Patiala House

What is the success mantra for a Bollywood movie? Big stars, cricket as backbone of the story, big names from the Cricket fraternity and Bollywood, a strong story. If you miss out the story part, all that the producers have done is to have wasted their money. You cannot ignore Akki’s desperate efforts to get back to serious roles and shed his stereotyped identity. With a really good base-concept, with little support from a pretty mediocre script, the movie heads nowhere but towards a predictable climax. Rishi Kapoor is the only actor who does justice to the character he portrayed. And would you cast Hard Kaur in a deglamourized role just to later shoot a couple of raps to add to the movie’s hip-hop tracks? Again, sporting England Cricket Board’s credentials as EBC on the team jerseys only adds to the overall immaturity that was being displayed. A star from each of the teams being used just to showcase the level of reality/authenticity of the play is simply unacceptable. ‘Iqbal’ did really well with no major stars being shown taking part on the field. Anushka Sharma looks gorgeous, but with very little meat in her role.  The one thing that stands out for the movie is the background score and a really good track that was played at the start of the movie. No award winning script, no award winning performances as such. A bad or rather immature attempt to exploit the hottest selling topics in the country.


Rating: 2.5