One Two Three ....

Had been out of touch with the latest movies, release dates, pre-release antics, etc. in Bollywood for some time now, mainly because of no time (*roll of the eyes*), and no TV at our new home (*very sad face*) !!

But now, since the last week, both problems got solved, and I am back on the circuit (*proud smile*) !! :-)

The first movie (and its songs) that I noticed when I got back to my music channels (a horde of them nowadays, difficult for me to even keep track of all of them), was One Two Three. Trailors showing Paresh Rawal selling *kachcha-baniyaaan*, and Tushar Kapoor as a wannabe *bhai*, with Suneil Shetty, Vrajesh Hirjee (whom I really like a lot, especially since his stint in RHTDM), and a horde of heroines, made it an immediate must-watch, especially after I was making a comeback and had almost forgotten what E-Square looks like from inside !! To the extent, that I was not even waiting for the reviews this time :-).

So, first-day-last-show tickets were booked ((incidentlally, not at E-Square), and the movie was seen!! Excellent performances all around, except for all the ladies and Upen Patel, which leaves us only with the 3 Laxmi Narayan's, the 2 Dons, and Alberts and Pintos :-p !! I feel it would have been an excellent movie, had it been woven together properly. The indiviual hilarious moments were many, but for some reason, the tempo is not maintained. The plot, well it cannot be called a plot, but even that could have made for a good watch, if the entire story had been concentrated upon the 3 Laxmi Narayan's rather than giving equal screen space to the rest of the bandwagon, like it had been done in Hera Pheri, with minimal focus on Kabira and Deviprasad.

Tushar Kapoor, I loved him in this movie, because he is playing himself for once :-)!! The typical fattu, wannabe, under the rest of the family's shadow types character, that he is in real life, is portrayed with ease!! Paresh Rawal is as hilarious as ever, and just continues from where he left (in one of his earlier movies, I don't even remember which)!! Suneil Shetty, great job, with his *aapka left ya mera left* antics!! The first Don (Manoj Pahwa) with his two-liners, the second Don (Mukesh Tiwari) with his "s"s everywhere (a spinoff from Javed Jaffry in Salaam Namaste), Sanjay Mishra (Alberts) with his Jeevan accent, and Vrajesh Hirjee (Pintos) with his usual stuff, make a perfect team!

The title song and the *Rock Mahi* track are great, according to me, I have them on my playlist on loop currently :-).

And this kinda completes my *review* in typical Taran Adarsh style (as GB would put it) :-).
Some of the two-liners from the Don to conclude .....

बंदूक से निकला फौलाद ..... और पेट से निकली औलाद ..... वापस नही जाते !!

एक बॉल पे दो चौके ..... और एक लाइफ मी दो मौके ..... कभी नही मिलते !!

जवानी पे चढा शबाब ..... और ज़ोर से लगा पिशाप ..... ज्यादा देर नही रुकते !!

(*applause*)