No Problem

Cast: Anil Kapoor,Sanjay Dutt,Akshaye Khanna,Bipasha Basu,Kangna Ranaut,Neetu Chandra,Paresh Rawal,Sushmita Sen,Saloni Daini

Director: Anees Bazmee

Anees Bazmee's last film was Singh is Kinng and that released two years ago. Prior to hit that the director has a series of hits making him one of the most expensive directors in the industry. But No Problem might just be the unwanted obstacle in his rise as a director of impeccable judgment when it comes to comedies. In fact it puts to test the script sense of a lot of actors. The first among these names is Anil Kapoor. This is Anil Kapoor's sixth film as a producer and second this year. And he is yet to see an outright winner at the box office. His judgment seems to have gone wrong again as he claimed this film to be double as funny as Bazmee's earlier movies Welcome and No Entry. There is rarely a funny moment in the film. Rather it could leave you desperate to leave the theatre!

The story is about two thieves Yash (Sanjay Dutt) and Raj (Akshaye Khanna) who rob a bank and then the manager of the bank Zandulal (Paresh Rawal) goes after them trying to salvage his reputation and get the money back. Raj falls in love with the Sanjana (Kangna Ranaut) who is the commissioner's (Shakti Kapoor) daughter. In the meantime Inspector Arjun (Anil Kapoor) is a dumb police officer who tries hard to be brave and catch notorious gangster Marco (Suniel Shetty). The two tracks interlink creating a lot of scope of situational comedy. However the film falls as the director fails to keep his movie to situational. The attempt to make characters funny does not go well and the film, which could have been quite hilarious, ends up being a bore.

While screenplay is an issue yet it could have been overlooked in favour of the attempted comedy. But then a film full of gags that have been used to death over the years is not happening. Who would laugh if someone uses a banana as a gun, a scene we have seen so many times in years? There are many such hammed and loud scenes making this an unpleasant experience. To add to these an absolute lack of detailing is seen, right from characters to locations of shoot. While passing off Cape Town as Durban is still fine to the Indian eyes, how does one accept the director's attempt to pass off New Mumbai's railway tracks as somewhere in Durban? The irritating songs do not help the cause and neither does their placement.

Technically the film looks neat but could have been edited off quite a bit. The songs are well edited and shot quite elaborately. Performance wise it is an average pack. All actors ham as per the director's requirement and are irritating at instances. Even then Paresh Rawal and Anil Kapoor stand out. Sushmita Sen is fine while Kangna is miscast. Sanjay Dutt has no variations. Akshay Khanna and Suniel Shetty are good. Neetu Chandra need not have taken this role up as all she is required to do is show her curves.

Overall, this is a goof up on the director Anees Bazmee and producer Anil Kapoor's part. It is a whole load of trash that has been made out of crores of rupees. Not worth your minute or penny. Anees Bazmee roped in some big stars like Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Akshaye Khanna and Kangna Ranaut and then he forgot to give them proper characterization and script. As a result, we all see ‘No Problem’ releasing today on the theaters. Anil plays a clumsy cop, who is after two crooks Sanjay Dutt and Akshaye Khanna. To make him more confused, a gangster played by Suniel Shetty and his moll Neetu Chandra enters the scenario. Sushmita Sen returns to comedy as the schizophrenic wife of Anil Kapoor. Kangana Ranaut is a bimbette on the beach and Paresh Rawal is a puppet in the hands of all those madcaps.

A cachet of stolen diamonds and the run by all the characters behind this creates the confusion in the story. Bazmee tries hard to tickle your fun bones until you burst out with the silly and stupid acts of the characters. It is all about a chaos created by all these characters in the film. Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt, who are working first time together, have gone wasted with some senseless and silly acts. The comedy king Paresh Rawal tries his best to set the comic timing right but all goes in vain. Kangana Ranaut, who was trying to come out of her disturbed girl image with this comedy flick, tried to add some glamor with dazzling clothes and fiercely blown lips. But she does not get enough space to prove her comic act.