Bhagam Bhag (2006)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Priyadarshan

Writer:

Neeraj Vora (written by)

Release Date:

22 December 2006 (India)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

Champak Chaturvedi runs a theatrical troupe in India. He hires two men, Bunty - a graduate in Arts, and Babla- who cannot read nor write English...

Plot Keywords:

Heroine | Slapstick | Theatre Group | Amnesiac | Murder Mystery

Cast

Akshay Kumar	...	Bunty
Govinda	...	Babla
Paresh Rawal	...	Champak 'Champu' Chaturvedi
Lara Dutta	...	Munni / Nisha V. Chauhan / Aditi Desaianja
Jackie Shroff	...	London Police Commissioner J.D. Mehra
Tanushree Dutta	...	Anjali
Arbaaz Khan	...	Vikram Chauhan
Shakti Kapoor	...	Guru - Anjali's uncle
Rajpal Yadav	...	Ghulam Lakhan 'Gullu' Singh
Asrani	...	Ravinder Taneja
Manoj Joshi	...	Don
Stephanie Page	...	Girl On Train
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Farah Baig	...	Shocked theatre spectator
Ashwani Chopra	...	Doctor
Jazz Dhiman
Bill Hodder	...	Singing Dancing Doctor
Rebecca Jameson	...	Dancer
Razak Khan	...	Guru's Assistant
Sharat Saxena	...	Don's Assistant
Maushmi Udeshi	...	Nisha Mehra / Nisha V. Chauhan

Runtime:

157 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG | India:U | Ireland:PG

Filming Locations:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Company:

Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision

Trivia:

Govinda was meant to have a larger role but due to unexplained reasons, his role was shrunk, playing sidekick to Akshay Kumar instead.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Ramji Rao Speaking (1989)

Run amok in London

Its Priyan movie dude and nothing short of a full time-pass entertainer.

Akshay Kumar:: Wherever humanly possible Akki delivers more than 100%. In layman terms, he overacts. If you ignore, with the assumption of signature style, then he is full-two.

Govinda:: Makes his presence felt and surprisingly get adequate screen time too, considering the fact he is pitted against Priyan favourites namely "editing notorious" Akki and "cat-o-nine lives" Paresh Rawal. And Sunil Shetty would have been a bad choice definitely.

Bunty and Babla? Any references to Bunti & Babli? Sorry just thinking aloud!

Lara Dutta:: Doesn't leave any impact, hence its safe to say that she was miscast. And her suicidal tendencies part was not fleshed out adequately. In fact Tanushree Dutta in the cameo was far more convincing.

Paresh Rawal:: If you don't expect a reprise of Hera Pheri, he is spot on in its own right. Any deficiencies... blame the writing department.

Jackie Shroff:: Its good to see a Priyan's old timer this time around and being London MetPolice Chief is nothing short of creative liberties.

Other regulars just chip in with special mention to Rajpal Yadav (spot on!), Sharat Saxena, Manoj Joshi (howls again!) and Asrani.

Sorry I forgot about you Arbaaz.

Bhagam Bhaag is a remake of Malayalam movie which was sequel to Hera Pheri. As usual Priyan and his team customised the recipe to suit the palette. Needless to say, moving the story-base to London, capturing the English summer and yet not losing sight of the plot has translated into a decent show. And for those who are crying foul, never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal... then.