Sunday, 31 May 2015

Welcome to Karachi- A tedious journey

Release date - 29'th May 2015

One Word which describes the film - Directionless


Best Dialogue - 

Jackky- Ye tune delivery karna kisse sikhaa ?
Arshad- Rajiv Hirani se !

Genre - Comedy/Political Satire



Music -Rochak KohliJeet GangulyKomail Shayan (KK), Amjad Nadeem

Producer - Vashu Bhagnani

Story-Vrajesh Hirjee

Direction -Ashish R Mohan

Cast -Arshad WarsiJackky Bhagnani, Lauren Gottilieb

Budget- 30 crores approximately

Two guys in a drunken stupor decide to go to America by boat. Their boat is caught in a storm and the cruel waves of the ocean bring them to Karachi. In one scene they are dancing with bikini babes and in the next they are in midst of bomb explosion and gun shots. As if this was not enough they are mistaken as terrorists and are taken to the Taliban. 

The story aimlessly drifts from hospitals to fake passport offices to terrorists' camps to Al Qaeda to clubs to parliament sessions. There are many scenes which make us laugh but they are lost in the non ending journey of the protagonists.
Jackyy is shown as a dim wit Gujarati guy who doesn't realize the gravity of the situation. He talks with a terrorist in a very jovial manner.   
Jackky : Uncle mera ek garba karte hue video hai , aap Youtube mai dekho 
Pakistani: Youtube Pakistan me ban hai.
Jackky : Skype
Pakistani: Ban 
Jackky : Whatsapp
Pakistani: Ban 
Jackky :Toh uncle aap ke ghar pe 3G hai kya? Main toh bol raha hoon katwa lo. Bahut paise bachenge

Arshad Warsi's character is older and wiser but at times he is shown doing equally stupid things. His comic timing is perfect but just humorous scenes can not save a film which has a weak screenplay and poor dialogues. 

Lauren is mainly in the film for the item songs and to provide some glamour in the otherwise drab film.

We have heard that, 'A life without a vision is a journey without destination.' So what was the filmmakers purpose in making this film? If they wanted to show that Karachi is a really unsafe place where one's life is under constant threat then initially they did manage to create some tension in the minds of the viewers but soon it was lost in between the crowd of junior artists and item songs. 
   
In a line, even though the film has some funny moments, the overall Karachi journey is not entertaining enough to be seen in theaters.
Avoidable. Can be seen on TV

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