First things first. This is not, repeat not, a comedy. Not by any yardstick. For those expecting a typical Priyadarshan-Akshay Kumar comedy ‘Khatta Meetha’ is not your cup of tee-hee. For those who know there’s a more reflective and ruminative side to both the prolific director and the leading man, here’s the thing.
Story: Sachin Tichkule (Akshay Kumar), a small time contractor, is desperate to succeed in a society that is skewed heavily towards the corrupt, the mean, the selfish and the law breakers. He gives up his collegiate Gandhian philosophy and is even ready to pay the mandatory bribes and do a bit of wheeling-dealing to move ahead in life, specially when he sees his kith and kin succumbing to greed and grime. But, a chance meeting with his erstwhile girlfriend (Trisha), now an honest and upright municipal commissioner, rings in the requisite conscience call. The rest is mera Bharat mahaan!
You will manage a few laughs because Akshay’s and Rajpal Yadav’s comic timing is instinctive. But other than that the film seems like a never-ending ordeal. Trisha is a total misfit and her lip-sync seemed off in a number of places. The rest of the cast is the usual ensemble that you see in most of Priyadarshan’s Hindi films. They do a reasonable job considering they can do little to overcome a very bad script.
While Sachin struggles through his never-ending woes, things go haywire. A bridge collapses because of bad construction, taking many innocent lives. Figun, Suhas and others who were involved in the construction, conveniently pass the buck to Vishwas Rao (Tinu Anand), who is a driver of the Tichkule family and later kill him. Azad Bhagat (Makrand Despande), who has lost his wife and son in the bridge mishap, is determined to bring to justice the criminals behind the scam.
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