An Ugly Ripoff
6 August 2008
'Ugly Aur Pagli' shamelessly rips off one of my favourite romantic comedies 'Yeopgijeogin Geunyeo' a.k.a. 'My Sassy Girl'. Not only is the plot hackneyed (and severely underdeveloped), the beauty, subtlety, poetry, sincerity and heart is replaced by toilet humour, non-funny jokes (yes, even the translated dialogues sound ridiculous), loudness, and mild vulgarity. These pathetic makers obviously have no respect for the original. The songs are visualized like those sleazy MTV music videos popping out of nowhere. Music director Anu Malik makes a come back when he was better off in 'exile'. His ghastly score is much worse than his pathetic voice. Ranvir Shorey hams his way through the film. I don't understand why a talented actor like him, who delivered one of the year's finest performances in 'Mithya' chose to be a part of this piece of trash. Mallika Sherawat does not convince at all. Nor does anyone else in the movie. Zeenat Aman's cameo is laughable which is quite a pity as one would have expected something better since we don't get to see her enough these days. This is one movie that should and deserves to be avoided at all costs. Trust me, you're better off watching almost anything else.
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