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Hastey Hastey (2008) Movie Rating and Review :
Rating :
Acting – 1/10
Direction – 0/10
Screenplay – 0/10
Music – 0/10
Technique – 0/10
Review :
Laugh & be damned
What do you say about a film that makes you want to cry out loud in anguish and tear your hair out in frustration and is still called Hastey Hastey?
An incoherent watch from start to finish, Hastey Hastey is one of those inane potboilers that one was subjected to in the Bollywood of the 80s. But some of those films were so bad that they actually ended up entertaining the audience. Hastey Hastey, however, doesn’t even manage that. But yes, this Jimmy Sheirgill-starrer does make you laugh. You laugh at the improbability of the plot, you laugh at the amateurish performances, you laugh at a Deepak Chopra-like character spouting words of wisdom which make no sense and you finally end up laughing at your own predicament on a Friday morning.
Hastey Hastey is such a muddled piece of film-making that it becomes a real struggle writing a few hundred words about the film. Shot entirely in the United States, Hastey Hastey has Jimmy Sheirgill playing a student who gives up a job offer of “two lakh dollars” and instead chooses to set up a call centre in India, much to the dismay of his beloved, Maya (newcomer Nisha Rawal).
He lands in India only to find himself framed in a fraud case — the result of having ignored the advances of the call centre manager (debutante Monishka Gupta). With Jimmy managing to clear his name within 75 minutes, the makers stretch the film to 120 minutes showing the star-crossed lovers walking the streets of New York — in the age of mobile phones and Internet technology — “looking out” for each other.
If the makers thought that roping in Rajpal Yadav would ensure the audience leaves the hall “hastey hastey” they couldn’t be further from the truth. The actor is entrusted with not one, not two, but three roles and you really can’t decide which is worse. Red converse shoes, Metallica tees and cool shades form a part of Yadav’s wardrobe with words like “bro” and “dude” (or rather “dewd”) being thrust into his mouth. Rajpal’s character Sunny ends up hogging more screen time than anyone else.
With a return to his short-haired avatar, Jimmy Sheirgill looks good but that is about all. It’s heartbreaking to see the actor of Maachis and Yahaan signing on such trash. The two heroines are complete non-actors; for both, the real challenge is to keep their clothes on. In fact, the only reason for wasting two hours Hastey Hastey would be if you were researching the female midriff.
A bad film is often saved by its music. But Hastey Hastey fails on that count too. With lyrics like “We will rock you/We will shock you/It’s our work, it’s our work, it’s our work”, Anu Malik’s music is another torture tale.
The only thing worth watching in Hastey Hastey is the foreign locales. But believe us, tuning into a travel show would be a much safer and far better bet.
Acting – 1/10
Direction – 0/10
Screenplay – 0/10
Music – 0/10
Technique – 0/10
Review :
Laugh & be damned
What do you say about a film that makes you want to cry out loud in anguish and tear your hair out in frustration and is still called Hastey Hastey?
An incoherent watch from start to finish, Hastey Hastey is one of those inane potboilers that one was subjected to in the Bollywood of the 80s. But some of those films were so bad that they actually ended up entertaining the audience. Hastey Hastey, however, doesn’t even manage that. But yes, this Jimmy Sheirgill-starrer does make you laugh. You laugh at the improbability of the plot, you laugh at the amateurish performances, you laugh at a Deepak Chopra-like character spouting words of wisdom which make no sense and you finally end up laughing at your own predicament on a Friday morning.
Hastey Hastey is such a muddled piece of film-making that it becomes a real struggle writing a few hundred words about the film. Shot entirely in the United States, Hastey Hastey has Jimmy Sheirgill playing a student who gives up a job offer of “two lakh dollars” and instead chooses to set up a call centre in India, much to the dismay of his beloved, Maya (newcomer Nisha Rawal).
He lands in India only to find himself framed in a fraud case — the result of having ignored the advances of the call centre manager (debutante Monishka Gupta). With Jimmy managing to clear his name within 75 minutes, the makers stretch the film to 120 minutes showing the star-crossed lovers walking the streets of New York — in the age of mobile phones and Internet technology — “looking out” for each other.
If the makers thought that roping in Rajpal Yadav would ensure the audience leaves the hall “hastey hastey” they couldn’t be further from the truth. The actor is entrusted with not one, not two, but three roles and you really can’t decide which is worse. Red converse shoes, Metallica tees and cool shades form a part of Yadav’s wardrobe with words like “bro” and “dude” (or rather “dewd”) being thrust into his mouth. Rajpal’s character Sunny ends up hogging more screen time than anyone else.
With a return to his short-haired avatar, Jimmy Sheirgill looks good but that is about all. It’s heartbreaking to see the actor of Maachis and Yahaan signing on such trash. The two heroines are complete non-actors; for both, the real challenge is to keep their clothes on. In fact, the only reason for wasting two hours Hastey Hastey would be if you were researching the female midriff.
A bad film is often saved by its music. But Hastey Hastey fails on that count too. With lyrics like “We will rock you/We will shock you/It’s our work, it’s our work, it’s our work”, Anu Malik’s music is another torture tale.
The only thing worth watching in Hastey Hastey is the foreign locales. But believe us, tuning into a travel show would be a much safer and far better bet.
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