One Two Three

When Priyadarshan makes a movie the expectations are bound to be high. One Two Three may not be upto that mark but still it is a movie worth for the money. The plot is similar to any previous Priyadarshan movie. Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal & Tusshar Kapoor play the lead character. All of them bear the same name i.e LAXMINARYAN.

Tusshar plays the role of a wannabe Gangster who tries hard to be one. Paresh Rawal plays a Lingerie manufacturer cum seller. Whereas Suniel plays a Workaholic. All of them reach one place where the confusion starts. Suniel Shetty was quite humorous after a long time. Paresh Rawal & Tusshar lived upto the mark. The other Characters playing DON PAPA, ALBERT N PINTO are amazing. The scenes with Suniel n Don Papa are simply hilarious. The Actresses don't have much of a role. Neetu Chandra however is funny even in a small role.

The movie may not be as good as Priyan's Hera Pheri however it is a good movie. If you watch this movie with high expectation you are going to be let down. But if you need to have a decent laugh, then this light hearted movie is definitely worth a watch

Lets get a few things clear..

Anyone watching this movie (and for that matter almost any comedy in India), should be well prepared for the same slapstick humour that we have been seeing since the days of Johar and Mehmood, IF ANYONE ONE OF You'll GOING TO SEE A COMEDY EXPECT ANYTHING HALF INTELLIGENT IN AN Indian COMEDY THAN You'll ARE FOOLS PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

That being said i love such comedies, I'm a simple man with simple tastes who likes to light movies which are away from reality, (I HAVE ENOUGH REALITY IN MY LIFE), and those who like movies like Kya Kool Hain Hum, Masti, will like this movie.

ALSO MAKE NO MISTAKE THIS IS VERY MUCH AN ADULT MOVIE,the jokes are raunchy and since i went with my family i found myself holding back my laughter,on a lot of jokes, and almost squirming in some scenes.

That being said lets get to other less relevant things like acting, music, direction etc.

The music is ordinary almost bordering on bad, this movie could have done with at least one or two less songs.

Acting was good considering the limited premise that was on offer,THE ACTORS WHO ACTUALLY SHONE WERE SUPPORTING ACTORS LIKE dmellos yadav aka papa, and his sidekicks.

Paresh Rawal was really good and slightly different after a long time,i love the way they played on the fact that most underwear salesman in India are male.

THE ACTRESSES WERE ANOTHER STORY although neetu did a fine job of ripping of the endearing FIR, the other 2 were hideous ONE LOOKED LIKE A MAN AND THE OTHER HAS THE BODY OF A MAN.(one guess as to who was whom).

Techinically this movie had nothing to speak about.

The movie is filled with lots of good moments especially the double meaning dialogues and the scenes with Papa and his henchmen.

What really pulls this movie down are the unnecessary songs, the bad performance by the actresses,the very annoying track with Upen and Tanisha, a few over the top scenes,and the so so climax.

IN ALL A TYPICAL Indian COMEDY THATS ALMOST ORIGINAL AND GOOD WAY TO HAVE SOME LIGHT HEARTED FUN IN THE CINEMA...

WITH YOUR FRIENDS.

-s actresses, some over the top scenes, tanisha/upen,songs,climax.

+/-s slapstick, raunchy fun (you like or you hate)???.

+s Papa and his henchmen, Paresh Rawal, almost original,good acting.

total 7/10 (factoring in the correct expectations that i had and are a must, maybe after a few repeated viewing i may actually like this movie more, but better that good is what i first felt and im sticking to that).

Ashwani Dhir (of 'Office Office' television series fame) makes his big screen directorial debut with One Two Three. The film is a low budget fare with a cast that is not from the Bollywood elite. But all of them manage to pull off a good laugh ride.

The plot is pretty simple, thankfully. There is no attempt to complicate things and the focus is on getting the funny bone tickle. Sanjay Mishra is the pick of the lot among the cast. His caricature of Jeevan (character actor from the sixties) works. Neeta Chandra's character is a straight lift from Kavita Kaushik's character in the television series 'F.I.R'. Neeta Chandra is good but I would have loved to see Kavita Kaushik herself. That would have added more fun to the proceedings. Sameera Reddy adds to the glamour of the film and Paresh Rawal easily negotiates his role.

All in all, a no-brainer fun film.

It has made a good change to watch some good comedy and its even better to know that, with a few exceptions, the cast does not include much of the Bollywood elite.

Laxmi Narayan's mother begs the Don to allow her son to commit one murder so that he is able to join and after endless begging, one chance is given. In the meantime, in another part of the city, another man, an employee, who is confused on entering his boss's office and instructed to sit, whether he should sit on the left chair or the sofa or on the right, annoys his boss, who then instructs him that he wants him to go and buy a car and that he has already e - mailed the information. Finally, in Delhi, another man is selling lingerie from a vehicle, when his son calls him and instructs him about going to visit their supplier. But then an underworld man is killed, while he tries to save a diamond that has been smuggled and hid in an antique car. Oddly all three men are named Laxmi Narayan.

The movie stars Neetu Chandra, Sunil Shetty, Esha Deol, Tusshar Kapoor, Ashwin Mushran, Sameera Reddy, Vrijesh Hirjee, Paresh Rawal, Manoj Pahwa and Mukesh Tiwari.

While Esha Deol, has to some extent, improved and Sameera Reddy has gone on to add some glamour to this movie. Naturally Paresh Rawal is at his best as usual and Tusshar Kapoor is also good as are all the others and more so with Vrijesh Hirjee and Manoj Pahwa.

One Two Three, directed by Ashwani Dhir of "Office Office" fame, is a good comedy to watch and so far this year it has been the best out of the genre that has been released.

The storyline is simple – its an ode to Shakespeare's "Comedy of errors". However there are too many sub-plots built into it owing to which there is huge cast, which do not get adequate screen time and works against it. For example, Virendra Harjee was hardly there and where is Neetu Chandra. Anyways, the chemistry and timing was perfect to tickle your funny bone.

Performances:: Not going down the route of Oscar award winning speech – let us say all were good. Though bear in mind the following::

Tushhar Kapoor:: Straight out of SOAL sets?

Upen Patel & Tanishaa:: Spare the audience – please quit. I nearly included Eesha, but hey – she has done some good work in the past and deserves another chance.

Music by Raghav Sachar are hummable.

Ashwani Dheer:: Proved track record as a writer in comedy genre. But holding the directorial reins for the first time - not bad at all. Waiting for your second round Sir.

In my opinion, the critics were partial to "One Two Three" for not giving its due credit especially the awesome "one-liners". Trust me, even on a second viewing, it will make you laugh.