Mr Black and White —- Court Martial
Posted on May 8, 2008
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The film, attempted as a comedy, turns out to be a somewhat tragic experience for the unsuspecting viewers who walk in the cinema halls expecting some good laughs but walk out with their expressions suggesting they have endured some kind of torture.
Gopi [Suniel Shetty], a simpleton, arrives in Goa from Hoshiarpur. His mission – to hand over a piece of land to his childhood friend Kishen [Arshad Warsi]. Kishen swindles people with a little help from his accomplice [Atul Kale], to earn enough money to educate his sibling Divya [Mahima Mehta], who’s studying in London. Kishen, however, has managed to hide his profession from Anuradha [Rashmi Nigam] by cooking up an alibi of a twin brother, Hari, who’s the bad guy
Kishen avoids Gopi like he’s bad news. He’s not going to give up his flourishing business and travel to Hoshiarpur just to take possession of a measly piece of land. Meanwhile, diamonds worth Rs. 25 crores have been stolen by three girls, who are now holed up in Goa. Kishen traces the three girls and succeeds in robbing the diamonds. But the diamonds actually belong to a don, Laadla [Ashish Vidyarti], who has also reached Goa.
The first half does have a few funny moments like Shetty’s dhoti being pulled off by a dog and a roguish Warsi hoodwinking an innocent Goa girl (newcomer Rashmi Nigam) into believing his double is doing all the mischief. The second half is based entirely on a series of improvised gags with the Warsi-Shetty duo trying hard to breathe life into a dead script.
Music composers of the film –Jatin Lalit , Tuaseef Akhtar , Shamir Tandon fail to create anything impressive. What ‘Mr. White Mr. Black’ lacks is a good script peppered with witty one-liners. The comedy in the film is mostly a bland mix of slapstick and kitschy moments patched up unintelligibly to make a hodgepodge of a movie. It is not that there are no funny gags, but they are few and far between. On top of it, the films plot really goes haywire in the second half with the romantic tracks involving the two heroes and the unwanted songs that only test your patience.
The less written about performances, the better. Arshad Warsi is wasted in a role that seems to have no real comic backbone. Sunil Shetty is not made for comedy. Yet he keeps trying such roles in vain. The two girls, Rashmi Nigam and Anishka Khosla, simper and smile at right moments but don’t show much acting potential. In supporting roles, Aashish Vidyarthi is over the top. Sharat Saxena is somewhat tolerable. I am sympathetic to all those who have already watched the film and were victim to this film and a word of caution to all those who are planning to venture in this deadly piece of entertainment.
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
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