It's
tough
to
make
a
comedy.
It's
even
tougher
to
make
people
laugh.
With
Mr.
White
Mr.
Black
you
realize
that
director
Deepak
Shivdasani's
intentions
may
be
sincere,
to
make
a
full-on
entertainer,
but
the
film
fails
to
transport
you
to
ha-ha-land.
It
takes
off
with
gusto,
but
the
vehicle
runs
out
of
gas
suddenly,
leaving
you
stranded
midway.
Mr.
White
Mr.
Black
borrows
heavily
from
the
tried
and
tested
stuff.
There's
a
bit
of
Gopi
Kishan
[Suniel
Shetty's
double
role
won
praise
then].
Plus,
the
usual
masala
that
worked
at
a
point
of
time.
However,
despite
its
uninspiring
content,
there's
no
denying
that
a
few
scenes
do
make
you
flex
your
facial
muscles,
even
though
the
jokes
are
quite
childish.
Unfortunately,
things
take
a
complete
U-turn
in
the
second
hour,
with
this
comedy
proving
more
of
a
tragedy
for
the
hapless
viewer.
In
short,
Mr.
White
Mr.
Black
is
a
half-baked
fare
that
tries
too
hard
to
entertain,
but
fails.
Gopi
[Suniel
Shetty],
a
simpleton,
arrives
in
Goa
from
Hoshiarpur.
His
mission
-
to
hand
over
a
piece
of
land
to
his
childhood
friend
Kishen
[Arshad
Warsi].
Kishen
swindles
people
with
a
little
help
from
his
accomplice
[Atul
Kale],
to
earn
enough
money
to
educate
his
sibling
Divya
[Mahima
Mehta],
who's
studying
in
London.
Kishen,
however,
has
managed
to
hide
his
profession
from
Anuradha
[Rashmi
Nigam]
by
cooking
up
an
alibi
of
a
twin
brother,
Hari,
who's
the
bad
guy.
Kishen
avoids
Gopi
like
he's
bad
news.
He's
not
going
to
give
up
his
flourishing
business
and
travel
to
Hoshiarpur
just
to
take
possession
of
a
measly
piece
of
land.
Meanwhile,
diamonds
worth
Rs.
25
crores
have
been
stolen
by
three
girls,
who
are
now
holed
up
in
Goa.
Kishen
traces
the
three
girls
and
succeeds
in
robbing
the
diamonds.
But
the
diamonds
actually
belong
to
a
don,
Laadla
[Ashish
Vidyarti],
who
has
also
reached
Goa.
That
Deepak
Shivdasani
has
an
eye
for
style
is
visible
at
the
very
outset,
when
the
three
girls
perform
a
heist
in
broad
daylight.
The
film
actually
starts
off
with
a
bang!
A
few
portions
thereafter
are
equally
interesting,
but
the
writing
suddenly
deviates
into
unwanted
territories
in
the
second
hour.
Take,
for
instance,
Suniel's
character.
He
wants
Arshad
to
return
to
Hoshiarpur
to
fulfill
a
promise,
but
the
reasons
don't
come
across
strongly.
Note
another
point.
When
the
three
girls
realize
that
the
diamonds
have
been
robbed
from
their
locker
and
they
begin
a
search
for
Arshad,
the
story
suddenly
shifts
to
various
sub-plots:
The
love
interest,
followed
by
the
mandatory
songs,
another
15-20
minutes
are
devoted
to
Arshad's
sister's
marriage
and
much
later,
the
original
owner
of
the
resorts
[Sadashiv
Amrapurkar]
re-appears
on
the
scene.
The
three
girls
eventually
show
up
in
the
climax.
Truly,
the
second
half
is
chaotic!
Deepak
Shivdasani
shows
a
flair
for
comic
fares,
but
is
letdown
by
a
hotchpotch
screenplay.
Music
is
equally
ineffective.
'Samundar'
and
Gopi
Kishan
are
average
compositions,
but
the
remaining
tracks
are
lackluster.
Thomas
Xavier's
cinematography,
surprisingly,
lacks
sheen.
Suniel
Shetty
repeats
his
act
without
any
variation.
Ditto
for
Arshad,
who
is
livewire
in
some
portions
only.
Amongst
ladies,
Anishka
Khosla
[resembles
Preity
Zinta
from
some
angles]
is
an
okay
actress.
But
what
is
the
talented
Sandhya
Mridul
doing
in
a
film
like
this?
Rashmi
Nigam
looks
pretty,
that's
it!
Sharat
Saxena
is
the
only
actor
who
stands
out.
Ashish
Vidyarthi
is
loud.
Shehzad
Khan
is
funny.
Vrajesh
Hirjee
and
Upasana
Singh's
track
is
half-baked.
Manoj
Joshi
deserved
a
better
role.
Sadashiv
Amrapurkar
and
Atul
Kale
are
passable.
On
the
whole,
Mr.
White
Mr.
Black
promises
only
a
few
moments
of
laughter,
which
isn't
enough.
At
the
box-office,
an
also-ran!