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Release date:
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July 27, 2012
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Director:
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Sachin Yardi
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Cast:
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Riteish
Deshmukh, Tusshar Kapoor, Sarah Jane Dias, Neha Sharma, Anupam Kher, Chunkey
Pandey
Hindi
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I was scared after
watching Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum. No
seriously, I’m not trying to take an indirect swipe at the quality of its
humour. I genuinely mean I was slightly scared after watching a late show of
this film at a supposedly upmarket multiplex in the city, in a hall filled
mostly with all-male groups of buddies sprinkled with just a handful of
couples. Those guys had obviously pre-judged the film quite accurately from its
trailer, and went off into peals of laughter at every single ‘joke’ about
semen, gay men, lesbian women, menstruation, humping dogs, breasts, rape, masturbation, anal sex, anuses, penises, vaginas, fellatio
and Hindi words with opening syllables that sound similar to the English word “macho”,
apart from children with progeria, dark-skinned people, short people, Africans, stammering, etc etc.
With all its crudeness,
I could still have enjoyed Kyaa Super Kool
Hain Hum if it had been funny. But here’s the only funny part of this story
… it’s not. The film reminded me of my junior school days when kids would
giggle at the very mention of “sex”, and when the use of words such as “coming”
and “period” was enough to elevate any anecdote to the status of a joke. Worse,
after the first quarter of an hour of this film, I could see most of those ‘jokes’
coming from a mile away. Oh wait, I just wrote the word “coming” … So witty, na?
Clearly the makers of Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum revel in
negative reviews as you can see from their film’s poster. So let me make it
clear, my dear reader, I’ve enjoyed my share of bawdy and loud humour on
occasion. In spite of their noise levels, I actually had fun through Bol Bachchan and Rowdy Rathore. Though Desi Boyz often defied logic, I had a good time watching it. I’m not
at all embarrassed to admit that I died of laughter seeing the Hollywood film Hangover and even the prequel to the
film we’re discussing right now. Yes, 2005’s Kyaa Kool Hai Hum was homophobic, shrill and low brow, but it was
funny because it knew how to be cheap in a clever way. Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum, however, is not even trying. Apparently
mentioning the name “Ektaa” in a film produced by Ektaa Kapoor constitutes a
gag. It seems to be becoming mandatory to throw Marathi dialogues into every
film starring Riteish Deshmukh; apparently that too is hilarious. Apparently
relevance to context is irrelevant, which can be the only explanation for why each
time Tusshar Kapoor’s character spots director Rohit Shetty (playing himself) in
this film, he starts mimicking the speech defect of the character he played in
Shetty’s Golmaal series. The writing
is so flat that I suspect a pre-pubescent child could do better.
I got so bored after
the first 15 minutes of Kyaa Super Kool
Hain Hum, that I actually counted the number of times I laughed through its
137 minutes: the final tally is eight times. That’s mostly because Riteish –
one of Bollywood’s finest comedians – is capable of wrenching some comedy even
out of the most godforsaken script. I wish he would give his own talent the
respect it deserves, by staying away from films like this one. Riteish and
Tusshar share a comfortable chemistry with each other. The girls playing their
girlfriends are the other bright spot in this otherwise dreary film. Sarah Jane
Dias and Neha Sharma are both easy on the eye and easy in front of the camera.
The songs aren’t particularly tuneful (the exception being the UP Bihar lootne remix), but the cast
throw themselves into each number with energy and verve, which marginally
compensates for the fact that those numbers pop up out of the blue, with little
connection to what comes before or after.
What’s the story, did I
hear you ask? Oh sorry, I forgot, it doesn’t have one! Now dreading the
possibility of Kyaa Uber Kool Hain Hum!
Rating
(out of five): *
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CBFC Rating (India):
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A
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Running time:
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137 minutes
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