Paying Guest

Hindi film industry has always been a formula industry . If one simple idea works they start churning out similar 100 more concepts until it becomes rotten enough for a new formula to be invented . It was evident from the era of Angry young man Mr Bhachan where his screen image was utilized by number of filmmakers to the hilt . such precedence was also observed when Hum Aapke Hai kaun was declared a hit . The formula was such a hit that more & more replicas were created , some even gave rise to generation changing directors like the elusive Aditya Chopra & the magnanimous Karan Johar .But these are famous examples of Hindi cinema’s masala culture .
Of late a new kind of shortcut formula has emerged .These is how it goes2,3or sometimes 4 good for nothing guys getting stuck in an unusual circumstances which gets the writer an opportunity to bring gag after gag . There are also unnecessary boring subplots because the main plot cannot make 2 & a half hour movie ( read Golmaal , Dhamaal , Hera Pheri , No Entry) So, we have the actors doing just about anything to make the audience laugh to compenstate for the lack of screenplay & ideas . There is also a touch of glamour thrown to make way for song in the shape of heroines many of whom are struggling in the acting department . Then there is the baap of the formula where in the climax you have all the actors coming together making a circus for an over the top end where you are supposed to fall off laughing (a la Priyadarshan school). Now all these movies mentioned in the bracket are the superb interpretations of the formula – cult classic . there are many who have got it terribly wrong (n Dhol , Apna Sapna Money Money) . 

Paying Guests falls in the latter category a one line interesting theme is made into a screenplay as a comedy but fails to evoke any laughter & whatever is there has already been shown in the promos . It is supposedly taken from a play , but it hardly looks like one as it seems somebody has tampered with it to make it feel like an old 8o’s trash masala comedy . So you have the Sindhi , Bengali & Punjabis that we used to see in the 80s making appearance in this one with the same hamming it up kind of a language . Songs are thrown in for non reason as dream sequences , the old hindi movie treatment .The jaane Bhi Do Yaaron kind of a climax fails to evoke any laughter but feels like a children Drama Skit that is going on . What doesn’t help are the actors Javed Jaffery is his usual ham king hamming it up like anything , Ashish & Vatsal are support performers , the glamour quotient is quite bad – Riya Sen ( go to acting school ) , Neha Dhupia ( stick to Mithyas , you are a better actor than this ) , Celina & the other actress are poor . Paintal & Chunkyhams it up & would give tough competition to Javed Jaffery .The only saving grace is the honest Talpade (but he is getting repetitive) & Jhonny Lever as well as the sparkling Delnaaz .
This is yet another dud from Subhash Ghai who has lost all glory with only Iqbal as a shining light in his production house . For a man who was one of the better formula filmmakers his bank account seems to have expired since the old formula had become extinct from cinema , yet he still is dreaming in 80’s era instead of looking ahead . Soi many of his contemporaries have done that Yashraj is producing Chak DE , Kabul Express , Raj Santoshi is going for differebt ideas & creating super movies like Khakhee . Its time Mr ghai wakes up & smells the coffee as he has himself directed & produced one bad commercial potboiler to another . Wake up Sir .
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It's a nice movie.I like it.Shreyas,Ashish & Javed together have made a superb chemistry.Everybody should watch the movie.

Movie lovers all over the world are desperate to see a good entertaining movie after the long non-happening break in Hindi Cinema. And even a marginally good movie could possibly become a profit earner for its producers at this particular point of time. But “Paying Guest” doesn’t even score the minimum points to qualify at that level. It is a completely out of tune project with an all predictable storyline and repetitive gags.

The plot can be easily guessed from its title and on air promos, which revolves around men posing as girls to get a shelter as Paying Guests. We have already witnessed the same narrative in many movies in the past and the only thing which could have saved the movie was its treatment and performances. Sadly, the movie doesn’t have anything to hold your interest in those departments too. From the start itself, you already know what is going to happen next and you simply give up all your hopes of watching a quality comedy from there on. All the four key characters lose their jobs, have no place to live and then find a home where only married couples are allowed as Paying Guests. It all sounds like a book already read till the last page. So there is no surprise element as far as the story is concerned.

In the performance department, though we have a talented ensemble of actors known for their comic timings, still no one in particular is as impressive as their earlier movies. Out of all only, Shreyas Talpade and Johny Lever (as the Sikh Landlord) manage to provide a few moments to enjoy for the viewers. Javed Jaffery looks like holding back intentionally, with Ashish Chowdhary & Vatsal Seth just playing their parts as assigned. Chunky Pandey and Inder Kumar are simply wasted in their non sensible roles. In the female lead, only Delnaz is able to give a good performance as Johny Lever’s wife trying to speak English words in her own style. Rest all including Neha Dhupia, Celina Jaitley, Riya Sen and Sayali Bhagat are only there to add more glamour on the screen. In fact, Sheryas & Javed in their woman avatars are more entertaining than all the other girls put together. But even their worth praising acts go un-noticed since there is nothing new in their under-written routine like sequences and all heard before, one liner jokes. Well known veteran comedy actors like Asrani, Paintel and Viju Khote are also there to give a real comedy feel to the movie.

Sajid Wajid’s music once again fails to deliver anything exceptional after their last week project, with only one song “Jack & Jill”, sounding good to the ears. Location wise, the movie has a novelty in store, exploring Bangkok and Pattaya with a fresh perspective. But without any real entertainment happening on the screen, you are just not interested in seeing only the good visuals. 

It looks like the director, Paritosh Painter, only had an idea of men posing as women in mind for his movie. And then he got a whole script written around this plot and just started the shoot. He seems to be highly inspired from Ritesh Deshmukh’s widely appreciated lady act in “Apna Sapna Money Money”. A scene from this movie can also be spotted running on a TV in the background, when the boys come to Johny Lever’s house for the first time. Paritosh also tries to create the same magic of “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron” towards the climax where all the characters jump into an ongoing stage show, in different getups, speaking their own dialogues. But here also the magic of the original remains untouched.

Summing up, “Paying Guest” is like a badly cooked and completely tasteless dish served to the hungry movie lovers at a time when they seriously need a good one.