Actress: Tamannaah
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 8th August, 2014
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Tamannaah, Prakash Raj, Sonu Sood, Mithun Chakraborty, Krushna Abhishek
Director: Sajid-Farhad
Producer: Ramesh Taurani
Plot: Failures are stepping stones to success but in case of our lead protagonist, Mr. Akhil Lokhande, every step towards success aims stones of failures towards him. An under-dog in each and every step of life who struggles to make ends meet by doing petty jobs He does all this to support his ailing father who is admitted in hospital for months, but Akhil overhears his father in the hospital explaining to a nurse that he has a passion for easy life so he pretends to be ill to achieve comforts, Akhil gets the biggest jolt when he hears his ‘father’ saying that Akhil is not his son…..and this ‘father’ had actually claimed him as his son in a train accident to gain more compensation from the government. Akhil gets to know that his real father is none other than the richest diamond merchant, ‘Pannalal Johri’ who had cheated his mother. An over excited Akhil goes to break this news to his pal ‘Krishna’ whereas his pal before hearing out Akhil, breaks the news that the multi millionaire tycoon ‘Pannalal Johri’ is dead, Akhil’s sadness is camouflaged with happiness as he comes to know that pannalal Johri has no heir and he would definitely be the ‘official waaris’ of the tycoon. Akhil breaks this news to his girlfriend’s father who on hearing Suddenly starts pampering and sugar coating Akhil as his ‘jigar ka tukda’
With hatred for his father for betraying his mother, Akhil attends his father’s funeral and sheds crocodile tears but is all smiles from inside. Akhil gets the biggest jolt when the family lawyer informs him that his father has willed his entire wealth and property to his one and only faithful DOG…..Entertainment. Akhil cries his heart out to his friend who gives an idea of killing the dog as the dog was living Akhil’s life and Akhil living the life of a dog…
The plan to eliminate the dog is chalked out for which Akhil has to be close to the dog, so Akhil coaxes the family Lawyer to give him a job at his father’s place. The family lawyer appoints him as the caretaker of the dog. Akhil and his friend roll out plans to kill the dog in such a way that it appears like an accident but the dog in return turns out to be more intelligent than them.
Humans have 5 senses while Dogs have six, and this is proved in a series of events where Akhil and Krishna try to kill the Dog and fail miserably in each and every try.
During this chain of events where Akhil tries to eliminate the dog, we introduce a third force which are actually the far off relatives of Pannalal – The brothers- ‘Karan-Arjun’ who have their wicked pangs tagged on the wealth of Pannalal even prior to Akhil’s realization. This brother duo knowing that the dog’s life span is around twelve years, their bigger enemy is Akhil and they decide that it is more important to eliminate him. So what transpires are sequences where the dog is being planned to kill by Akhil and his friend while in turn Akhil and His friend are being planned to be killed by brother duo. At one point of time, brother duos are on the verge to execute Akhil when the dog plays an important part of a savior and saves Akhil. The incident gives Akhil a big emotional jolt, realizing ‘inhumanity of human is returned by humanity of an animal’ Akhil begs for forgiveness to the dog and leaves the place. The Brothers present a fake presentation in the court. The dog is thrown onto the streets where Akhil comes and joining hands with the dog like two heroes decide to take revenge from the two villains.
What follows next is the chain of events where the whole group Akhil, Saakshi, Krishna, Johnny & the Dog take the two brothers at task forms the balance part of the film….
Do Akhil and the gang succeed in taking revenge with the two wicked Villains Karan-Arjun…???
Does the Dog Die in the end….???
Who gets the inherited wealth…..???
The answers to all these questions form the balance part of the Film…
“We fight like soldiers, We kill like soldiers, We die like soldiers.” Ishaan Khatter’s Pippa trailer makes a clear statement from the very first scene. The actor plays Captain Balram Mehta, an Indian Army Soldier leading his pack of men as India declares war on Pakistan to help Bangladesh fight for Independence. Directed by Raja Menon, who delivered a powerful patriotic story with Airlift, is back with what he knows best: love for the nation. Produced by RSVP films, Pippa draws inspiration from a real-life hero.
Pippa is ready to release on Amazon Prime Video India, and the 2-minute 26-second trailer starts with Indira Gandhi’s voice declaring war against Pakistan. As the soldiers gear up for a war, Ishaan Khatter, along with Priyanshu Painyuli, Mrunal Thakur, and Soni Razdan, also offer an intriguing glimpse into the personal lives of army families.
But does the trailer work? In parts, yes, and in parts, it takes up a major risk of presenting a low-on-energy and more real war drama, probably. While Army soldiers and wars, in particular, have always been presented in high decibels, beating drums in the background, men shouting, How’s the josh? Right from Border to Uri, Pippa breaks this caricaturish mold of army films, surprisingly.
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While bulked-up men have led the war films, Ishaan Khatter, with his somewhat meek demeanor, is a risk the makers have taken, intentionally or not; only time will tell. With a composer as powerful as AR Rahman on board, the music in the trailer does not seem to grab any attention. In fact, we would not have even noticed if Rahman’s mention in the credits was not so categorically done.
The best part of Rahman’s Music is that it grows with time. However, will it work in a war film, which definitely needs the energy and chest-thumping to some level? We aren’t very sure. If he weaves magic around this one, it would be surprising. For now, the trailer has snippets of one song, which neither holds attention nor seems to cater to the expectations of a war drama.
Another high for a war film is the powerful dialogues delivered to keep the soldiers motivated on the battlefield, but the Pippa trailer lacks them in abundance. While what does Pippa mean and how India won this war might make this an intriguing and important story to tell, the glimpse in the trailer does not promise much to feed the eagerness and the adrenaline rush for a war film, something which has been a reflex probably.
The Pippa trailer has a lot of misses and some hits. However, we hope that it’s an attempt to break the monotonous blueprint of War films in Bollywood. If it does, which currently seems a minimum possibility, it would be a welcome move and Ishaan Khatter’s victorious inning as an Army officer!
Pippa releases on November 10 on Amazon Prime Video. You can check out the trailer of the film here.
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Rating: 1/5 Stars (One star)
Star cast: Akshay Kumar, Tamannaah Bhatia, Prakash Raj, Sonu Sood, Mithun Chakraborty, Krushna Abhishek
Director: Sajid-Farhad
What’s Good: Junior – the wonder-dog and his entire canine brethren.
What’s Bad: Everything else. From the poor CG, to the lack of novelty in the story, to the utterly wobbly screenplay with severe continuity and factual errors. Not that I was seeking logic but I was seeking fun which too is too much to ask from this film.
Loo break: If it keeps you away from the movie, it is the best place to be.
Watch or Not?: Entertainment serves trash in the garb of entertaining you. As competent as I think Sajid Farhad are, their filmmaking skills doesn’t reflect their prowess over good writing. Jokes kept flowing thick for the first 15 minutes and everything after that was drab. How many times can you laugh over the ‘Tere toh Jacqueline lag gaye’ (prototype) joke? Akshay doesn’t even near funny as he beats Salman in sleepwalking through roles. If you are solely depending on the dog’s cuteness factor for relishing the film, I would recommend a bountiful experience at a dog show for you. Some films don’t deserve audiences, after 140 minutes of sparse laughs and sheer drudgery, I can safely say Entertainment is one of them and take harebrained to another dimension altogether!
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Akhil (Akshay Kumar) is living in abject poverty, doing 4 jobs a day to earn for his ailing father. It turns out that his father has been faking the illness because he isn’t his own son. While tracing back, Akhil discovers that he is the son of Bangkok’s diamond merchant Panna Lal Johri (Dalip Tahil). When Akhil reaches Bangkok he discovers that he must fight the heir of his father Entertainment (Junior) to get the 3000 crore worth property of his deceased father.
Then begins the tussle between Entertainment and Akhil over the property. Who wins is not the story but how it concludes into a warm ending is what must be watched.
Entertainment Review: Script Analysis
At the onset, I will express my respect for the film that the story was kept mostly neat. But one must understand that dialogues cannot alone help the film thrive. And as I have mentioned earlier, the long running joke involving name of actors and actresses is bound to be shortlived. Sample: ‘Jaisi karni waisi Mamta Kulkarni’. Coming to the scenes, the film is replete with scenes of bad taste. I doubt even fans will be pleased to see a very fat Akshay Kumar explaining he needs to lose weight so that rocking his baby doesn’t become a breastfeeding exercise. There is one word for what the film puts you through: despair.
There are such lame cues in the film that it is hard to describe them. The film’s lead lady is a TV serial starlet and throws typical soap opera lines at the drop of a hat. She is affectionately referred to as Star Plus. The villains are named Karan Arjun and every time there is a tiff between the two brothers, there plays the title track of the film which seems to bind them together. I wonder if Junior was aware of what he was getting into, because he seemed the most sensible one of the lot present on screen.
In the first half an hour, the film still attempts to be enjoyable. The questionable basis of how a dog inherits a billion dollar property is something that-must-not-be-asked. All through the film what resonated through my mind was a prayer, spare the poor adorable pooch. This film takes the word dumb as an inspiration. In a scene where Johnny Lever drinks down a bowl of poisonous milk, he is revived by two irons!
Half way through the interval, I was done beyond limit with the film. The second hour was way more atrocious than its first. It’s almost re-living the trauma as I write this. By the last scene, I was drained and even the cute dogs in the frame couldn’t help the crankiness of a viewer, who was needlessly put through too much torture.
Entertainment Review: Star Performances
Akshay Kumar clearly did this film to help friends because I doubt anyone else of his potential will waste himself on a script like this. The actor is quite good at dry humor but he completely sleepwalks through the film. The yardstick of judging Akshay Kumar’s talent is to check his zest in action scenes and even that seemed extremely morose this time. Bro, better roles please!
Tamannaah quite succeeds in what she sets out for. Obviously she is a marked improvement since Himmatwala and Humshakals, but she needs to find better roles where she might have something better to do, beside looking pretty.
Mithun Chakraborty as the girl’s pocket pinching parent is good for what he does but again has the potential of better roles. Less than two weeks back, it was so much fun to watch him and Salman Khan dance together in Kick. The size of the role is immaterial but Mithun had absolutely nothing to do in the film.
Sonu Sood who is referred to as Dabangg’s villain in the film was again a good artist wasted. Sonu do you even remember how brilliant you were in Dabangg? Why this!
Prakash Raj was an improvement since his last stints and though he wasn’t any revelation but probably the Heropanti image of him has finally dissipated out of my mind.
Krushna Abhishek has the memorable bit in the film. He does a good job at being funny but that’s all for him.
Johnny Lever again was completely wasted. He can be better compared to all of the above put together but he leaves the impact of a blink and miss role.
