Bachke Rehna Re Baba

Article Updated 18 June, 2005 01:30:17 AM IST

Bachke Rehna Re Baba

The title of the film is very suggestive. It is a broad hint to the viewers to stay away from it. Put plainly, it is a stupid film. For a comedy film, the punch lines are not great. Some of the dialogues drag.

'Bachke Rehna Re Baba' is the tale of two women who earn their bread and butter by conning millionaires into marrying them. The marriage ends in a divorce in no time and the women go laughing all the way to the bank.

The two-woman team is the aunt-niece team of Rukmini (Rekha) and Padmini (Mallika Sherawat). The latter is lovingly referred to as Paddu by her aunt. Not that there is great love between the two, especially the niece's for the aunt. There is constant bickering but ultimately they are quits when they are on their next conning game.

The con game seems simple. Rukmini leads the men into marriage and Padmini lures them into seduction. The result- a huge divorce settlement! Their first target is a rich 40-year-old Punjabi bachelor, Paresh Rawal. Once he is fleeced, it's a Sindhi entrepreneur settled in Mauritius (Satish Shah) who's next on their list.

However, Rukmini has one rule that is to be strictly followed. No falling in love. But inevitably Padmini falls for Raghu (debutant Karan Khanna), a rich restaurateur, who she mistakes to be the waiter. Of course, initially the love is for his rich financial status when she discovers that he is the owner, but later she develops real feelings for the guy. If you thought this romance would have a fairy tale ending then you aren't wrong. But like they say 'true love has a lot of hurdles in its path', this one too has!

There is the dead body of Satish Shah to deal with (don't ask whatever happened to him, because it's just not worth finding out), and Paresh Rawal's money (what they squeezed out of him as alimony) to be returned to him (he threatens to call off their con game and hand them over to the cops if they fail to do so).

Of course, all's well that ends well but be prepared for a lot of cheap humour and double meaning statements. If you can digest all that, then this film is for you. And of course for the hungry eyes, there's skin show in abundance! What else did you expect from Mallika Sherawat? The kissing queen of Bollywood hasn't let down her viewers this time too!

To give credit where it's due, the girl has a terrific body and looks hot and passionate in her intimate scenes with Raghu. There is lots of glamour (an over the hill Rekha trying very hard to look glamorous and failing most times), and two good performers (Paresh Rawal, and Satish Shah) who have been wasted. The film does entertain in a warped way, if you know what I mean.

Anu Malik's music is okay. 'Sharafat Chhod' [Mallika's introduction] and 'Tera Husn' are very erotic tracks and have been well shot. Cinematography is quite good and the beaches of Mauritius have been well- captured. Newcomer Karan Khanna is a little stiff but shows promise. He has unique looks and needs grooming. He also needs to work on his physique as well. Can't predict the box-office fate of this film though.

** (TWO STARS)
*poor; **average; ***good; ****very good; *****excellent

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