Casts: Shahid Kapoor, Ileana D'cruz, Padmini Kolhapure
Banner: Tips Music Films
Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
Producer: Ramesh S Taurani
Writers: Rajkumar Santoshi
Music: Pritam Chakraborty
Release Date: 20th September 2013
Story line: “Phata Poster Nikhla Hero” (PPNH) is the story of Vishwas
Rao an aspiring actor who gets mistaken for a cop.
Know more about the captain of the
Ship, the director: Raj Kumar
Santoshi started his career as an
assistant director and worked with Govind Nihalani during the filming of Ardh
Satya (1982). He has given colossal hit films at the box office and is known to
be one of the most successful directors in Bollywood. His notable films as
director include Ghatak: Lethal, Pukar and The Legend of Bhagat Singh. He won
the Filmfare Best Director Award for Ghayal (1990) and Damini (1993), both
starring Sunny Deol.
Santoshi is known to be one of the most versatile directors as he
has directed films of all genres except sci-fi. His film Pukar focused on
Indian army and court martial thereafter to its protagonist played by Anil
Kapoor. Damini portrayed the justice and law of India. Andaz Apna Apna was a
comedy which emerged as a cult in Hindi film history. Barsaat was a romantic
action drama, which marked the debut of actor Bobby Deol. Lajja (2001) was a
woman oriented film about four Indian women belonging to different strata of
society. The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) saw Ajay Devgan as a freedom
fighter. The film won a National Film Award and Filmfare Award. Khakee (2004)
was another success for Santoshi. His films Family (2006) and Halla Bol (2008)
did not do well at the box office. In 2009, his film Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
starring Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif emerged as one of the biggest hits of
that year.
My Gut Feel and
comments:
Raj Kumar Santoshi has persistently delivered good movies in the
past. They were filled with intense performances along with commercial
wrapping.
However the irony is that when he attempted a cult comedy like Andaz
apna apna (1994), it had fallen flat at box office. On the other hand his
average comedy movie in 2009 Ajab Prem ki gajab kahani turned out to be one of
a super hits.
Somehow with "Phata
Poster Nikhla Hero", there seems to be little hope. Going by the promos,
any Bollywood buff would be excited to watch this movie, as it appears swinging
on the light hearted comedy line. As it seems today’s audience loves light
hearted comedy films, however for me it appears too loud in nature and week in
substance.
Though, I would like to be proved wrong in my view but chances are
less. For me this is an average movie,
scoring 2.5 stars out of 5 stars, five days before the release.
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