After Manmohan Desai and Subhash Ghai in the 80s, the one director whose films our group of movie-freak friends enjoyed a lot in the next decade was David Dhawan and we all really waited for every new David-Govinda film quite desperately. In fact not many would probably believe (looking at my present profile) that it was me and one of my close friends only who always used to begin the mad-dance in the theater at every hit song and I still remember what chaos we all were a part of while dancing at “Husn Hai Suhana” from COOLIE NO.1 right in front of the screen in the year 1995.
Remembering those years I sometimes do feel, as if these lavish multiplexes promoting a more sophisticated and educated way of movie watching, have probably ruined that unforgettable & enigmatic experience of witnessing a typical David-Govinda film among all the crazy fans. And MAIN TERA HERO really transported me to those times quite honestly, as David was proudly back with his own style of entertaining cinema, presenting a new age Govinda found in his son Varun Dhawan acting in just his second film.
However before writing about MTH, let me tell you how we used to enjoy those David-Govinda movies back in the 90s like some mad, fanatic fans.
The moment the advance booking used to open, we were there to book our bunch of tickets for the first night show and then excitedly waited for Friday, counting days. Now to admit it openly, none of us ever expected to find any novel or path breaking plot in the film offering some exceptional cinematic moments and neither we were interested in watching any actions sequences shot skillfully with the heroes. But all we used to look for were those hilarious interactions between 3 main characters namely of Govinda, Kadar Khan and Shakti Kapoor rendering many great one liners repeatedly and the chosen dialogues were often used for weeks in our daily conversation post the first viewing. Heroines meant to be an important supporting star dancing along the hero at that time too and the same trend is being followed even today after almost two decades. Yet it’s a known truth that Karishma contributed a lot in those insane sequences of all the Hit films of the 90s and she is still known for the same, more than anything else. Apart from the comic scenes, all those projects also had very catchy dancing numbers in store and the moment the first few notes were played on the screen, one of us could be seen standing on the chair beginning the mad-dance without caring or looking at anybody else at all.
Now coming back to the present Friday with MAIN TERA HERO, I truly felt reliving the same era watching some enjoyable scenes of the film and also felt great realizing the fact that thankfully I have not lost the ability to enjoy such illogical, mad-cap entertainers even today (after a few decades) despite extensively watching a lot of meaningful cinema from the world over almost every night. In other words, MTH assured that I still have got both my thinking as well as careless, childish, enjoyable caps intact till date, enabling me to cherish all kinds of cinema without any fixed intellectual presets related with the growing age. And that is surely a sort of achievement I feel proud of sharing with all the like-minded friends here loving Hindi films.
Having said that as the film begins, it just turns out to be another loud product aiming to please the audience, incorporating everything possible missing the desired mark. All the actors simply behave over the top including Varun and the viewer doesn’t get involved with any of the characters individually in these first 10 minutes. But once Arunoday Singh and Rajpal Yadav enter the scene alone with Ileana, the whole scenario changes and suddenly Varun gets into a current generation avatar of good old Govinda surprising one and all. Without wasting any more time he starts impressing in almost every sequence and one begins enjoying the film much more than the expectations, before it says interval.
Post intermission new characters are called in to keep you entertained including Nargis Fakhri, Saurabh Shukla and Anupam Kher with his amusing echo system straight from the mountains, working instantly. The catchy tracks continue giving a boost to its overall momentum and one just feels like watching a typical David Dhawan film of the 90s featuring Varun instead of Govinda. Interestingly Shakti Kapoor also joins in towards the end to recreate the same magic but his track sadly turns out to be a more forced one in absence of the inimitable Kadar Khan.
To give the due credit, though the film is a remake of 2011 Telugu hit KANDIREEGA, it actually works because of David Dhawan’s absorbingly entertaining adaptation, fast editing and many funny dialogues well written by Milap Zaveri. The father makes his talented son do many things particularly for the single screen viewers in the small centers just like he used to play with Govinda. And Varun doesn’t disappoint him either grabbing the big opportunity given showcasing his comic timing perfectly.
The soundtrack by Sajid-Wajid suits a David Dhawan like a ‘T’ and I really missed ‘Chichi’ a lot in songs like “Shanivaar Raati” and “Tera Dhyaan Kidhar Hai” in particular. The compositions force you to start swinging sitting on your seat itself, which was always a key feature of David’s films in those particular years. The background score maintains the racy tempo throughout and the action sequences intelligently incorporate the humor factor too as required.
Performance wise, as expected Varun leads the show in style and I hope this film doesn’t turn his confidence into over-confidence next. The boy unexpectedly lives every Govinda moment in the film wonderfully and David has surely found a new Govinda in his own home after so many years. Ileana looks pretty and does well in her limited scope but Nargis Fakhri is really awful with her English accent and silly expressions. As a matter of fact, now I can assume how difficult would have been for Imtiaz to get her perform in that decent way in ROCKSTAR. But then since the girls offer a good amount of skin show and kisses too, so the viewers are not going to mind the lack of acting skills as it seems. In the supporting cast, Anupam Kher is simply superb with her echoing dialogues & Rajpal Yadav successfully generates some good laughs along with Saurabh Shukla. Arunoday Singh leaves a strong impact as the tough villain trying the comic act for the first time. Plus Manoj Pahwa, Supriya Shukla, Evelyn Sharma and Raju Kher provide a good support.
Finding the flaws, it is no doubt based on a very mindless plot and can also be cornered by calling it a product designed to promote Varun Dhawan alone. The film slows down a bit in the second half too going into some over stretched sequences heading towards a hurried climax. But the mad, crazy treatment of the director fast picks it up well in time and drags you back into the entertaining world of fun, full of many witty one liners. In short, forget about the logic, keep away the intellectual cap for a while and enjoy MAIN TERA HERO just like a 90s David-Govinda film going back in time.
In poetic verse, for some there might be less and for some there might be more, but there is entertainment in the film for sure…………for everyone. So do give it a try and have a good time along with the new age Govinda and the veteran David Dhawan once again hitting the mark in the new millennium.
Rating : 3 / 5 (With a special thanks for recreating that nostalgic magic of the 90s.)
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