A disastrous plot combined with bad comic timing: KLPD
Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Mallika Sherawat, Ashutosh Rana
Director: Sanjay Khanduri
Rating: 0.5 / 5
At no instance does Kismet Love Paisa Dilli fail to annoy you. From the moment Mallika Sherawat utters her first dialogue to the bike-chase, the press, politicians and the pundits - everything in the film is like a boring rollercoaster ride. You cannot sit through it and it scars you for life! And if you are not used to the sleaze, B-town throws at you once in a while, through horrendous films like KLPD, you may even puke!
KLPD doesn't generate even a fraction of the anticipation and excitement that the prequel 'Ek Chalis Ki Last Local' offered. In that version, we saw director Sanjay Khanduri combine crime with comedy beautifully. With a hatke storyline, Khanduri managed to offer a fresh film with Abhay Deol in the lead, delivering a great performance. Regardless of the comparisons with its prequel, KLPD doesn't work as a standalone film.
We have seen Vivek Oberoi deliver award winning performances in diverse films like 'Company', 'Shootout at Lokhandwala', 'Saathiya' and 'Yuva'. And we definitely wonder where that actor has vanished? With a low spree of several box office failures lately, KLPD only adds to Vivek Oberoi’s list of below-average films.
It is also shocking to see an actor like Ashutosh Rana who showed great caliber with his performance as the villain in 'Sangharsh' and 'Dushman' stoop down to the level of KLPD which is a film filled with despicable, cheap humour.
The story follows sleazebag Lokesh (Vivek Oberoi) who has his eyes popping out for every hot woman on the streets of Dilli. Well, nothing new there! Lokesh finds himself in a soup when gorgeous damsel in distress (Neha Dhupia), asks Lokesh to deliver a letter. Little does he know that this will be the end of his party-filled night! When Lokesh gets off that one last metro, trouble trails him in the form of police, politicians, bisexuals and gangsters led by Capt'aan (Ashutosh Rana). Lokesh finds himself stealing, running and hiding on more than one occasion. He also cannot resist the temptation abla-nari Lovina (Mallika Sherawat) offers. Apart from this, there is nothing more to what our protagonist does in KLPD!
But when it comes to lead roles, there is an utterly exaggerated comic element in the film. A man called Nunna (apparently that’s a BIG joke) and his bike, which he fondly calls Guggu (Another apparent joke!) who plays a delivery boy-turned hanuman with ear- biting super powers.
The Delhi lingo filled-film fails to tickle your rib. There are over-the-top attempts to make you laugh that fall flat. For instance, Vivek Oberoi (Stiffler-style from 'American Pie') playing a prank at a party, or four gundas celebrating their leader’s birthday in a sweet shop. But in KLPD, all the so-called comedy seems cheap, out of place and unnecessary.
The music and background score by Amjad Nadeem offers nothing uplifting to the film. With two dance numbers – one very colourful, Lajpat nagar-like and one complete sadda Punjabi, the music is completely out of place.
There are visible attempts in the film that try hard to compliment the scene with unique visual and audio effects by Dibbyo Choudhary (thought bubbles, funny soundtracks behind most dialogues). However, this leads to uncanny, unnecessary laughter that doesn’t do any good to the film’s boring plot. This is a low-key for Khanduri as a director, who does not succeed in creating a great combination of comedy and crime, this time around!
With a thoroughly stretched climax, a monotonous performance by Mallika Sherawat, insignificant supporting characters and a chalky story line, KLPD is definitely a film that you can miss this week-end! And not even all the tweeting Vivek and Mallika seem to be doing can save this film now…