Sau Sau mausam leta hai
har paudha banane ko tree

How weird but true writing. It takes a lot for a writer/director to mature and deliver a movie that works! The latest flick, 123 (OneTwoThree) proves that again. Ashwini Dheer who is wellknown for his best comic teleseries “Office Office” debutes as director for this feature film. Let’s see how he fairs.

Speaking of the script, the screenplay based on a small story line which is stretched to feature length. Its about a diamond which is being transported from pondicherry to bombay. But the goon’s man is killed by two underworld people from Pondicherry. The man runs after he is shot, and before the death, he gives the diamond to Upen Patel and Tanisha who put it in petrol tank of the vintage car they are driving. They both work as salesman at a vintage car showroom run by Sameera Reddy.

Sameera is in trouble for her loan nonrepayment and desperately needs money. She is informed by Mr peepat from Bombay that his right hand man will come and purchase that car for 10L. Name of that man will be Laxminagarayan (1) played by Suniel Shetty. Sunil Shetty is over efficient employee who has habit of “bal ki khaal nikalna” and keeps asking irritating questions. Sunil is informed that he will be staying at blue diamond hotel and he will get details in an envelop about whom to meet with photo of that person.

In same hotel, another Laxminarayan (2) played by Tushar Kapoor is in another room. He is an apiring shooter who desperately wants to make “career” in underworld. He is there by the order of the Mumbai don to kill the Pondicherry goon and get back the diamond. He is also instructed that he will get envelop with photo of the goon to be killed.

In same hotel, another Laxminarayan (3), a role esseyed by Paresh Rawal is there. He has a undergarment store which he runs in a car in Chandani Chauk of Delhi. His business has grown and he now owns a factory of undergarments. His son wants to take the business to another level and sends him to Pondecherry to meet a lingerie designer (Esha Deol). Apperently he is also supposed to get information about whom to meet in an envelop at the hotel reception.

Now as u may have guessed, this comedy of error happens due to exchange of the envelops. The wanna be shooter gets the photo and address of lingerie designer. The undergarment seller gets details of the vintage car dealer. And Suneil Shetty gets information about the Pondy Goon.

Now how everyone gets in trouble and gets out of it and what happens at the end could have been a fun to watch movie. But somehow this movie fails in that. However the last 10-15 mins of the movie are good laugh.

The story is small, screenplay is weak. Direction is OK. Dialogs however are funny. Ashwini Dheer excels in dialogs. Some events in the movie are cheesy. At the movie start, the shoot is blurred we dont know why a reshoot is not done. Because afterall it did not include any set and busy stars.

Performancewise Suniel Shetty is true to his character and delivers sincere performance however his left right questions irritates later due to repetitiveness. Paresh Rawal is as usual. Tushar Kapoor is ok. Sameera Reddy is good. Tanisha is cheap. Upen Patel and Tanisha are invisible in movie means they don’t have even few mins on screen. Upen does not even try to perform in whatever time he has got. Esha Deol is so thin that she looks anorexic model. Performance wise she does not impress. All ther actors do their job perfectly.

Cinematography is ok. Production values are average. Postproduction is good but the computer generated effects are visible so are not perfect to be seemless. Background Score is interesting. The song 123 is already popular on charts. Other songs are strictly ok. But I think the only person to get benefitted by this movie is music director Raghav Sachar.

Le’ts see how this movie does on the BR Meter:

BR Rating: *&1/2
BR Verdict: Below Average
BR Recommendations: Watch it only if u have nothing else to do.

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