Film Review - Besharam

       

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Film: Besharam

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Pallavi Sharda, Rishi Kapoor

Directed by: Abhinav Singh Kashyap

Duration: 2 hrs 20 mins

Rating: * 1 / 2

Ranbir Kapoor was on a roll with a string of hits making him one of the most bankable stars at the box office. And then he did Besharam, a film devoid of any imagination or wit. What prompted Ranbir and the remaining Kapoor clan to be a part of this atrocity remains a mystery. I mean, presumably they must have been narrated some ‘story’ before signing this film but then there is no story or a plot at all that is evident here. Perhaps it was a case of a  few lines were scribbled on one of those sticky notes.

There has been this tendency among film makers to ignore important aspects like a decent storyline, after all, if you have a big star in your film then the audiences are more likely to come anyway. But then there is a very fine line between being silly and being ridiculous and this film crosses over to the latter.

 

So Ranbir plays Babli, a car thief who gives away all his earnings to an orphanage which he is also a part of. With his sidekick (Amitosh Nagpal) he steals cars in the dreariest fashion. A couple of cops (Rishi, Neetu) who also happen to be a couple, try to hunt him down after he outwits them.

 

He falls in love with Tara (newcomer Pallavi Sharda) who lives in a very modest house but still owns a Mercedes Benz A Class (approx. Rs.24.09 lakhs ex-showroom price) Since he is an uneducated, unsophisticated besharam and she is A class in more ways than one, she gives him as much attention as the government has given to the Lokpal bill. And since a villain is needed to spice things up (in vain though), we have Bheem Singh Chandel (Jaaved Jafferi) who is a hawala kingpin.

The proceedings are so dull that it could put an insomniac to sleep and those who stay awake, have to go through torture. Amusingly, two writers are credited for the ‘story’ even though anyone with half a brain could have done a better job.

Ranbir is also shown stuffing a sock in his crotch to make an impression and that’s not all, in a scene that has nothing to do with the plot, he shows his posterior and you almost get to see the place where the sun don’t ever shine. Not that you want to see it. 

  

Butt seriously, this is unadulterated lame, lazy and embarrassing writing.

While Ranbir Kapoor sparkles in his role, it is not enough to take the film to safe shores. Neetu and Rishi Kapoor are wasted in insignificant roles, it looks like someone put a gun to their head and made them do this film. Debutant Pallavi Sharda is just about okay and it takes a special director to get absolutely nothing out of Jaaved Jafferi.

Here’s one word to sum it up – avoid.

(Published in The Navhind Times on 4th Oct. 2013)

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