Movie Review: Rascals

Movie Name:	Rascals
Critic Rating:
Viewer Rating:	34 7
Star Cast:	Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Arjun Rampal, Kangna Ranaut, Chunky Pandey, Satish Kaushik and Lisa Haydon
Director:	David Dhawan
Producer:	Sanjay Dutt, Sanjay Ahluwalia and Vinay Choksey
Music Directer:	Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani
Genre:	Action / Comedy

Story

Story:  Rascals, as the title suggests, is the story of two conmen Chetan (Sanjay Dutt) and Bhagat (Ajay Devgn) who are experts in their profession. But, the drama begins when they fly to Bangkok and bump into Khushi (Kangna Ranaut), a rich businesswoman here, who becomes their fantasy instantly and soon the lust, turns into love. While, these rascals are busy chasing their dream girl, they fall in trouble as Anthony (Arjun Rampal), one of their biggest old-time victims, kidnaps their lady-love in order to get his money back. Now, will these rascals be able to set Khushi free and return money to Anthony, is the rest of the story.   


Story Treatment: Unlike any other slapstick comedy, Rascals stands out because of its sense of humour, which is direct with no double meaning dialogues. The characters show no reluctance and are at comfort sharing cheesy talks. The attempt of the two rascals over powering each other time and again in the film gets boring after a point of time. The comic-timing between Sanjay and Ajay is refreshing and brilliant and tickles the funny bone most of the times. 


Star Cast:  Sanjay Dutt delivers a paisa-vasool performance. Ditto for Ajay Devgn, who yet again proves his prowess at the art of comedy. Kangna Ranaut complements the two rascals with her acting skills though she could have done without clinging to each of them after every two seconds. Arjun Rampal is good in the small but pivotal role. 


Direction:  King of comedy, David Dhawan, is back with a bang. Renowned for his masala entertainers, Dhawan yet again offers a completely hilarious drama which will surely appeal to the masses - his major target audience. Ajay- Sanjay combination will work wonders for him as they carry the entire film on their shoulders.  


Music/ Cinematography/ Dialogues/Editing: Music doesn’t ring a bell at all except, for the title song which boasts of refreshing beats. Cinematography is strictly ok as it does nothing other than emphasising the vital statistics of the babes around. Dialogues are funny, in fact, simple yet refreshing. Editing is crisp. 


3 Ups and 3 Downs: Hilarious performances by actors, crisp screenplay and dialogues are strong points. Unnecessary songs in the narration, unimpressive cinematography and predictable storyline disappoint.


On the whole, Rascals is yet another masala movie with a strong star cast to make it sail through at the box-office.

Lisa Haydon at the receiving end of Ajay and Sanjay's jokes!

Model-turned-actor Lisa Haydon, who made her Bollywood debut with the Sonam Kapoor starrer Aisha is now ready to enthrall her fans with another movie. Her role in her debut was a small one, with even fewer dialogues to mouth. So ask Lisa what are her expectations from her second big screen outing and she says that her goal is to be known as an entertainer. "I'm just starting out and I'm learning a lot with each film. I don't think the audience has any set image of me either, so I don't know how exactly I want to be perceived in the industry. I guess I'll have to work on it over a period of time," says Lisa, her voice bubbling with enthusiasm.

In her new film Lisa is seen grooving to a dance number with actors Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt. One can't help but ask her as to who she thinks is the bigger prankster on the sets and Lisa says that she'd call it a tie. "I was the butt of many of their jokes because I don't know Hindi well. But they have their individual styles. Sanjay is fantastic at imitating people. David sir (director David Dhawan) is cracking up all the time too and Ajay has a scary sense of humour. He says things in a serious tone, so it would take me some time to actually figure out if he was joking or not," recalls Lisa.

Part Indian–part Australian, Lisa insists that her Hindi has improved a lot, especially if you compare it to what she knew when she started out as a model in Mumbai. "When I first came here, the only Hindi line I knew was 'Mera naam Lisa hai'. I can manage a conversation now, but diction is something I definitely need to work on even now," she admits.

So, does she have any favourite Hindi film dialogue? "Not really. But I do have a list of Hindi films that I liked watching. I liked Shree 420 a lot and from the newer films Omkara, Delhi Belly and Shaitan really caught my attention," says Lisa adding that she wishes to bag work in films like these in the near future. And the dream character she wishes to essay is like that of Katrina Kaif's in the recently released Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. "I'd love to play a bohemian character. It's so me!!" she says excitedly.