Sai and Shujath talk Cinema

God Tussi Great Ho August 16, 2008

Salman Khan has this uncanny ability to be a part of B-grade projects which end up lying in the cans for years (needless to mention producer Afzal Khan is one up on him in this issue). If there is one thing he should be happy about it is that God Tussi Great Ho was the last one in his most recent set of backlogs. And going by the very unusual dedication to the hero at the beginning to the film, it looks like Sallu had something do with the film seeing the light of the day.

Writer-director Rumy Jafry has written most of David Dhavan’s hits so you wouldn’t be at fault if you thought it was David’s film….the catch is – despite using the plot of 2003’s smash hit Bruce Almighty it looks like a nineties David Dhawan film which err…doesn’t work today. But to be honest, if you accept the Blast from the Past experience which this film gives you it is a pretty okay flick (barring those jokes involving Rukhsar). Salman, Sohail and (unexpectedly) Anupam Kher still manage to make you sit this through this one. Amitabh has more like a guest appearance so don’t watch this if you expect to see him do something exciting. Sajid-Wajid’s numbers are tailor made for Khan and hence only work when viewed with the video – there are some unintentionally funny moments in the “Let’s Party” song when poor Salman is made to do more than his fair share of jhatkas. The visual effects – well like everything else are from the nineties.

None of the people involved even bothered to promote the film so that pretty much tell you what they were expecting. I like everyone else had low expectations and hence whatever good is there in this film was like a bonus. But save yourself the trouble and check out Ranbir Kapoor’s Bachna Ae Haseeno – the other Hindi release this weekend which is receiving better reviews than this one.