Bhagam Bhag: Entangled in mirth!

Don’t look back while you run. There may be gangsters, cops and hoodlums behind you. Bhagam Bhag, as the name suggests and the director promises, has a mix-up of chases, confusion, comedy and more. Though it isn’t the regular cop-gangster story, but a whole lot of people throwing each other into trouble, due to mix-ups, and more mix-ups.

As Govinda makes a comeback in an area which used to be his exclusive territory, a complete laugh riot is created with the current ruling laughter champions of the Box Office. He completes Priyadarshan’s trio in Bhagam Bhag, pinning himself besides the classy characters of Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal. Though Govinda seems to lose his old charm at certain occasions, the rest manage to keep the audience rolling in laughter, with hilarious dialogues and comedy bordering on the loud side at times. Suneil Shetty’s bit is missing, we have got used to him as the quintessential simpleton in Priyan’s movies.

Bhagam Bhag sees the momentum builds up and the plot keeps getting entangled further with each scene until it finally explodes in the last sequence, when all characters end up creating a ruckus in the Big Ben! We trusted the director to have done better than that, though. Champak Seth (Paresh Rawal) and his troupe, who get their golden chance to perform in London, are looking for a heroine to play the leading lady in their show. But they find trouble instead: a brief case full of heroin, a woman Nisha (Lara Dutta), who agrees to play the part, but disappears right before the show, a pack of gangsters determined to kill them, and the cops.



Though Priyan’s style of storytelling amuses throughout, confusion replaces laughter towards the end, when things get so muddled up that it is difficult to get the pieces together, unless the final sequence comes to the audience’s rescue, when everything pops out suddenly. Though Paresh Rawal is his usual entertaining self, sharing an interesting equation with the others, Akshay Kumar is getting even better at his craft. Tanushree Dutta does a cameo in the movie, while Rajpal Yadav as Gullu, the helpful cab driver, is thoroughly entertaining.

A movie that can be enjoyed to the core; keep the logic locked up safely at home. Watch out for the laughter riot!