A directionless caper

 

 

A film loaded with gags and wisecracks, one would imagine “Aage Se Right” would turn out to be a rip-roaring comedy. But instead, “Aage Se Right” shows just how a two hour long film brimming with comic capers can fall flat on its face! For amidst all these rib-ticklers, the writers of the film missed out on binding it all together with a strong storyline, and the result is a film that takes not just one right turn, but several others, in several other directions! Which leaves the audience merely smiling at all the mayhem and one-liners as they continue waiting right till the end for the film to really pull them in.

Shreyas Talpade plays Dinkar Waghmare, a reluctant entrant into the police force who loses his gun even before he reaches his office on the first day of his joining service. As he rushes about trying to get his gun back, he inadvertently walks into sticky situations and happily ends up saving the day more than just once. Kay Kay Menon is Balma Rashidul Khairi, an Urdu speaking terrorist, who reaches Mumbai with plans of blowing up a Police Day Function, but he ends up falling in love with a starlet (Shehnaz Treasurywala, dimples and frills intact) and so his aide, a South Indian don (Vijay Maurya), teaches him how to be cool and speak Mumbai slang to help him woo his love! Several other characters fill up the spots in the various sub-plots of the film that are all loosely tied to Shreyas’ quest for his gun.

While most actors drum up above-average performances, “Aagey Se Right” is merely mildly amusing and mightily forgettable.