By:
Taran
Adarsh,
IndiaFM
Friday,
August
17,
2007
A
word
of
caution:
Buddha
Mar
Gaya
is
piping
hot
stuff!
You
haven't
watched
something
like
this
before.
Be
prepared
for
a
bagful
of
adult
jokes
that's
sure
to
leave
you
gaping
in
shock.
At
the
cost
of
repeating
oneself,
let's
also
add
that
you
need
to
lock
your
brains
at
home
when
you
enter
the
cineplex
to
watch
Buddha
Mar
Gaya.
Rahul
Rawail
goes
all
out
this
time.
His
new
endeavor
touches
almost
every
topic
under
the
sun
--
from
extra-marital
affairs
to
gay
relationships
to
incest
to
'corpse
selling'...
Most
importantly,
it
mirrors
a
sad
reality:
Money
is
the
be-all
and
end-all.
Buddha
Mar
Gaya
is
aimed
at
the
masses,
those
who
swear
by
nonsensical
entertainers.
It's
not
for
the
faint-hearted.
You
ought
to
have
a
strong
stomach
to
absorb
a
film
like
Buddha
Mar
Gaya
since
it
shocks
you
at
regular
intervals.
It's
not
for
those
with
an
appetite
for
meaningful
cinema
or
for
critics,
who
run
down
masala/mass
appealing
films
since
it's
fashionable
to
do
so.
Be
forewarned,
if
you're
ready
for
shocks,
Buddha
Mar
Gaya
is
just
for
you!
Laxmikant
Kabadiya
aka
LK
[Anupam
Kher]
is
one
of
India's
richest
industrialists,
a
self-made
man.
His
conglomerate
is
on
the
verge
of
a
5000
crore
IPO
that
should
make
them
one
of
the
largest
companies
in
the
country.
LK's
family
comprising
of
his
spinster
twin
sister
[Mahabanoo
Mody
Kotwal],
his
two
sons
Ranjeet
[Bobby
Parvez]
and
Sameer
[Mukesh
Tiwari],
their
wives
Shruti
[Mannat
Kaur]
and
Anju
[Mona
Ambegaonkar],
respectively,
Ranjeet's
daughters
Sanjana
[Heenaa
Biswas]
and
Namrata
[Madhvi
Singh]
and
Sameer's
son
Pawan
[Jay
Soni]
can't
stop
salivating
at
the
thought
of
all
that
money.
Unfortunately
for
all
of
them,
fate
displays
a
wicked
sense
of
humor.
On
the
night
before
the
IPO
opens,
LK
dies
while
copulating
with
a
starlet
[Raakhi
Sawant],
who's
aspiring
to
become
the
heroine
of
a
film
that
LK
plans
to
produce.
The
family
is
distraught
and
horrified.
Not
because
a
loved
one
has
died,
but
because
now
no
one
will
buy
their
shares.
So,
on
the
advice
of
their
family
guru
Vidyut
Baba
[Om
Puri],
the
family
decides
to
hide
the
death
of
LK
for
a
period
of
two
days
till
the
shares
are
all
sold
out.
Hiding
the
death
of
a
man
as
famous
as
LK
is
a
Herculean
task.
To
make
matters
worse,
every
time
they're
ready
to
announce
LK's
death,
fate
intervenes,
forcing
them
to
keep
his
death
hidden
for
another
couple
of
days.
Which
results
in
them
having
to
announce
the
death
of
a
fictitious
friend
or
relative
of
LK's.
And
stage
fake
funerals.
Which,
of
course,
means
generating
dead
bodies
and
worse,
getting
the
dead
LK
to
make
appearances
at
these
funerals.
Complicating
matters
further
are
an
inquisitive
and
greedy
servant
[Paresh
Rawal],
the
Minister's
fixer
[Murli
Sharma],
a
procurer
of
dead
bodies
[Ranveer
Shorey],
the
paparazzi
and
for
good
measure
a
couple
of
cops.
And
of
course
internal
jealousies,
greed,
rivalries
within
the
family
only
add
spice
to
the
goings
on.
The
tagline
of
Buddha
Mar
Gaya
is,
'You
will
die
laughing',
and
the
film
remains
faithful
to
this
statement
at
most
times.
Of
course,
you
don't
break
into
laughter
in
every
scene,
but
the
fact
is
that
you
cannot
control
your
laughter
on
several
occasions.
Sure,
you
may
find
the
brand
of
humor
juvenile
and
a
few
jokes
obscene,
especially
the
Raakhi
Sawant
track,
but
the
masses
will
simply
love
these
portions.
In
fact,
Buddha
Mar
Gaya
is
hot,
steamy
and
spicy
with
tremendous
shock-value.
Director
Rahul
Rawail
steps
into
a
new
territory
with
Buddha
Mar
Gaya
and
as
a
storyteller,
narrates
an
interesting
plot
successfully.
Agreed,
a
film
like
Buddha
Mar
Gaya
is
not
everybody's
idea
of
entertainment,
but
Rawail
knows
his
fundas
right.
He
uses
everything
on
the
shelf
to
make
a
black
comedy.
Yet,
it
must
be
mentioned
that
the
writing
could've
been
tighter.
The
screenplay
isn't
too
convincing
at
times,
like
the
Murli
Sharma
track
or
the
Manoj
Joshi
episode
in
the
climax.
The
writing
goes
awry
on
these
occasions.
Rawail's
idea
of
using
popular
tracks
in
the
background,
like
'Beedi'
[Omkara],
'Cheeni
Kum'
[Cheeni
Kum]
and
'Chak
De
Phatte'
[Khosla
Ka
Ghosla]
add
to
the
enjoyment.
Dialogues
[Anand
Sivakumaran]
are
dipped
in
sarcasm
at
times
and
are
saucy
at
places.
However,
a
film
like
Buddha
Mar
Gaya
signifies
that
the
censors
have
become
quite
lenient
these
days,
which
is
a
welcome
sign.
Buddha
Mar
Gaya
doesn't
demand
histrionics
as
such,
but
the
ones
who
stand
out
are
Om
Puri
[terrific],
Mukesh
Tiwari
[able],
Mona
Ambegaonkar
[competent],
Bobby
Parvez
[nice],
Jay
Soni
[confident]
and
Mahabanoo
Mody
Kotwal
[fantastic].
Anupam
Kher,
the
narrator
and
also
the
corpse,
is
very
good.
Paresh
Rawal
deserved
better
lines
and
situations.
Rakhi
Sawant
is
in
top
form.
Ranveer
Shorey
is
okay.
Murli
Sharma
is
efficient.
Prem
Chopra
is
perfect.
On
the
whole,
Buddha
Mar
Gaya
has
terrific
title-value,
abundant
shock-value
and
strong
entertainment-value
as
factors
going
in
its
favor.
At
the
box-office,
this
one's
for
the
masses
completely!