Back in the mid nineties ,when the economic reforms had just been launched ,and India was still grovelling in the chains of socialism ,one young man dreams of big , indeed spectacular success.
Indians are strangers to high quality imported goods , the common man cannot do air travel , foreign countries are still ' foreign '.... even a call from Mumbai ( oops.....its still called Bombay ) to Delhi costs a bomb ( by the standards of those times anyway ).......and even if you are willing to pay , you have to wait half an hour for a trunk call.......
How is one supposed to achieve success in this stifling atmosphere ?
But behold the ambition...........Our hero dreams of snazzy cars , superposh houses ,gambling in casinos ,cool drinks in glitzy bars and a sexy woman......though he is willing to go massively underambitious on the woman part ......in short ,is willing to stick loyally with one woman ( to the extent of refusing to go to massage parlors while in Bangkok , a temptation many cant resist in Mumbai nowadays ),especially because she delivers on the sexy part.......wearing bikinis......opening her clothes in the middle of a volleyball match to entice him......kissing him uninhibitedly in a car in blinding rain......living and making love with him without the entrapment of marriage.....and saying obscenities in style......
The way to achieve this undreamed of success in socialist India........crime , of course......and crime , in the beginning , does pay.......
So out hero teams up with his cool friends and his woman and launches one scam after another........till India becomes too small for him and he has to go big in the land of the free.......
The scams........interesting stuff .........but go and watch the movie.......i am not telling them.......
The film delivers what it promises in the first half, but turns preachy in the second half........robbing you of all the fun
Arrey Saar ( this to the director )........the name-- Badmaash company ........and the promos........ promised cool babes , even hot babes ,shady but lovable characters ,living life to the full......and some real partying.....some real entertainment......and to be honest , you delivered up to some extent in the first half........but do you think the college kids who swarmed to the movie hand in hand with girlfriend / boyfriend came in for preachy sentimentality in the second half ......
The film ,in short , promises ......but does not deliver.......
Indians are strangers to high quality imported goods , the common man cannot do air travel , foreign countries are still ' foreign '.... even a call from Mumbai ( oops.....its still called Bombay ) to Delhi costs a bomb ( by the standards of those times anyway ).......and even if you are willing to pay , you have to wait half an hour for a trunk call.......
How is one supposed to achieve success in this stifling atmosphere ?
But behold the ambition...........Our hero dreams of snazzy cars , superposh houses ,gambling in casinos ,cool drinks in glitzy bars and a sexy woman......though he is willing to go massively underambitious on the woman part ......in short ,is willing to stick loyally with one woman ( to the extent of refusing to go to massage parlors while in Bangkok , a temptation many cant resist in Mumbai nowadays ),especially because she delivers on the sexy part.......wearing bikinis......opening her clothes in the middle of a volleyball match to entice him......kissing him uninhibitedly in a car in blinding rain......living and making love with him without the entrapment of marriage.....and saying obscenities in style......
The way to achieve this undreamed of success in socialist India........crime , of course......and crime , in the beginning , does pay.......
So out hero teams up with his cool friends and his woman and launches one scam after another........till India becomes too small for him and he has to go big in the land of the free.......
The scams........interesting stuff .........but go and watch the movie.......i am not telling them.......
The film delivers what it promises in the first half, but turns preachy in the second half........robbing you of all the fun
Arrey Saar ( this to the director )........the name-- Badmaash company ........and the promos........ promised cool babes , even hot babes ,shady but lovable characters ,living life to the full......and some real partying.....some real entertainment......and to be honest , you delivered up to some extent in the first half........but do you think the college kids who swarmed to the movie hand in hand with girlfriend / boyfriend came in for preachy sentimentality in the second half ......
The film ,in short , promises ......but does not deliver.......