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KAMAAL DHAMAAL MALAMAAL - Why was this made in the first place? (Review by Bobby Sing)

29 Sep, 2012 | Movie Reviews / 2012 Releases

Priyadarshan returning with another Hindi version of a South hit "Marykundoro Kunjaado" (Malayalam) (2010) wasn’t exciting enough for many. But the news of Nana Patekar featuring in it did add some spark into the project as that was in fact an unusual cast for a Priyadarshan comedy.

But unfortunately all those sparks fail to ignite anything on the screen and the film just proves to be another dud from the veteran film-maker who has not been able to deliver from a long time. However the other sad part of the story is that with KAMAAL DHAMAAL MALAMAAL, the director also gives you the most absurd or boring movie of the year 2012 which neither has any good humor nor any entertaining performances to enjoy in those 2 hours. It’s one of those badly made or uninteresting films, in which you are sure going to find many people already gone back to their homes post intermission and the others calmly sleeping on their seats when the lights are back.
KDM starts off with the same old village surroundings introducing its various characters as earlier seen in Priyadarshan’s “Maalamaal Weekly” and it also has the mention of a Lottery in it. But it isn’t a sequel and basically revolves around a lazy or weak character who suddenly finds a strong person in his village to help him find his lady love. The story also involves a mistaken identity plot which later on tries to add the crime thriller kind of element into the film which fails to work completely.
Songs in this so called comedy, provide you enough time to take your important calls, visit the washroom or go out for a bite several times before and after the interval. Plus the direction gives you a feeling as if it’s a work mainly completely by a team of assistant directors in absence of their mentor, since it all looks like fake throughout the movie. In the performance department, only Shreyas is able to offer you something to keep staring at and the rest are just there in return of their paid professional fees. In fact KDM is also one of those rare films in which you will find precious actors like Nana Patekar, Om Puri and Paresh Rawal being wasted so unintelligently. And I was really surprised to see Paresh Rawal in such a minuscule role in the entire film with scenes even less than the ones given to Neeraj Vohra.
Hence Priyadarshan’s latest venture once again fails in almost all its department ranging from the story-plot, script & music to its direction, performances and the most important entertainment quotient required in a comedy. Yet there is one thing which goes in favour of the movie and that’s its worth watching locations caught in the camera beautifully. Otherwise it can easily be called a clean family drama (or comedy) with no impressive content at all.
Moreover while walking out of the theater one might also like to raise a question to both its producers and director that “For whom it was actually made in the first place?”
Ratings : 0.5 / 5

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29 Sep 2012 / Comment ( 2 )
raj vardhan

HELLO SIR!

Why do every character in Priyadarshan\'s movie keep shouting at each other everytime????????

And after Billu,I haven\'t heard a good music in any of Priyadarshan\'s movie.
Before Billu,it was Garam Masala which had some good songs.That was in 2005. 4years before Billu
and before Garam Masala, it was Viraasat (1997) and Doli Saja Ke Rakhna which had good songs.

Bobby Sing

Hi Raj,
You are perfectly right in your observations as not only shouting but the director also uses ECHO sound in his dialogues in most of his projects without any specific reason which is annoying. Plus music also taken a back seat in most of his recent films undoubtedly.

Once I also used to be a big fan of his works but now always feel irritated and disappointed looking the kind of films he is making.

May be he will return to his good old form back soon.

Cheers!
HIS BLESSINGS

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