Firangi Movie Review (2/5)and Box Office collection: Kapil Sharma failed to please the Audience
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DIRECTOR: Rajiv Dhingra
GENRE: Comedy, Drama/2 h 40 min/ UA
Critics Ratinng : 2/5
Story: Firangi' is set in pre-independent India and takes us back to the time when Britishers ruled our country. Kapil plays Manga, who is a happy-go-lucky person of the village yet is scolded by his father all the time for being a lousy good-for-nothing chap.
Manga falls in love with a village girl Sargi (Ishita Dutta ) . Manga’s search for a job finally ends when a British government official, Mark Daniels (Edward Sonnenblick), hires him as his Man Friday.
Firangi Movie Review:
Directed and screenplay by Rajiev Dhingra, Firangi is a poorly executed film. Not just in the terms of acting and story but also considering the tacky production values. A dusty looking village, Englishmen who in number are less than what you’ll find them at a regular noon at Taj Mahal and Kapil Sharma ignoring what he does the best. To be honest, I didn’t laugh at a single joke throughout the film. This was a shocker because even in worst comedy films there are at least couple of jokes you giggle at.
Firangi is 2 hours ‘unbearable’ 38 minutes long which is another addition to the list of ‘most annoying things about the film’. Rajiev mashes up this to be Lagaan without a story, entertainment and cricket. A village, pre-independence period, few villagers fighting for their rights from Britishmen, a righteous hero with a pristine heroine – too many matching factors already? This could’ve been a good attempt if the director wouldn’t have tried to infuse irritating melodrama making it an out-and-out comedy.
Kapil Sharma! Please come back to television. I didn’t mind him in the trailer, applauding him for doing something new but we aren’t ready to see him in a serious avatar. After laughing aloud with him for so many years, we can’t see him with a straight face & clueless of what he’s doing.
Ishita Dutta was okay with her act. With very few dialogues she has to portray this 1921’s simple girl who shrieks out even when his boyfriend touches her cheeks. She had not much to do, just blush and smile. Monica Gill, as the King’s daughter coming back to India from London after her studies, is strictly average. With a wannabe accent, she looks good but gets too repetitive.
Rajesh Sharma, too, cannot save this film. Interestingly he enjoys a Joe Pesci moment (Goodfellas) which eventually falls flat. Kumud Mishra is loud and animated, also a victim of lousy writing.
Firangi Movie Review: Direction, Music
Firangi is helmed by Rajiev Dhingra, who has directed the first few episodes of Comedy Nights With Kapil has taken the budget and this film way too seriously. It seems he thought to make a comedy film but somewhere on the way he lost his way and made a boring mashup of everything. Some nonsensical loopholes test your patience forcing you to leave the film midway.
Music by Jatinder Shah, too, is a yawnfest. Not a single song which could be remembered does nothing but adds more minutes to end the pain. Few good songs could reduce the torture of a bad film
Firangi Movie Review: The Last Word
Firangi is an experiment went miserably wrong for Kapil Sharma. He tries to be whgat he’s not – I was known that’s what actors do, but that’s not what comedians do. To Kapil Sharma fans: abuse me all you want but even you’ll miss him for what amazing talent he has after watching this film.
First day box office collection:
The latest report on BoxofficeIndia.com states that the film collected as much as Rs 2 crore on day one of its release.
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