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By Joginder Tuteja, July 9, 2008 - 14:46 IST
MOVIE DETAILS
Cast: Sunil Shetty, Tusshar Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Upen Patel, Esha Deol, Sameera Reddy, Tanisha Mukherjee, Neetu Chandra
Director: Ashwani Dhir
Producer: Kumar Mangat
Music: Raghav Sachar
Lyrics: Aditya Dhar.
THE FILM
One Two Three would easily go down as the surprise success of 2008. And to think of it, this film had the unique distinction of opening to terrible reviews in all - yes ALL - sections of media. Whether it was print, online or television - the film was ripped by one and all. Called as a comedy, which had no head or tail and relied solely on gag after gag to take the story forward, One Two Three, was the easiest punching bag available for all.
However, as always, it was the audience that proved to be the final judge. The very gags that were panned turned out to be the film's strength as the comic outing eventually did turn out to be an enjoyable affair. A Sunil Shetty-Tusshar Kapoor film was an easy target for the critics to hit upon but for audience, it was the jokes coupled with the zero expectations factor that turned the tables.
Yes, the film isn't the kind which one would be most comfortable watching with the family. After all not many would be enthused by the idea of sharing large number of jokes that are centered on lingerie. So while Paresh Rawal sells lingerie on the streets of Delhi, Esha Deol is a lingerie designer, Tusshar Kapoor catches hold of a bag of lingerie, Paresh thinks of Sameera Reddy as the lingerie designer, everyone keeps bumping into each other with lingerie making an appearance now and then as well - you get the picture, right?!
In the meantime there is a foul mouthed female cop (Neetu Chandra) who has the hots for ever-so-polite MBA from Jharkhand (Sunil Shetty) Add to that a Don called Papa (Mukesh Tiwari) who is being reprimanded by his own associates to get an inverter installed since too many power cuts come in the way of giving electric shocks and you know that this is a mad comedy in the offering.
Director Dhir's funda was simple - Make a quick movie with tons of characters (in this case 14 at last count) who would keep making appearance one after another and arouse mirth. He got the right pretext in place - that of three men who share a common name (Laxminarayan) - and spun a story that would result in these three strangers encountering each other. With a plot like this, you can end a film in one hour, take it to two hours, or stretch it to three hours and beyond.
You don't need a story, you need gags. And loads and loads of them. This may include slapstick, banana peel humor, spoof or lingerie jokes! Ashwani Dhir doesn't leave any of this and in the end tells a tale which is bound to meet with diverse reactions. For youngsters, it works as a decent time pass affair (which resulted in the film being a success) while family audiences may scoff at the same jokes (fair enough)!
PACKAGING
The film comes in a sleek-n-glossy packing made of plastic and paper combination
DURATION
The film comes in a single DVD pack with the film's duration being 137 minutes.
SPECIAL FEATURES
There is a 21 minutes capsule on the 'Making of the Film'. However, it is unexciting and hardly makes you revisit it after seeing it once since it is one of those normal capsule of 'This is how my character is written' and 'How funny it was working with so and so person around' etc. etc. There is no real 'Making of the film' footage, which may have proved to be engaging enough, and in the end all of it turns out to be a Q&A session.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
- 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
- Subtitles in English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 and Stereo
PRICE
Rs. 199/=
CONCLUSION
Ashwani Dhir has been accused of not knowing what he was talking about but the very fact is that he knew absolutely what he was talking about. He understood it quite well that One Two Three is not a film that has to be taken seriously. He understood it quite well that he was not there to tell a story per se. He understood it quite well that he was there to have a sequence of events running at a great pace, which wouldn't give audience much time to ponder on what's happening on screen.
  
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