Hari Puttar directed by Lucky Kohli and Rajesh Bajaj stars Zain Khan, Swini Khara, Jackie Shroff, Sarika, Saurabh Shukla and Vijay Raaz.
The story of Hari Puttar is similar to Home Alone 1. Just that in the Hindi remake, the lead kid has his cousin sis for company while he outwits the goons! Hari Pradad Dhoonda (Zain Khan) also known as Hari Puttar is a bright young kiddo who has recently moved from his hometown in India to UK along with his parents (Zahir Khan, Sarika). Soon the family leave on a holiday. Hari Puttar and his cousin sister Tuk Tuk (Swini Khara) stay back and confront two villians (Saurabh Shukla, Vijay Raaz)
Another Short Review as a movie like Hari Puttar doesnt deserve a detailed one. The lawsuit, eventually rejected by an Indian court, was over the title as Warner Bros felt it sounded too similar to their popular series based on J.K. Rowling’s legendary Harry Potter. But I guess the makers of Home Alone would have had better chance, as the makers of Hari Puttar have been heavily inspired by the classic Home Alone. But its such an uninspiring remake filled with pathetic songs, slapstick comedy, bad direction… its hard to sit through such crap. Even kids of today’s time will hardly be pleased with such over the top comedy.
Zain Khan portraying the title role, does reasonalbly well although he falters badly in a few scenes. Dont except a Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone like performance, he aint even close! Swini Khara, the Cheeni Kum girl known mostly for her scenes in the movie with Amitabh Bachchan was surprisingly not upto the mark. Sarika surprises too with a bad performance. Jackie Shroff should retire now, he is well past his prime. The two crazy villians, in the weirdest of costumes, ham endlessly.