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3.8/10
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A romantic comedy about an Indian stuntman who takes Hollywood by storm but cannot find true love.A romantic comedy about an Indian stuntman who takes Hollywood by storm but cannot find true love.A romantic comedy about an Indian stuntman who takes Hollywood by storm but cannot find true love.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Jaaved Jaaferi
- Keswani
- (as Javed Jaffrey)
Vanessa Alameda
- Fedora Gangster
- (as Tony Alameda)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis movie is a remake of 2002 Kamal Haasan starer Pammal K. Sambandam (2002). This was not mentioned by the film makers anytime and Kamal Hassan was not credited for the original story.
- GoofsWhen Akshay is presenting Kareena with a ring underwater, you can clearly see that the hand on which the ring is put on has short nails. In the very next shot Kareena Kapoor is shown with long nails and pink nail polish. All other scenes before and after she isn't wearing any paint on her nails.
- Quotes
Viraj Shergill: during surgery, I want to go back to Punjab, Take me to Punjab, I want my mother, i want my lawyer, he works in a laundry
Viraj Shergill: about to be operated on, Are you making a hole to dubai
- ConnectionsReferences Rambo (2008)
Featured review
Don't go expecting a great movie, it's not.
But it is also not "the worst of the worst" etc. It is uneven. There are jokes that might appeal to a 13 year old that are dreadfully stale and in poor taste for adults. The scriptwriter's sense of how a person becomes a doctor in the US is bizarre. I don't know if this matches Indian practice in some way but it certainly doesn't represent even a nodding acquaintance with the American hospital scene.
The situations and language will not shock anyone used to US films, though they are probably fairly shocking for Bollywood, and I do not know to what extent the subtitles represented a taming of the language in Hindi. Someone complained about nudity--I don't count presumed nudity under sheets as nudity.
That said, there are some nice moments, and a great sense of energy throughout. If you have high tolerance for silliness, this is fun. My husband who is not a Bollywood fan, enjoyed it.
But it is also not "the worst of the worst" etc. It is uneven. There are jokes that might appeal to a 13 year old that are dreadfully stale and in poor taste for adults. The scriptwriter's sense of how a person becomes a doctor in the US is bizarre. I don't know if this matches Indian practice in some way but it certainly doesn't represent even a nodding acquaintance with the American hospital scene.
The situations and language will not shock anyone used to US films, though they are probably fairly shocking for Bollywood, and I do not know to what extent the subtitles represented a taming of the language in Hindi. Someone complained about nudity--I don't count presumed nudity under sheets as nudity.
That said, there are some nice moments, and a great sense of energy throughout. If you have high tolerance for silliness, this is fun. My husband who is not a Bollywood fan, enjoyed it.
- RRHowell41
- Jul 5, 2009
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,445,739
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $768,542
- Jul 5, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $2,998,940
- Runtime2 hours 22 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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