Joker - a big Joke for our fellow ALIENS!!!
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| Joker - Movie poster |
This is what the ALIENS had to say…
Aliens said, "Hamara mazaak mat udaao", "Don't fly our jokes.
The
movie ‘Joker’ was much awaited film for the year after EK THA TIGER. I have a
question can Akki and Sonakshi save this film. But still was an awaited flick
since after Bollywood’s exciting and a rather successful brush with ‘Jaadu’ -
the most adorable alien we all met in Rakesh Roshan’s ‘Koi Mil Gaya,’ everyone
was really expecting something big from Joker But, Kunder’s much ambitious
project- ‘Joker’ clearly lacks the ‘wow’
factor.
Agasthya
played by Akshay Kumar is a qualified US scientist working on a machine that
promises to communicate with extra-terrestrials. His machine doesn’t deliver on
time and his employers lose faith in their judgement. The
600-odd residents of Paglapur are eccentric because they are have all descended
from the inhabitants of a lunatic asylum. Agasthya's father, it turns out, is
actually hale and hearty, the story about his dying a trick to get his son to
come home and help the village, and when he fails from the local politicians Agasthya
comes up with the bright idea of faking crop circles and aliens to get the
world to pay attention to the village's plight.
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| Joker - Movie Still |
And then
let’s meet the other characters of the film; Sonakshi Sinha mostly clings on to
Akki’s arm as his girlfriend Diva. Shreyas Talpade is very good as the brother
and manages to convey all his emotions with just a handful of gibberish words
that he has to mouth throughout the movie. Vindu Dara Singh’s act is annoying.
Thankfully Minissha Lamba gets very little time for hamming as a press
reporter. And Asrani, who is the
local teacher who translates from English into Hindi and vice-versa.
"When someone says, "Hamara mazaak mat udaao", he helpfully renders that as, "Don't fly our jokes."
And
hence at-last the bright idea of faking crop circles and aliens, he sells it to
the media and the world as alien doing strange things in Paglapur, because of
which reporters and scientists crowd the village and things are starting to
look up with lots of song and dance. But Agasthya’s competitor Simon Goeback (Alexx
ONell) gets the reality behind it puts a spanner in the works when he arrives
in Paglapur and calls the whole thing a hoax. And finally so called fun chase
starts…
The Few
Last words for the movie…
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| Chitrangada Singh in Joker |
Visual
effects are the highlight of ‘Joker’ and the plot doesn’t have much to offer.
So it’s just Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha’s chemistry that can work for the
films now.
However,
Akshay Kumar completely stayed away from the ‘Joker’ promotions. As being
reported, Akshay was not satisfied with output of the film as this was not
something he was promised initially. After watching the film, you may
understand why Akshay refrained from promoting ‘Joker’.
Oh! I
almost forgot the mention the best thing about ‘Joker’ – undoubtedly the gorgeous
Chitrangada Singh, who rocks in ‘Kaafirana’. Wish there was more her in the
film.
And finally
give Joker a
miss if you value your sanity and money.
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