Chor Machaaye Shor

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Chor Machaaye Shor

Credits
Producer/s:	Rajiv Tolani and Sanjay Tolani
Director:	David Dhawan
Cast:	Bobby Deol, Bipasha Basu, Shilpa Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Ashish Vidyarthi, Rajat Bedi, Rajpal Yadav and Om Puri
Music:	Anu Malik
Lyrics:	Tejpaul Kaur, Dev Kohli, Minoo Singh, Farhad

While you prefer to make a film and not cinema, you are bound to lose your grip over this fantastic medium. This is the lesson number one for David Comedy Dhawan. For, over the time and with his third successive souring saga of so-called comedy, he is fast heading toward the point of extinction. Chor Machaaye Shor is a dismal film in all aspects and that is what should be considered more than enough to say about it.

The story is based on 1999 Hollywood flick Blue Streak and is really interesting. Sham (Bobby Deol) is a petty thief who one ay dares to steal a Rs. 30 crore diamond to change his fortunes forever. But he is on the verge of arrest and so he hides the diamond in an upcoming building's structure. He is nabbed and send to jail from where, he is set free only after a couple of years.

Sham has no regrets as he knows that the diamond will be his now. But the moment he reaches that then under construction building, he realizes that it has become a police station. Without feeling lost, he becomes a cop himself and starts his game to get the hold of diamond. Things do move well but two persons, an always suspicious inspector Pande (Om Puri) and ACP Ranbir Singh (Paresh Rawal), who is overly interested to win Ram's heart for his daughter Kajal (Shilpa Shetty) become hurdles in his way. Moreover, there is lady cop Ranjita (Bipasha Basu) who loves Ram. How Ram makes his move and how he manages to reach the diamond forms rest of the story.

CMS is an extension of David's own style of making senseless movies. The only difference of late is the fact that he has started taking audience for granted to an unacceptable level. That is why CMS lacks essential things in screenplay itself. While Sham becomes cop just because he wants that diamond, he actually does nothing for it until the film almost reaches its pre-climax. The menace of double roles is another factor which makes this film annoying. Three artistes, Bobby, Paresh Rawal and Om Puri play double roles while Shekhar Suman is loaded with as many as six roles.

If one could think of appreciating something of CMS then it has to be the action sequences. Abbas Ali Moghul's efforts are so visible that the viewers will actually end up remembering only action scenes of this absurd comedy film. Cinematography by Harmeet Singh is also eye-catching and lends some freshness. Art by is just about okay. Screenplay by is the weakest part of this film. Dialogues by are average. Dhawan's editing is good but he could have shortened the length to an extent. The music is so bad that one would determine to present Anu Malik and party with the award of worst musical score of the year. And above this, all the songs are perfectly misplaced, or say scattered in poorest manner. Ganesh Acharya's choreography is also below par.

Even on the performance front, there is nothing much to praise. While Bobby tries his best to do justice to a comic role, he ends up delivering less than expected because the narrative itself is weak. So bad that an actor of his caliber is not used well by a director who teamed up with him for the first time. Shilpa Shetty dances well in couple of songs and that's it. Bipasha Basu is least visible. Paresh Rawal fails to give his best while Om Puri shines at places. Others pass the muster.

It is a very disappointing fact that David Dhawan has cut himself to such a low with films like this and Hum Kisise Kum Nahin and Yeh Hai Jalwa. Who will believe that this same director was considered among the costliest and successful makers of Bollywood till recently? CMS is not only passable but also a forgettable film, especially for those who still have littlest of faith in Dhawan.