Juvenile humour and racist remarks aside (which Humshakals has plentiful) this film assumes watching mentally unstable people and their loony behavior is entertainment. If it were, mental asylums would charge a price of admission. But Sajid Khan chooses to ignore any such argument. Because everything’s possible in slapstick.

For the uninitiated, the term Fugly was born online. It’s a witty of the f word and ugly. Put together they denote something more than just not-pretty, something that is repulsive. But the word has a zestful pun. It’s almost always used with a fun connotation. To use it to describe real scenarios and life-altering themes is to perhaps employ mix metaphors.

It’s seldom that we make introspective films laced with dark humour. It’s great to find such superlative effort from first time filmmaker. We need to invest in such cinema as it’s important that young filmmakers shouldn’t lose faith in their vision. Go watch the film to understand the futility of Partition and to laugh at our obsession with cinema. And yes, to support good filmmaking as well…

Like most Indian masala movies, Holiday tastes best with a generous few pinches of salt. Akshay Kumar’s face looks too old to be a young army captain. But the way he jumps over cars and navigates down building faces is a feat even the fittest 20-year-olds can only dream of. He is the soul of this film. He makes it fun. He gives you your money’s worth. End of the day, that’s all that matters.

It’s a barren canvas of Mumbai’s underbelly and poverty and corruption. Things we’ve seen a thousand times before. Only this time they’re show in softer focus, more artful lighting. That’s the thing about lights. They can create a wonderful optical illusion. But it only lasts till you get up close and realise there’s nothing there.

You have the enviable cast, the powerful premise and yet the end result isn’t as spectacular as it should’ve been. You can’t have everything.

You’ve got a film about a giant mutated lizard walking on twos and supposedly this biped super reptilian is to fight EMP firing monsters to save the day for humanity. A film with that story can’t take itself so seriously.

The Xposé has exposed a sad truth from our film industry. We have the ability to make really bad movies.

All said and done, Hawaa Hawaai is a feature film. It isn’t the tautest piece of artistic cinema ever made. In fact, at times, its emotion heavy scenes seem a little too scripted. But you can’t deny the fact that this film has a solid heart of gold.

The direction, editing and production values are all dismal. And the less you talk about the performances the better. The only thing worth mention is young Yoshika Verma’s porcelain looks. And if so little is the saving grace of a movie, then this is a certified lost cause. Don’t be a bakra. Save your time and money, and go get yourself some mutton and biryani.