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By Sanjay Shah Š2003 Bollyvista.com |
Ek Aur Ek Gyarah is a film with no depressive moments. It opens with not so good scene where Tara-Sitara are shown looting a bungalow. But soon after the basic characters are established, the director takes the hold of narrative in best possible manner. That's why you will be surprised when you will realize the interval point has arrived. The first half is fast, full of laughing moments and there is no way but to get carried away with it. Some of the proven tricks of Dhawan's past films are ably used here, especially of Jodi No. 1. While Jodi had, 'Oye control yaar...oye nahin hota yaar,' this one has, 'Oye hold yaar...oye clean bowled yaar' kind of dialogues. In Jodi, Jay and Viru (Names of Sanjay Dutt and Govinda) were crooks and here they are teamed again with rhyming names of Tara-Sitara. The heroines were more like props in Jodi and things are same in EAEG.
But in totality, this one is a better film. First of all, dialogues (Bholu Khan and Aman Jaffery) are too good here. They are well written and expressed in finest manner by the lead protagonists. David has used some of the popular songs like dialogues. 'Rukh se zara naqab hatao mere huzoor' followed by 'Parde mein rehne do' is one such example and you can't resist your laugh when it comes on the screen. The accent of Tara-Sitara is (again like Jodi) of Punjab and it works well. "Hamey khushi hamesha dukh de lifaafe vich kyun milti hai?" and "Yaar..aisa nahin lagtaa badi izzat se beizzati ho rahi hai" are some dialogues that the viewer will love to enjoy.
There are few minus points which may grab attention of more thinking bunch of viewers. Like, it is strange that the director has shown Tara-Sitara find it difficult to go to Nepal because Indians do not need passport visa to go there. Then one keeps wondering why Tara is shown using wheelchair and handicap by legs but that that is of no need in the movie. Interestingly, one will never understand the story of film is set in which particular city. Cobra seems to be a big don but they way he is handled by police looks funny. But to be fair with Dhawan's hard work, one has to say that a film like this should be seen and enjoyed without using logics and mind.
Technically, EAEG is at par with David's films. Cinematography by Nadeem Khan is captivating at places. But otherwise it is okay. Art by R. Varman matches mood of the narrative. The set of military base is quite good. Musically, EAEG is passable but the songs are not places badly in the film. That is why except a couple of songs, all other numbers are entertaining. 'Beimaan mohabbat', 'Main Jogiya' and the title song (Comes repeatedly and still remains enjoyable) are better of the lot. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Sameer have done fair job, if not outstanding. Choreography by Ganesh Acharya lacks novelty. Editing by Dhawan himself has slips at places and the second half has few loose moments.
The real strength of this film lies in Govinda's performance, matched well by Sanjay Dutt. After a series of flops and passing through his worst phase in career, Govinda bounces back with amazing performance. This movie will mum all his critics who are of opinion that Govinda's career is all set to get over. Sanjay Dutt once again does justice to his role and reconfirms the fact that he can do comic roles as ably as other roles. Amrita Arora and Nandini Singh, who have got songs and dances to do, are not bad at all. Nandini makes good debut and will go places if she selects roles carefully. Jackie Shroff transforms himself in character role and leaves a mark. Ashish Vidyarthi and Gulshan Grover enliven their small but important characters. And Rajpal Yadav steals the show as and when he is on the screen. This versatile actor deserves to be seen in this movie.
David Dhawan as director has done far better job than what he did in his last few films. It was for the first time in his marching career with EAEG that he concentrated one just one film instead of doing two and three films at a time. And the result is good enough for him to realize what could make him king of the comedy. Do this David, again and again, and you will never do mistakes like Hum Kisise... and Yeh Hai Jalwa. |
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