Fugly

The result is like a soggy Delhi chaat where potentially spicy ingredients make a sorry mess. As F*ugly would phrase it, quite a f*waste.

If anything, it works for him unwittingly in the stray comic scenes.

Fugly disappoints. The first half is still passable but the second half loses way completely. The screenplay could have done better with use of some logic. This a film that the director will have to take the fall for.

The film starts as an arresting concept, but that sadly hasn't been realized to its potential.

Light on top and substantial underneath, this is the Rang De Basanti of the post-Modi era. Thoughtful and at times brilliant, it tells us a great deal about the state of a culture and people searching for reasons to keep the spirit of nationalism alive as self-serving corruption grown all around us.

Jimmy Sheirgill as the bad cop pulls it off impressively while the rest are just about so-so. So here's another film that is well intended but squanders an opportunity.

Yet another, "let's fight the system" film. This one takes on way too much and takes way too much time to express itself too.

The film's songs are a hit but you don't need to go to theatres to listen to them. If you are a die hard fan of Haryanvi humour, youth appeal and young face then only go for this movie otherwise sit at home and ask "Ye Fugly Fugly Kya Hai".

The basic plot is promising but then it is filled with so many loopholes that one wishes that the writers had concentrated on filling them instead of trying to cram in as many crude "Haryanvi" type of jokes into the script as possible.

There will come a day when an ambitious filmmaker decides to raise awareness in a focused, entertaining and constructive manner, but that day isn't today. F*ugly is more of a fight for all that is ugly, than against it.

The only interesting part is when Sadanand tries to push in the patriotic angle. But that is like a desperate attempt to stay afloat after entering deep waters without a life jacket! Take off Jimmy Sheirgill and the movie loses respectability. It's like taking the 'F' out of Fugly!

Fugly could have been a better film but in spite of its noble Rang De Basanti intentions it is nothing but frubbish.

Watch Fugly only if you are up for some light reading this weekend.

Fugly must mean trash because I couldn't find anything better in the film. A film devoid of soul, this movie will leave you mind-fuglied and I assure you that's a state hard to overcome. I sat through the film in the hope of drooling at Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan's gorgeous faces in the much hyped song but alas the film doesn't allow us a single pleasure. I can't bring myself to give any stars. It was too dumb and doomed to deserve anything.