Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge: Made To Be A Flopbuster

Star rating:

Cast: Kunal Khemu, Paresh Kumar, Soha Ali Khan, Zayed Khan, Sonu Sood, Deepal Shaw, Johny Lever, Asrani, Razzak Khan, Avtar Gill

Producer: Ronnie Screwvala

Director: Umesh Shukla

Music Director: Sajid, Wajid

Lyricist: Jalees Sherwani, Shabbir Ahmed

Following the footsteps of the movie ‘Bunty Aur Babli’, which introduced the concept of movies based on swindles and cons, is the movie Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge. Directed by Omesh Shukla, the movie is produced by Ronnie Screwvala and is released under the banner ‘ UTV Spot Boy’.

The con of the movie is very simple. Anand Pawar (played by Kunal Khemu, who is still trying to find a foot hold in the industry) and Raj Chopra (played by the comedy king Paresh Rawal) look forward to become millionaires in the shortest time possible and so they raise Rs 100 crores from various financers to make a movie in a budget of mere 5 crores only. They wanted the film to be so pathetic that it gets chucked out from the theaters on the very first day and is termed as one of the biggest flops ever made in the Bollywood. And, once it so happens, they would run away with the remaining 95 crores.

In order to make a flopbuster, they rope in Aryan Kapoor (Sonu Sood) as the lead actor, and Parvez Asharraf (Johny Lever), a Pro-Pakistan person, is hired as the writer. However, somewhere down the line, Anand becomes greedy enough to cheat on his own girlfriend Neha Chattopadhayay (Soha Ali Khan), a small time theatre actress, by casting her as the main lead in his film to get her over the acting bug. However, the premier show, which was supposed to be a tryst with tomatoes and eggs, turns out to be a heavily applauded affair. Audience get to have a hearty laugh at the ungodly mix of Sholay, Gadar and Lagaan.

Director, Omesh Shukla has managed to carry out the spoofs quite convincingly, and the actors have done their best to capture the expression and style of the original actors. The movie offers a much needed break from the stress and strains of out daily lives.

The movie Dhoondte Reh Jaoge offers few comic numbers that would keep popping up through the narrative. Sajid-Wajid kick start the album with the title song Dhoondte Reh Jaoge. This is the best song in the album and does boast of a fun quotient. The lyrics of the film has been provided by Jalees Sherwani and Shabbir Ahmed. The song has been composed in a style that is synonymous to that of Lakshmikant-Pyaarelal.