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Director: Priyadarshan
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Govinda, Paresh Rawal, Lara Dutta and Jackie Shroff
Synopsis: A theatre troupe owned by Champak Seth (Paresh Rawal) comes to London for shows but lands up in trouble. Thanks to one confusion leading to another the troupe's lead actors Bunty (Akshay Kumar) and Babla (Govinda) along with Champak Seth are accused of drug trafficking and also murder of a rich London businessman Vikram (Arbaaz Khan). London Police headed by a desi Commissioner (Jackie Shroff) is hot on their trail as they keep evading arrest and try unearthing the real truth. At the end all the misunderstandings are cleared and the real culprit arrested.
Acting: Govinda makes a comeback looking grossly overweight but his comic timing intact. Akshay Kumar is getting repetitive in Priyadarshan's films. His mannerisms and characterisation is same like it was in Priyan's Hera Pheri and Garam Masala. Paresh Rawal doesn't disappoint but has a less funny role compared to the duo. Lara Dutta looks confused throughout the film. Tanushree Dutta is barely there for first 10 minutes--that also includes a song. Jackie Shroff is good. Arbaaz Khan is expressionless. The rest of the crowd that includes Rajpal Yadav, Shakti Kapoor, Manoj Joshi, Asrani and Razzak Khan do make you laugh with their antics.
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Direction: Priyadarshan is getting repetitive in his presentation. All his lead actors yell from the bottom of their hearts trying to force humour down yours. Enjoyable in parts, Priyan's lack of direction leads Bhagam Bhag to nowhere.
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Script: Having borrowed heavily from the Malayalam hit Mannar Mathai Speaking (1995), the script also packages in the base plot of a Marathi film Bindhaast (1999) which Priyan had also remade in Malayalam as Priyamanavale (2000). Neeraj Vora's script holds promise in the first few minutes but wanders off aimlessly to useless unfunny sub-plots. Comparatively hilarious, the second half just goes on and on. The climax like all Priyan films is slapstick with all his characters running after each other.
Best Dialogue of the film: Rawal to Akshay and Govinda - "Hum bam (hand grenade) se bach gaye, jaroor hume bachane wale bhagwan, bam bam bhole Shankarji honge."
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Music: Music by Pritam gels with the film's mood. The film begins with the song, Signal and its picturisation keeps you entertained throughout. It's a treat to watch Govinda shake a leg with Akshay who is a good dancer too. Tere Bin, the only romantic track of the movie takes you down to unseen locations of London city. Afreen with its Middle East flavour and its tense moments in picturisation is good. The title track Bhagam Bhag used in the back ground throughout the film is just about okay.
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-- Abhijit Mhamunkar
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