‘No Problem’ Hindi Film, Review Rating

Film: ‘No Problem’; Starring: Sushmita Sen, Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Suniel Shetty, Kangna Ranaut, Paresh Rawal; Directed by: Anees Bazmi; Rating: * 1/2

The bad news is that good films are not doing well. But the better news is that bad films are also being rejected.

‘No Problem’, if we must talk about it, is no better or worse than all the other, comedies that have come and groaned. A series of wildly improbable characters and ideas strung together in sequences of flabbergasting haphazardness, this is the sort of comic romp where the laughter is lost in transit.

The credits boast of four writers. But there is no rhyme in the crime no logic in the laughter.

Just fasten your seat belts and let Anees Bazmi, a fine writer when given better circumstances, take you for a ride. The film opens with Sanjay Dutt and Akshaye Khanna playing two con men Yash and Raj (Yash-Raj, get it? ha ha) rescuing a baby gorilla from the dicky of Paresh Rawal’s car.

The baby gorilla and its grateful parents show up in the climax where all the male characters (approximately 33 at last count) are dressed as Sardarjis to sing a song that goes ‘Kad lamba chaudi chest chest’.

Ahem. Chest joking, I guess.

Not too many sequences make much sense in this homage to hectic incoherence. The gags are as flat as Neetu Chandra’s belly. She has some funny moments with Suniel Shetty(playing the assassin named, with excruciating unoriginality, Marcos). But the funniest character in the plot is Sushmita Sen. A schizophrenic wife to bumbling-cop Anil Kapoor, she does the split-personality act with lip-smacking relish.

You often wonder what a woman as gorgeous as Ms Sen is doing in a place as farcical as this where anarchy prevails. Nothing makes sense. Nothing is supposed to. The film is shot in South Africa. For what purpose, we will never know. The film’s confounding idiocies could have easily been located in Matunga or Mangalore.

The most important component of a situational comedy is that the actors must LOOK like they’re having fun. There is not much below-surface camaraderie among the actors. Anil Kapoor brings in a zany fun into his self-deprecating role. But really, just the ability to laugh at oneself is not enough.

You have to communicate that laughter to the world that’s watching you. On that score ‘No Problem’ simply parts ways with the audience.

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Esha Deol turns editor for ‘Tell Me Oh Khuda’

Esha Deol is not just the leading lady of her mother Hema Malini’s production venture “Tell Me Oh Khuda”. She is also the assistant director, her mother’s chief technical adviser and editor.

“I’ve learnt plenty on the technical side of filmmaking during ‘Tell Me Oh Khuda’. But it’s a bit early for me to change lanes,” said Esha.

While Hema confirms that Esha is involved with the film’s editing, the youngster said: “I’m helping mom out. Yeah, I am sitting on the editing. Throughout ‘Tell Me Oh Khuda’ I was an assistant. I’ve learnt so much from behind the camera. Now I’m learning how to edit. So this film has been a perfect training ground for me.”

Esha doesn’t rule out the possibility of direction.

“I know I can direct a film anytime,” said th 29-year-old who made her debut in 2002 with “Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche”. In her eight year long career she did over 25 films and some of the hits that she featured in are “Dhoom”, “Yuva” and “No Entry”.

Katrina: 'Imran's wedding will happen only once!'

Katrina Kaif has been forced to alter her X'mas plans and clearly Father Christmas isn't too keen on spotting her in London, either. This year, Katrina Kaif will forgo her annual X'mas vacation that she intended to spend with her family in London.
Two factors have connived and conspired to stall Kat's annual London vacation. The first being the release of 'Tees Maar Khan' (December 24, 2010), the second being a knotty situation: Imran Khan's Jan 2011 wedding, that is.
States Katrina in a tabloid chat, "Ideally, I'd have liked to be in London with by sisters and family for Christmas. But 'Tees Maar Khan' is up for release and so I had pushed back my trip to New Year."
Adds Katrina significantly, "Imran's wedding date has been fixed for January 8, 2011. We have to finish another schedule of Yash Raj Films' 'Mere Brother Ki Shaadi' before his wedding, coz' he'll be taking time off after that."
Word has it that Katrina will dash off and complete the filming of Zoya Akhtar's 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' before she strides into the pre poned filming of 'Mere Brother…'.
Says Katrina, "Imran is a really cool guy and I don't mind working extra time to wrap up our schedule in time for his wedding. Shootings will go on. Imran's wedding will happen only once!"

Reese Witherspoon feels she needs a therapist

London, Dec 11 – Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon says her philosophy in life is to ‘erase painful things’ from her mind and keep going forward. But she still feels she needs a therapist.

‘I have a short memory for painful things. I have one of those incredible memories where I just erase painful things. Maybe that’s really unhealthy, and I probably need to see a therapist. But I don’t dwell. You just keep going forward,’ contactmusic.com quoted her as saying.

The ‘Walk the Line’ star, who is currently dating Hollywood agent Jim Toth, also admitted she has no regrets about her divorce.

‘My divorce definitely sometimes feels like a suit that I wish I could zip off,’ she said.

‘But I don’t feel bad about any of the things I’ve gone through, whether it’s divorce or break-ups or anything like that, because that’s all part of the life journey, and I have those experiences just like anyone else.’ 

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Emraan Hashmi: I Will Not Stop Kissing!

Kissing is second nature to Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi considering that he has been doing it from the beginning of his career in Bollywood. In an industry where actors still act coy when asked to do the lip locking act, Emraan Hashmi is proud to be known by the name of the serial kisser of Bollywood and he does not plan to stop anytime soon. Well, we had once heard Emraan Hashmi saying that he would stop smooching his co-stars once he became a daddy, and there were also rumors that the actor would lock lips no more once he tied the knot with his long time girlfriend Parveen Shahani. But his wife does not seem to mind and there is definitely no stopping the kissing man of Bollywood!

Emraan Hashmi turned a father this year February, so will stop kissing as earlier promised? Not at all, shoots Emraan Hashmi. The actor says that he may have made certain statements in the past, but such statements were made in different circumstances. As one progresses in life, the priorities also change, so now it looks like Emraan Hashmi’s priority is to kiss his lead heroine!

Well, as they say promises are made to be broken and Emraan Hashmi has proved to be the first example of the saying!

Raima Sen: Why is She Worried About Her Mother Watching Her Film Mirch?

 Actress Raima Sen comes from a family where acting in the genes. Her mother Moonmoon Sen and grandmother Suchitra Sen were renowned actresses in the Bengali film industry. So, it has been quite easy for the 31-year-old actress to convince her family while performing sizzling and intimate roles in the movies.

However, as per the reports, Raima Sen has become very conscious about her lovemaking scene in her latest film Mirch. In this Vinay Shukla directed film, Raima has an intimate lovemaking scene with her co-star Arunodoy Singh, who was last seen in the Sonam Kapoor starrer movie Aisha.

Mirch has four parallel stories, which deals with the female sexuality from the angle of women, who are quite candid about sex. Raima shot a bedroom sequence with Arunodoy but the director Vinay Shukla found it not passionate enough and asked her re-shoot the scene. He also convinced her that the other actress Konkona Sen has also re-shoot her sex scenes. Raima agreed to do that and during the second time, the sequence was shot in more elaborate way.

However, when Raima watched the final graphic detailing, she was almost shocked to see that her seen was too much elaborate and Konkona’s scene was same as it was earlier. The actress was almost in tears and requested her director to tone down the sequence. She was feeling embarrassed thinking that how her mother will react watching this too intimate sequence.

The director has got his work done by making his film more sizzling with the re-shot sequence and he does not seem to have any interest in toning it down. Well, Raima you must have thought about this before going so passionate with Arunodoy. Now, your mother must have heard about it at least through media so there is no use of feeling so shy about it!