Directed by Shirish Kunder
Produced by Farah Khan,Akshay Kumar
Star Cast
Akshay Kumar as Agastya
Sonakshi Sinha as Diva
Minisha Lamba
Shreyas Talpade
Music by G. V. Prakash Kumar,Gaurav Dagaonkar
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget
40 crore ( US$ 7.24 milions)
Story
Agastya (Akshay Kumar) isa space
scientist, working on the development of a communication system, to communicate
with aliens. But Agastya loses the faithof his seniors and is allotted with a
deadline of one month to conclude his project with some substantial results.
In the mean time Agastya isinformed
by his girlfriend Diva (Sonakshi Sinha) about his father's illness. On hearing
this they both reaches his native village Paglaapur, whose colorful inhabitants
include a man who speaks in gibberish, another who thinks he is alamp post and
everyone else who think that the World War II is still going on.
Soon after reaching there, Agastya
finds that he was called on a false pretext ofillness by his father. On getting
apprised about truth, Agastya decides to move back to US, but afterhearing the
plight of the inhabitants of Paglapur, due to the brushing aside of the village
by the government because of itsbeing absent from the demarcated map of India,
he makes his mind to come out with some solution for the problem.
As the story proceeds, Agastya comes
up with a quaint idea pertaining to the crop circle and arrival of aliens in
his village, in order to fetch a recognition for his otherwise isolated village
undergoing a plight of neglect ever since the independence.
With frames moving ahead,Agastya along with other villagers
creates crop circle in Paglapur and spreads rumor about arrival of aliens in
the village. And from their, amid tremendous media hype, takes over some
hilarious sequences knitted around UFO and fictitious man made aliens.
Review
Akshay Kumar does his part well, but
we feel no NASA scientist would ever do such dramas and tamashaas to grab the
Government's attention forthe prosperity of a neglected village. Sonakshiwasn't
too convincing. The best one in Joker was none other thanShreyas
Talpade. He was outstanding as Babban.
You can see Akshay and Sonakshi in
some crazy, tacky attire that adds no humour. In fact, after watching out such
brilliant stars in such crazy costumes, doing some insane acts in the film, we
feel nothing except pitying them. The film also introduces us to some dirty,
monstrous looking aliens that might just scareyou at a glance, unlike the cute,
adorable Jaadu from
Koi Mil Gaya.
What's Gud
The music was quite good. Chitrangada's
item number adds spice and grabs many
eyeballs. The movie's cinematography is quite impressive.
What’s Bad
- Second half is boring..