Movie Review Do Knot Disturb

Movie Review Do Knot Disturb

Director:
David Dhawan

Cast:
Govinda, Riteish Deshmukh, Lara
Dutta

Rating:
*½

After disturbing and
disrupting several Hollywood and South Indian films over the past two decades,
David Dhawan seems to have discovered that there’s enough to be duplicated
from his own bank of slapsticks.

So the characterizations of
Govinda and Sushmita Sen are directly derived from Kyunki Main Jhooth Nahi
Bolta. The source material is obtained from Sushmita’s solo claim-to-fame
Biwi No.1 with the basic plot of a married man falling in love with another
girl. Just this time Sushmita is upgraded to playing a Gharwali while Lara Dutta
is cast as the Baharwali.

One
Kunwara Riteish Deshmukh is hired by Govinda to pose as baharwali’s
boyfriend so that gharwali doesn’t doubt him. Enter baharwali’s
ex-love Sohail Khan who is undergoing anger management lessons analogous to
Salman Khan in Mujhse Shaadi Karogi. Gradually the commotion in this
comedy-of-errors (rather erroneous comedy) gives a déjà vu effect
of Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya.

So
disinterested are you in this disturbance that when a dead detective (Ranvir
Shorey) keeps drifting throughout the second half, you indifferently end up
saying Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron. The writers are undeterred by the fact that Lara
Dutta almost did the same deadpan drama in Masti and the adulterous plot almost
played on similar lines in No Entry.

The characters don’t
speak but scream, don’t act but emphasize on antics and the director seems
to take the term slapstick somewhat literally, sticking to a slap in every
alternate scene. Forget credible characterizations, even character names are as
ridiculous as Diesel, Gobar, Nunnu or Bantu. There are baseless tributary
take-offs on Deewaar that do not amuse at all. As much boring and bland each gag
is, the director has the audacity to repeat them for a second and third time.

And when Dhawan realizes that
the screenplay cannot be stretched any further, all conflicts are conveniently
resolved in split-seconds through emotional outbursts. One would have even
endured this agony had the film ended there. But it continues for some more
moments to show a rotund and repulsive Sushmita Sen and an abrupt and absurd
end.

It pains to see the
comic genius of the trio of Govinda, Riteish Deshmukh and Ranvir Shorey to be
criminally wasted in a shoddy script. Lara Dutta looks as much attractive as
much horrible she is in acting. Sushmita Sen seems to be conned in an extended
special appearance. Sohail Khan isn’t funny. Despite his histrionic
hamming, Rajpal Yadav induces some residue laughs.

‘Fun lies behind closed
doors’ reads the tagline of the film. One would rather close doors to such
farcical fun. It’s time directors DO NOT take the viewer for granted. Take
the cue from the title. Do not bother to disturb yourself for this deafening
drama.

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