I Am A Citizen Of The WORLD

This is the dud of this week. Let’s get it over quick. I have no heart to write but you must know what you have (blinked and) missed. And thank God for small mercies.

In India, cricketers, actors and politicians are revered. But when they interchange professions, mayhem occurs. The result of which are here to see. Syed Kirmani and Sandip Patil nearly lost out on all their fans after acting in a fast forgotten flick Kabhi Ajnabi The.

Dev Anand tried his hand at politics by launching a political party. It vanished in thin air. Now Dev Anand has invited Amar Singh to act in his movie. Wonder what will be Singh’s fate?

Remember Ajay Jadeja and Vinod Kambli. Let me refreshen your memory. Jadeja began his film career with Khel (2003) that should have given him the signal never to act again. But then some people never learn neither their lesson nor acting. If match-fixing didn’t cause enough damage to him, this film sure will complete that. He simply does not have the personality of a hero, forget acting.

Vinod Kambli tried to act (!) in Annarth with Sunil Shetty. As they say, anarth hi ho gaya. Kambli too didn’t learn his lesson. And the result is the release of a backlog Pal Pal Dil Ke Ssaat (2003) that should never have been released. Not even today after six years of being made.

Mahie Gill, who was known as Rimpy then must be ruing now to see this movie released especially when she has Dev D and Gulaal under her belt. She is of course the heroine opposite Jadeja and is totally wasted.

The producer for good luck has changed the spelling of “saath” to “ssaat”. But even a spelling change cannot raise a dud product that is sunk from the word go. Ssave your breath and don’t even bother to put stress on your mind thinking about this flick.

It is a remake of a South hit with lots of melodrama thrown in. Sushma Swaraj is Jadeja’s rich grandma. Jadeja leaves home in a misunderstanding. In walk villains to take control of the property. Jadeja returns. Kambli is the commentator (couldn’t he better do that in cricket?) And then? Don’t even ask. It remains a mystery why Satish Shah decided to act in this flick?

The hero of this film is actually Sylvie (celebrity hairstylist). Need I say anything more? It is a torture of 1 hour 55 minutes. Can you take that?

 A word of advice to Jadeja, Kambli and future cricketers who would like to try their hand at acting: Don’t Please DON’T! Jiska kaam usi ko ssajhe. Aur kare to danda baaje. 

After writing/directing this, VV Kumar will never try his hand again. Producer Sukra Arts have burnt their fingers with this. In future, they can become advisors to other future dud releasers against releasing them.

IMAX Adlabs has committed professional hara-kiri to screen this movie at their multiplex. The theatre was empty barring me and a couple. I cannot say if there were ghosts too coming for a free fare but ending up throwing rotten tomatoes and running away or vanishing in thin air.

To the producers, who wish to bring out their canned stuff: Please DON’T. We like fresh food. Canned doesn’t suit our palate.

We know what is bad? This one is WORST at its worst. It is run out on first ball, score ZERO. I know, it is a long weekend with no new releases. Even then, don’t risk your life with this movie. It will bowl you away for nothing. Can you dare take that chance? You are smart, aren’t you?

Sstay away. Better still, run for your life.