One Two Three film rating and review

One Two Three (2008) Film Rating and Review :

Rating :

Acting – 1/10
Direction – 0/10
Screenplay – 0/10
Music – 1/10
Technique – 0/10

Review :

Bad? ‘Under’statement!

In the good ol’ days of VCRs, the VHS cassettes of new Hindi films would be frequently interrupted with a commercial that went: “1, 2, 3 Maharaja Mixie”. It was a safety valve that was sorely missed while sitting trough One Two Three. To be honest, even a mundane mike-testing session – 1, 2, 3… - is more entertaining then the trash the film offers.

A preposterous plot, double-meaning lines meant to be jokes, besura songs… One Two Three is a film that makes Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag look like God Father. One two three is a film that you would not even want to be paid to watch. One two three is a film that can drive critics forced to sit through it to plot a profession shift.

Get the picture? Or are you a sucker for punishment? Well, the entire basis of One Two Three is undies. Yes, you read the right. Or rather, as Paresh Rawal keeps saying throughout the film, “bra, panty”. He knows best as probably the only salesman in the world who can tell the size just by looking a customer.

There is Esha Deol who designs ‘under’wear because she is obsessed with the ‘under’world. ‘Under’stand? There’s more. Sameera Reddy is a car salesperson who gets herself photographed in bikinis to sell the cars. And if needed, she even flings that off.

Get the picture? Or are you a sucker for punishment? To sit the entire chain of chaddi-kachchha utaar-chadao in motion is the pat premise of three man with the same name – Lakshminarayan. The rest, as even Sidhu’s baby-in-a-top-less-bar would tell you, is a series of mistaken identities.

Of the ensemble cast on display it’s easier to describe how bad each of them are. Tanishaa and Upen are in a different league altogether. Tusshar and Esha are still learning while Suniel Shetty will never learn. You can only feel sad for Paresh Rawal who is desperately earnest even in the mindless mayhem.

The only person who manages to pinch a few laughs is Sanjay Mishra (remember Apple Singh?) who does a hilarious impersonation of yesteryear villain Jeevan.

Our tip: If you do happen to stray into the hall, shout One Two Three and… run! [And yes, the movie matter rating is not a printing error.]

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