By:
Taran
Adarsh,
IndiaFM
Wednesday,
June
06,
2007
Some
rules
you
need
to
follow
before
you
embark
on
a
journey
called
Fool
N
Final
...
-
Don't
wear
your
thinking
caps
because
film
defies
logic.
-
Don't
ask
questions.
Here's
why:
It's
all
about
entertainment,
not
enlightenment.
-
Don't
look
for
answers.
Here's
why:
The
motive
is
to
keep
you
in
splits.
Fool
N
Final
is
all
about
transporting
you
to
a
world
of
make-believe.
The
sole
intention
is
to
offer
you
loads
of
entertainment
in
those
17
reels
/
2.20
hours.
But,
wait,
there's
a
hitch.
The
execution
of
the
material
is
done
most
stylishly,
it's
akin
to
watching
a
comic
book
on
screen.
But
the
effort
falls
flat
since
there's
no
script
in
the
first
place.
The
film
packs
in
too
many
characters
and
too
many
incidents
in
those
17
reels.
No
issues
with
that,
but
director
Ahmed
Khan
and
his
team
of
writers
[Umesh
Shukla,
Abbas
Hierapurwala]
should've
mixed,
merged
and
unified
the
assorted
characters
and
incidents
skillfully
so
that
the
entire
experience
would
be
worth
cherishing.
Unfortunately,
what
happens
here
is
that
you
root
for
a
few
individualistic
sequences
only,
not
the
film
in
entirety.
What
redeems
Fool
N
Final
are
the
portions
between
Johny
Lever
and
Paresh
Rawal
and
a
few
splendid
stunts
in
the
narrative
--
Shahid's
bike
chase
at
the
start
or
Sunny's
fight
to
finish
combat
in
the
finale.
But
as
you
walk
out
of
the
auditorium,
you
strongly
feel
that
Ahmed
hasn't
utilized
the
golden
opportunity
of
creating
a
paisa
vasool
entertainer.
To
sum
up,
Fool
N
Final
disappoints!
Fool
N
Final
is
all
about
a
diamond
that's
robbed
by
Chunky
Pandey
in
Mumbai
and
smuggled
to
Dubai.
Chunky's
uncle
[Gulshan
Grover],
a
don
based
in
London,
asks
Chunky
to
sell
the
diamond
to
his
accomplice
in
Dubai,
Asrani.
Arbaaz
Khan,
a
don
based
in
Dubai,
gets
to
know
of
the
diamond
and
also
of
Chunky's
weaknesses
-
guns
and
gambling.
Arbaaz
asks
Paresh
Rawal
to
get
on
to
the
job.
Paresh
plans
to
carry
out
the
robbery
with
his
niece
[Ayesha
Takia],
her
boyfriend
[Shahid
Kapoor]
and
a
cabbie
[Johny
Lever].
Viek
Oberoi
owes
money
to
a
don
[Zakir
Hussain],
who
conducts
illegal
boxing
matches
in
Dubai.
Meanwhile,
Chunky
cannot
resist
the
urge
for
guns
and
calls
Arbaaz,
who
in
turn
asks
Chunky
for
a
favor:
Chunky
should
bet
on
his
behalf
at
Zakir's
illegal
den.
On
Arbaaz's
instructions,
Paresh,
Shahid,
Ayesha
and
Johny
decide
to
kidnap
Chunky.
Sunny
Deol
has
an
altercation
with
Vivek's
fighter.
Zakir
asks
Vivek
to
bring
Sunny
for
the
big
fight.
Sunny
knocks
down
Zakir's
fighter.
Zakir
is
seething
with
anger.
In
the
meanwhile,
Arbaaz
walks
away
with
the
diamond.
Subsequently,
Zakir
walks
in
and
demands
the
diamond
from
Paresh
and
gang.
Gulshan
and
Asrani
also
land
up
at
Paresh's
place
with
Jackie
Shroff
and
ask
for
the
diamond.
Fool
N
Final
is
meant
to
be
a
laughathon
but
it
excites
in
bits
and
spurts.
The
first
half
offers
rich
visuals
and
a
few
interesting
gags,
but
the
entertainment
quotient
isn't
high
enough.
It's
only
when
Johny
Lever
enters
the
frame
that
things
intensify.
The
sequence
in
the
car,
with
Ayesha's
dog
swallowing
the
mobile,
is
hilarious
and
every
time
Paresh
and
Johny
interact
with
one
another,
the
smile
on
your
face
only
widens.
But
too
many
cooks
spoil
the
broth.
In
this
case,
with
so
many
characters
around
and
so
many
stories
running
concurrently,
the
writer
duo
hasn't
been
able
to
do
justice
to
each
of
them.
As
a
result,
the
viewer
feels
dejected
because
every
sub-plot
isn't
as
interesting
as
the
Paresh
-
Johny
track.
Director
Ahmed
Khan
tries
to
pack
just
about
everything
in
those
2.20
hours.
His
fundas
may
be,
let's
give
the
viewer
a
dash
of
everything
that
they
expect
from
a
masala
movie.
It's
like
offering
twenty
well-garnished
dishes
to
a
foodie,
but
[a]
most
of
the
dishes
[read,
sub-plots]
aren't
delicious
and
[b]
the
appetite
doesn't
permit
you
to
relish
each
and
every
dish
in
your
plate.
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