Hats off the Rakesh Roshan for trouncing over all the confusions this movie created before release. Not only going for a compromise with the music director Ram Sampath but even forfeiting to the quite bunch of physiatrists who cure the insane came out to raise their voice against this movie, the filmmakers went through a lot to provide us with some humor to help us gulp down some cool drinks this summer. I am sure they must have had an equally perplexing time while choosing the name for the movie. While some called in inspired from the English movie The Dream Team, some lingered with a masterpiece by Hitchcock titled Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, which is equally absurd as the movie is. None the least, it has been inspired from most masala movies that had anything to do with bringing out a laughter spring but unfortunately, not all movies with spicy themes click.
Rating: 3/5
Debutant director Jaideep Sen seems to be putting all his attention to the item songs (he gets not only Rakhi Sawant but also the King Khan and Hrithik dancing to the spark of his wand!) and somehow lets go of the script at certain places. A typical Bollywood product, the director uses every possible gag to prove that it is a masala film presented with the simplest seasoning from Hrishikesh Mukherjee type comedies. But the promising director does give you some hope to present some memorable films in the years to come. Atleast for a mad dose of laughter the young director didn’t depend on the trend of the Bollywood movies of late like Dhol etc. and for this, he definitely deserves a pat in the back. The literally mad world in an asylum was exploited to the best use for bringing in the shower of laughter, though the punch of emotion seems to lack the depth or originality. The characters in the movie own separate identities and mental disorders which are purely actuated without any hints of past traumas coming to play. However, the definition of madness has been manipulated to an extended degree that fails to amuse at times. The histories of the ailments of these characters are unknown and are never tried to be brought to the surface, which again seems lopsided.
Set in the outskirts of Mumbai, We Care Rehabilitation Centre houses the 4some crazy minds namely Raja (Arshad Warsi), Dr Mukherjee (Irrfan Khan), Gangadhar (Rajpal Yadav) and Dabboo (Suresh Menon). These people have subtle issues that are highlighted with mental illness that have been termed incurable save for the most sympathetic and understanding Dr Sonali (Juhi Chawla). She believes that these people can walk back to the normal social path with appropriate treatment. Raja is the angry young man, who is just not pleased with the society. His anger gets hyper which makes him physical and the tendency to destroy everything around him grows strong with every slightest provocation. He needs little or no annihilation to show his anger but the cause for this behavior termed as Intermittent explosive disorder in medical dictionary is not defined and doesn’t fit the bills to be sent off to an asylum. Dr Mukherjee is the Mr. Clean, who wants everything in place and not a pin out of place, termed as Obsessive compulsive personality disorder by the supervising doctors. Dr. Mukherjee can not tolerate any marks in not only his body but also others, this makes him try to clean every spot he sees, even the sexy tattoo in Rakhi Sawant’s body doesn’t get surpassed from his eagle eyes. But the onlookers who see this would question if freaking about cleanliness is a ticket for one to land up in an asylum.
Gangadhar is obsessed with the freedom struggle and has not been able to move on with the world. While India has come a long way, Gangadhar seems to still wait for inspiring speeches from Gandhi, Nehru, Patel and the rest of our national heroes. Dabboo is always scared. He has not spoken since the age of 4 and is afraid of everyone and everything. He is also the pet of all the rest three. Dr. Sonali brings in hope for these outwits and takes them for watching a cricket match to the city in her supervision. But things turn haywire as she gets kidnapped, leaving these people to make their way about in the no-so-crazy world. What happens there after is purely co-incidental. Dr Mukherjee meets his daughter and Raja meets his ex-girlfriend, played by Dia Mirza, who is a news reporter. Forgetting the fact that they are mad, the Krazzy 4 attempts to save their only hope to get back to normal life.
If you consider acting skills, Arshad Warsi grows by the day and turns wild by the night. He has been giving strong performances in the slapstick movies and is showing lot of potential with each role, though he cannot call Krazzy 4 one of his best performances, whatsoever. Irrfan Khan gives a very natural performance and does not need dialogues to show his talent. Rajpal Yadav steals the show and proves fatal for creating unsurpassed humor. Suresh Menon doesn’t need any mention as he has one constant look on his face through out the movie. Juhi is charming and accurate while Dia doesn’t get much screen presence. The movie’s best points may be is the item numbers and dance performances by Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik and Rakhi are excellent. While Shah Rukh gives a light and entertaining performance, Hrithik is superb with his moves and Rakhi is as usual good.
The screenplay by Ashwani Dheer has certain loose strands that peek out more than once and the item numbers help to make the movie exciting. The first half is more attention-grabbing than the second half which brings in scenes like the outburst of the Krazzy 4 that proves how happy they are to remain mad in this hypocrite world. The music is good and after Rajesh Roshan agreed to pay the damage to Ram Sampath, it is surprising that his name is not included in the movie.
The movie could not have released in a better time as we have only one more comedy film running in the multiplexes. Kids would definitely love this one and is a good one time watch for the so-called mentally steady audience.
Rating: 3/5
