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My Selling Point: It's a laugh riot
Runtime: 155min 46secs
Language: Hindi (with English subtitles)
Tagline: Welcome to the Party.
Written and Directed by: Anees Bazmee
Dilaogues by: Abbas Tyrewala

Plot Outline:
Uday Shetty (Nana Patekar), Majnu (Anil Kapoor) and their boss, Sikander (Feroz Khan) are three serio-comic mobsters, who are keen to get their sister Sanjana (Katrina Kaif) married into a respectable family. Majnu meets the handsome bachelor Rajiv (Akshay Kumar) and is convinced that the latter would be an appropriate match for Sanjana. However, Rajiv’s uncle, Dr. Ghunghroo (Paresh Rawal) disapproves of Uday’s association with such a dubious family.

Meanwhile, totally independant to these plans, Sanjana meets Rajiv on a cruise and they fall in love. She has the acceptance of Dr. Ghunghroo, since through his logic, such a nice girl must come from a respectable family. When Dr. Ghunghroo realises his faux pas, he tries to escape the fury of the brothers. What follows after that, is a commotion of comically funny situations, as each of the diametrically different brothers gets engaged in smart and comic stunts to get their uncle agree to the alliance.

Overall Impressions:
Sound like a pretty naff plot? Well it is. This is one of those films where plot was the last thing on their mind. So anyone going in expecting a drama are likely to be disappointed. the flick has to be taken for what it is. The strength of the film is on the actors and the comedy. (Nana Patekar and Anil Kapoor in particular.) You should perceive it as a number of comedy sketches loosely held together by a vague attempt of a storyline. I admit I'm not really selling it very well and this doesn't really sound as good as it is, but in a nutshell let's just say the comedy angle works really well for it.

I think it would do a great deal of good if it was held as a stream of comedy sketches, with no half-baked attempt at a plot but that's just me. The audience that I watched it with seemed to be pretty happy & I guess it's the masses that count.

Overall, it entertains, it's the laugh after laugh caused by supremely talented actors that holds this film together. Without them it's me just another 'mweh' film.