PAGALPANTI

Anees Bazmee ha diretto alcune commedie piuttosto divertenti. Sfortunatamente Pagalpanti non è fra queste.

TRAMA

Tre amici. Tre belle ragazze. Una serie di disavventure e un nugolo di criminali. Un tesoro. Imbrogli. (...) ?? (...) LEONI SUL SET. RIPETO: LEONI SUL SET. A TUTTO IL CAST: RIFUGIARSI NELLE AUTO. (...) Poi giuro che non mi ricordo come finisce il film.

ASSOLUTAMENTE DA NON PERDERE

* I completini sfoggiati da Anil Kapoor mi hanno fatto palpitare in più di un'occasione.

RECENSIONI

Film Companion:

'It’s 2019, and Bazmee - old-school in the manner of jazzy frame rates, swish pans and songs featuring dancers doing Govinda steps in fluorescent costumes at exotic locations while foreigners gawk at this acidic spectacle - is still trying to replicate his Welcome and Singh Is Kinng days. I’m all for harebrained comedies, but even nonsense needs to have a language. (...) But films like Pagalpanti lack that tone. For starters, it heavily features John Abraham, Kriti Kharbanda and Pulkit Samrat. As a result, the Anil Kapoors and Saurabh Shuklas and Arshad Warsis try doubly hard to salvage the stubborn datedness of the Bazmee universe. (...) Sometimes it’s difficult to tell the difference between the ladies. I guess that’s the point. I never thought I’d be attributing this to the conscious imagination of adult writers, but that’s the world we’re in. In between, there’s a sudden nationalistic surge in dialogue; it’s as if the makers suddenly decide to cash in on John Abraham’s genre because clearly the comedy isn’t working out too well. The closest the film comes to being smart is when the climax features three lions - in England - though I suspect the symbolism is entirely accidental. The big cats look quite confused and cute, as if they were feeling existential like Madagascar’s Alex. (“Is this my purpose in life? To rescue a Bollywood comedy instead of ruling the great wild?”). There’s not much more I can say about Pagalpanti. It exists. I exist. Baby steps. I’m fine. No problem. Thank you'.

Rahul Desai, 22.11.19

Recensione integrale

Cinema Hindi: * 1/2

SCHEDA DEL FILM

Cast:

* John Abraham - Raj

* Arshad Warsi - Junky

* Pulkit Samrat - Chandu

* Saurabh Shukla - Raja

* Anil Kapoor - Wi-Fi

* Ileana D'Cruz - Sanjana

* Kriti Kharbanda - Jhanvi

* Urvashi Rautela - Kavya

Regia: Anees Bazmee

Sceneggiatura: Rajiv Kaul, Praful Parekh, Anees Bazmee

Colonna sonora: Sajid–Wajid, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Tanishk Bagchi, Nayeem-Shabir

Traduzione del titolo: follia

Anno: 2019

Trailer

GOSSIP & VELENI

* Pulkit Samrat e Kriti Kharbanda pare siano fidanzati. In passato Pulkit era stato fidanzato con Yami Gautam.