Plot
Set
in
London,
Raj
Kishore
(John
Abraham)
is
an
out-of-luck
man
who
is
struggling
to
set
up
a
business
with
the help
of
his
friends
Chandu
(Pulkit
Samrat)
and
Junky
(Arshad
Warsi).
Such
is
Raj's
bad
luck
that
a
certain
pandit
even
warns,
"Shani
maharaj
inke
Peeche
nahi
pade
hai
inki
godd
mein
baithe
hain,
Muskura
rahe
hai,
hayankar
sadesaathi
shuru
ho
gayi
hai'.
When
one
of
Raj,
Chandu
and
Junky's
business
ventures
literally
goes
up
in
flames,
the
trio
is
hired
by
gangsters
Raja
(Saurabh
Shukla)
and
WiFi
Bhai
(Anil
Kapoor)
in
a
bid
for
the
sum
they
owe
them.
Enter
Niraj
Modi
(Inaamulhaq)
who
has
duped
a
certain
'PMB' bank
in
India
before
seeking
refuge
in
London.
Things
take
a
crazier
turn
when
Raj,
Chandu
and
Junky
cross
their
paths
with
him.
Direction
Admit
it
or
not,
but
slapstick
comedies
are
guilty
pleasures!
It's
fun
to
watch
the
buffoonery
displayed
by
the
characters
on
the
screen.
Unfortunately,
Anees
Bazmee
who
tickled
our
funny
bone
with
films
like
'Welcome',
fails
to
conjure
up
some
new
stuff
to
make
us
go
ha-ha.
Instead,
the
filmmaker
draws
heavily
from
some
of
his
own
previous
slapstick
fare
and
ends
up
packing
in
too
many
things,
which
simply
add
minutes
to
the
runtime,
making
it
a
tedious
affair.
You
have
car-chases,
a
haunted
mansion
and
even
Asiatic
lions
making
an
appearance
in
the
film.
Sadly,
none
of
them
makes
it
up
for
the
incoherent
screenplay.
Performances
Among
the
sprawling
lot,
it's
Arshad
Warsi
and
Anil
Kapoor's
spot-on
comic
timing
that
saves
the
day.
The
duo
has
some
crackling
lines
in
the
film.
John
Abraham
gives
an
eye-pleasing
performance
which
gets
a
patriotic
spin
towards
the
end.
Pulkit
Samrat
is
good
in
his
part
and
pulls
off
whatever
has
been
offered
to
him.
The
girls-
Ileana
D'Cruz,
Kriti
Kharbanda
and
Urvashi
Rautela
are
merely
reduced
to
glam
quotient
and
dancing
partners.
The
rest
of
the
cast
including
Saurabh
Shukla
too
get
their
moments
to
make
your
lips
curl
into
a
smile.
Technical
Aspects
Sunil
Patel's
camera
work
goes
fine
with
the
theme
and
adds
to
the
'pagalpanti'.
Some
serious
chop-chop
by
Prashant
Singh
Rathore
on
the
editing
table
could
have
saved
the
film from
sprawling
all
over
places.
Music
'Tum
Par
Hum
Hai
Atke'
which
is
a
recreated
version
of
Salman
Khan-Kajol's
song
from
'Pyaar
Kiya
Toh
Darna
Kya',
impresses
with
its
peppy
beats
and
John
Abraham's
additional
lines.
'Walla
Walla'
which
comes
with
an
Arabic
twist
is
a
groovy
number.
The
rest
of
the
tracks
barely
leave
a
mark.
Verdict
"Is
matlabi
duniya
mein
agar
koi
bematlab
ki
baat
bol
jaaye,
toh
us
betmatlabi
baat
ka
bhi
bahut
bada
matlab
hota
hai," goes
one
of
the
lines
in
the
film.
Unfortunately,
'Pagalpanti'
hardly
gives
you
anything
memorable
to
take
back
home.
I
am
going
with
2.5
stars.