HALLA BOL

After a long time I went for watching a movie, the movie being Halla Bol. The initial Hoopla and the Hype for the movie was the only compelling reason for us to go and watch the movie on the first day itself, with a star studded cast of Ajay Devgan, Pankaj Kapur, Darshan Jariwala and Vidya Balan was the other major push !!!!!!!!! Directed by Raj Kumar Santoshi, the movie is all about resurgence of the society against the necessary evil of the society !!!!!!!!!

The film starts with the upcoming of a small town guy to the Max City to realize his dreams. The main Protagonist, Sameer Khan, portrayed by Ajay Devgan comes from a middle class family of a small town and is interested in Theatre/Drama/Roadshow !!!!!! His Guru is the legendry Pankaj Kapur, who has proven his mantle in parallel cinema as well as commercial cinema; the Guru hosts Road Shows, the Nukkad Nataks and tries to awaken the Society, which is already in Deep Sleep or rather Dead !!!!!! He decides to come to Mumbai to give his non descript career a try and as usual in Hindi Cinema succeeds in his efforts and ultimately becomes a Super Star !!!!!!!!!! He marries his old time Love Vidya Balan and keeps the nation Rocking !!!!!!!!!!! Till now the story is loosely based on the life of Bollywood’s King Khan. Then with increasing popularity the protagonist adapts the ways and lifestyle of his very Filmi industry, learns how to use False Emotions, how to Tell a Lie, how to intermingle in the society where all friends are Fair Weather Friends. He climbs up the ladder of success and deserts every body belonging to his past, starting from his Guru to his Parents to his Wife !!!!!! Then suddenly his life takes a full circle and he witnesses a murder in a party he is attending and then starts the real movie. He fights for the victim after initial hesitation and fights against a Strong Lobby of Politician, Industrialist, Police and Power Brokers, who eventually happens to be the (you guessed it right) Father of the Victimizers (again that old “Ameer Baap ki Bigdi Aulaadein” Concept). The initially deserted Guruji comes to his recue when he is in grave danger and under threat of his life (uh oh, I forgot to tell you that the Guruji in Pankaj kapur plays the role of a Dacoit turned Saintly Man) and then Guruji encourages him to take the Fight to Streets, not in literal senses but in the form of Nukkad Nataks and saves him even by taking up the arms against the villains, which he have denounced long before !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ultimately the story turns in favour of the Hero and he wins despite of some Dhaansu Pitai Shitai of the Hero and finally the villains gets punished !!!!!!!!!

HURRAYYYYYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well that was the film with all the Masala and full of Every Damn Formulae Santoshi could think of !!!!!!!!!!!!! I will tell you one interesting fact about the film that its a Big Spoof on every strata of the society and on many big personalities as well. To start with, the initial part of the protagonist’s life is based on King Khan’s Life. Then he fights against the villians, the Industrialist is based on the life of Dr. Vijay Mallya, Politician on the life of any damn politician you can think of and theres spoof on a Swami Ji, which I could not decide whether it was Baba Ramdev or Sri Sri Sri Ravi Shankar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In filmy industry there was a spoof on Salman Khan (at least going by the physical appearance of one man who played Ajay devgan’s competitor), Vidya Balan in a role of Gauri Khan (in some sorts) and Pankaj Kapur in the form of Sri Asha Ram Ji Baapu !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Apart from it there was Verbal Slander or say Banter on many personalities and one memorable dialogue (or say the only one I could remember) was on Big B, the dialogue says “Jo star koi bhi product Endorse karta hai, kabhi Use nahi karta” (Amitabh Bachhan endorsing Navratan Tel) !!!!!!

The Biggest Drawback of the film is its Storyline, the story line being so Poor and Dull gives no chance to any damn actor to turn it around !!!!!!!!!!!! The movie in its totality, appears to be a desperate attempt to Mix all the Success Formulaes in one go and expect to come up with a Super Duper Hit Movie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well the audience which came out was a bit confused and a lot frustrated because till the end they were not able to make out whether this movie should be called a good spoof or a movie with a message to Awaken the Society !!!!!!!!!!!

The Sore part of movie is its story line and the direction as there was little left to the actors to Strut their Stuff !!!!!!!!! Ajay Devgan quite didnt leave a mark on audience, Vidya Balan was merely & sheerly wasted, the only man who scored out well was the seasoned actor in Pankaj Kapur as Siddhu !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pankaj Kapur is the only one to watch out in movie !!!!!!!!!!!!!

In all the movie was a poor attempt and a Sheer Wastage of some Talented Actors, Sheer Wastage of Audience’s Time and above all Sheer Wastage of Rs. 200 of the movie goer and that too in the Times of Month of Tax !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!