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FILM REVIEW: Phone Bhoot

Who you wanna call? Cast: Katrina Kaif, Ishaan, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Jackie Shroff, Sheeba Chadha Rating: 3* Two Fukrey Ghostbusters M...


Who you wanna call?

Cast: Katrina Kaif, Ishaan, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Jackie Shroff, Sheeba Chadha

Rating: 3*

Two Fukrey Ghostbusters Major and Guru are crazily into ghosts and spirits since their childhood. So much so that as adults their room is full of ghastly posters (read Ramsay Brothers, Jaani Dushman, etc) and the demonic statue Raaka (whom they had unearthed from the debris of a film studio). All their ideas fail regarding their ‘ghost business’. One day they host a ‘Moksh Party’ where they encounter one such ghost, Ragini, who informs them that they have a special gift of seeing dead people. She gives them a business idea of starting a phone line for the people who want to get rid of ‘pret aatmas’.

At first they relent but when their respective fathers arrive at their doorstep and demand Rs. 5 crore spent on them till date, Guru and Major are left with no options but to heed Ragini’s advice. But they are still not convinced as to why Ragini wants to help them. Despite getting heavily trolled initially, Guru and Major’s business start soaring after they start solving cases. But they get into the bad books of the evil tantric Atmaram who is in the business of trapping ghosts to attain moksh himself.

As Ragini it’s good to see Katrina Kaif after a long time. She does her fun part well though all that botox has changed her face and not for the better! Ishaan as Galileo Parthasarathy aka Guru has an edge over Siddhant Chaturvedi who essays the role of Sherdill Shergill aka Major, but both show confidence despite going overboard. The best is reserved for Jackie Shroff as Atmaram (his dialogue in the climax regarding Hero is sure to be lapped up by the audience). He revels in this comedy but looks very weak in his bare rather saggy body avatar. The other person who is hilariously funny is Sheeba Chadha as the chudail. The Fukrey trio of Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma and Manjot Singh appears briefly and in a miss-if-you-blink appearance Divyendu. Armaan Ralhan is in a special appearance.

There are references galore in the film - Rajnikant, Fukrey, Katrina’s Aam-Sutra, Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi, K3G, Koi Mil Gaya, Hindustani and not to forget in the pre-credits scene in the beginning - Haqueqat (Ajay Devgn). Director Gurmmeet Singh lifts the film in the second half although he could have done better in the first half. But he compensates with quirky and witty dialogues (Ravi Sankaran & Jasvinder Singh Bath) which definitely deserve brownie points.

 

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