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Cast:
Jimmy Shergill, Rajpal Yadav, Nisha Rawal, |
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Ashutosh Bajpai, Manoj Joshi, Upasna Singh, |
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Ben Warner, Samuel Byen, Puja Gupta, |
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Sarah Thomas, Monishka Gupta, Jawed Sheikh |
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Year:
2008 |
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Music:
Anu Malik
Lyrics:
Sameer |
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Story:
Bholu Khan, Rohit Batra |
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Banner:
Go Cam Films |
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Presenter:
Inox
Leisure Ltd |
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Producer:
Ashutosh Bajpai, Shivaram Kumar |
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Director:
SToony |
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| Actor
Jimmy Shergill seems to have the knack of being seen in the
most unlikely of roles, in the most unlikely of films. That
he is a talented actor goes without saying, but there is a
lot that can be said about his choice of films.
Hastey Hastey
Follow Your Heart, happens to be one such film, which
Shergill's career could have done without. The film, which
is directed by Toony is as banal as they come. The problem
with the film is that it is so lifeless. Even Rajpal Yadav's
triple role and buffoonery does little to redeem the
proceedings. |
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Most
films go wrong in their writing department. And
that's exactly where the problem lies for Hastey
Hastey as well. The story shows a lack of
imagination and originality. And the film's
screenplay and dialogues are not much better either.
The comic angle too does not work well as most of
the jokes are tasteless.
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film's story revolves around Neel (Shergill), a
student from Columbia University, has a ladylove
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His best
friend and roommate is Sunny(Rajpal Yadav). Neel makes a
career move and comes to India, ostensibly to set up a call
centre business. His girlfriend is not keen on him traveling
to India, but he persists and comes to the country,
accompanied by Sunny. In India, he is greatly helped by
Tanvi (Monishka Gupta), a young executive. She goes out of
her way to make things comfortable for Neel and his team.
Her reason for doing so: she is attracted to Neel and tries
to make her way into his heart.
But Neel, whose heart has already been taken by Maya, turns
her down. Rejection is something that Tanvi is unable to
handle and she flies off the handle and does all that she
can to make his life miserable henceforth.
Everything about the film is quite listless
beginning from the story and screenplay to the performances.
Add to that, the sheer naivety of the plot. The story is put
together quite ineptly for it to have the desired effect. |
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The beginning, which consists of the romance between
Shergill's character and Nisha Rawal, has no spark.
The second half, which has the scorned woman baying
for Shergill's blood, is handled in a very childish
fashion. And the last bit of the movie, before the
lovers fall into each others' arms, seems to be
stretched a bit too long, thus loosing any effect it
could have had on the audience.
What
redeems the film somewhat is the presence of
Shergill. He is a sincere actor and tries, with |
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all
sincerity, to do justice to his role. He is ably supported
by Rajpal Yadav, who adds some spark to the proceedings with
his comical act. In fact, his triple role in the film, at
least gives Hastey Hastey something to laugh about. The
females, Nisha Rawal and Monishka Gupta, do not display much
acting talent. Shakti Kapoor and Manoj Joshi too have very
little to do in the movie. |
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waste of talent. Actor Sanjay Dutt is seen in the film
briefly, playing himself in a music video. It may well be
his last appearance in a White Feather production.
What works
for the film is the music composed by Anu Malik. There are a
couple of numbers which work well and are quite hummable.
The best, however, is the title song. The cinematography (Damodar
Naidu) is decent. But its weak links are too many to redeem
the film at the box office. |
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