Krazzy 4: Somewhat bore

The very fact that the most enjoyable moment was Hritik’s song post movie speaks for how mediocre the movie was. There is nothing in the movie that you haven’t seen before. The story is about four mentally challenged guys, played by Arshad Warsi (Raja), Irfan khan (Dr. Mukherji), Rajpal Yadav (Gangadhar) and Suresh Menon (Dabbu). But before I go further, I must mention the few things that I liked. First, credit must go to the director who kept the crap short so it was a bit easier to tolerate. Second, Suresh Menon had a total of five dialogues only in this two-hour flick. Out of these, he said “kidnap” four times and “kidnap, issi ne Dr. Sonia ka kidnap kia hai. Maine dekha hai” the last time. His mere presence is annoying so had he been given more dialogues, my senses would’ve smothered to death. Last, it was Irfan’s good comic timing, which assured me that the investment of Rs 240/- has not gone waste after all.

Getting back to the story, these guys are suffering from various disorders. Raja has no control over his temper and can do anything in a fit of anger. If a man can slap his father-in-law-to-be, then he can do “anything”. Gangadhar is a schizophrenic patriotic writer who thinks that it’s still 1947 and India has just been freed from the “Firangis”. Dr. Mukherji is suffering from an “Obsessive Compulsive Disorder” (that’s how it was described in the movie) and is a cleanliness freak. He wants everything and everyone to be “Saaf-Suthra” and “Swachh”. Dabbu has some strange speech disorder, which was explained as: “ Wo akhiri baar kab bola tha, koi nahi jaantaa. Aur wo agli baar kab bolega, wo bhi koi nahi nahi jaanta”. These guys are under the supervision of Dr. Sonia (Juhi Chawla) who thinks that taking these guys to see an India-England cricket match would inculcate team spirit in them, which would help them recover. She called this method some sort of “team recovery therapy”. So that’s how they get out of the rehab centre. On the way, some goons kidnap Dr. Sonia (who turn out to be cops half-an-hour later) and the group “Krazzy 4” is left all alone. Explaining the reason behind kidnapping would be too much of an effort so it's better to leave the details. These guys then decide to rescue her and that’s how the story proceeds. In the middle it’s revealed that it was actually her husband, Mr. Oberoi, played by Rajat kapoor, who was behind the whole kidnapping plan. Apart from this there are two sub-plots that are also wired in. One is Raja’s love life and the other is Dr. Mukherji’s married life. There are a few unnecessary cliché-ridden senti scenes, like the one where Raja says, ”aap hume waapas hospital le jao, hum pagal is duniya ke layak nahi hai”, to which Dr. Sonia responds, ” Raja, tum galat ho, ye society tum logon ke layak nahi hai”. However, Irfaan’s comic timing is good and some of the scenes would certainly make you giggle. As far as Rajpal is concerned, fortunately, he is not at his annoying best and therefore, bearable. The music is bad and lyrics are worse. “O Re Lakad, Iikad-Pikad, Pingal-Chungaliya”, I didn’t expect this from someone like Javed Akhtar.

“Saaala kaun si khundas mein aake likha tha ye gaana?”

Sharukh’s item number comes in as a refresher in the middle and is worth a watch. Overall, story is so-so, Irfan is good, rest of the bunch is OK and few patches are certainly comic. So, if you don’t mind watching stereotypes and are not willing to spend more than 60-70 bucks then go for this movie.

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