun of the events and the only saviour is
the music. Sonu Nigam's Har Ek Friend Kameena Hota Hai and Early Morning stand
out while Ali Zafar's Dhichkyaaon Doom Doom is a fun song that one might hum
even after the film ends.

David Dhawan's direction is good, overall the actors do a decent job, except for
Taapsee Pannu, who is extremely unattractive and ordinary. One wishes throughout
the film that the female lead was anybody else but Taapsee.

Therefore, beyond doubt, it is Rishi Kapoor and Ali Zafar's performance that saves
the film and makes it watchable. A must watch for Ali Zafar fans.