Thursday, November 15, 2012
Son Of Sardar
It Happens Only In Phagwara
The Sandhu clan, led by Billu Paaji (Sanjay Dutt) has vowed to kill the last Randhawa, but when Jassi (Ajay Devgn), the man they haven’t been able to trace for 25 years, lands up at their home as a guest, rules of Indian hospitality prevent them from killing him as long as he is inside the threshold. The 25-year wait has kept Billu a bachelor, since he swore he would marry only after Jassi was dead, which means his chirpy moonh-boli-biwi Pammi (Juhi Chawla) hovers around as additional comic relief.
Ajay Devgn is good with comedy and that should have been an inspiration to the other actors, going ballistic around him, but still failing to wake up a sleepwalking Sanjay Dutt. Juhi Chawla is endearing as the ever-hopeful bride, far more spirited than the simpering Sonakshi Sinha. It still takes Salman Khan’s guest appearance to prop up this
Son Of
Sardar is an extended version of those Santa-Banta jokes, and you have to be
in an idiot state of mind to enjoy it.
Ashwni Dhir, who directed One Two
Three (does anyone remember seeing it) and the sitcom-ish AtithiTum Kab Jaoge probably got to
direct this film because the stars’ dates were blocked and Rohit Shetty was
unavailable. In any case, it is a
Phagwara remake of SS Rajamouli’s Telugu film Maryada Ramanna, which, to give the plagiarist credit, stole from
1923 Buster Keaton film, Our Hospitality.The Sandhu clan, led by Billu Paaji (Sanjay Dutt) has vowed to kill the last Randhawa, but when Jassi (Ajay Devgn), the man they haven’t been able to trace for 25 years, lands up at their home as a guest, rules of Indian hospitality prevent them from killing him as long as he is inside the threshold. The 25-year wait has kept Billu a bachelor, since he swore he would marry only after Jassi was dead, which means his chirpy moonh-boli-biwi Pammi (Juhi Chawla) hovers around as additional comic relief.
Jassi is a peacable sort, who only wants to sell his land and return to
London, but when he discovers the murder plot, he does everything he can to
stop from getting out of the haveli,
guarded by Billu’s moronic cohorts. It helps that he had fallen for Sukhwinder
Sandhu (Sonakshi Sinha) on the train to the village.
Ajay Devgn is good with comedy and that should have been an inspiration to the other actors, going ballistic around him, but still failing to wake up a sleepwalking Sanjay Dutt. Juhi Chawla is endearing as the ever-hopeful bride, far more spirited than the simpering Sonakshi Sinha. It still takes Salman Khan’s guest appearance to prop up this
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