Andhra Pradesh

Flick that can be given a miss

Starry pose: Suniel Shetty, Arshad Warsi in ‘Mr. Black Mr. White’

Film: Mr. White Mr. Black

Cast: Suniel Shetty, Arshad Warsi

Director: Deepak Shivdasani

Want to watch this Deepak Shivdasani film where the director’s name is missing from most of the promos? Hurry! Book your seat in advance to avoid disappointment. Not because the film is attracting hordes of crowd and running to houseful shows.

Rather, if you twiddle a bit longer, you might just miss the bus because come next Friday, it would be over, in dust and forgotten. Which might just be fine considering how painful this film is. There are films that give you a headache. Here is a film that leaves your entire body aching. With a plot they could have been used in the black-and-white era with some success, this film has little to recommend itself to even regular cinemagoers today. Suniel Shetty plays a country bumpkin who comes to Goa to find his brother – or is it cousin – Arshad Warsi, a full-time crook with a look-alike that pops up only to confuse the already befuddled viewers.

Add some bikini-clad girls, including the obviously desperate Sandhya Mridul and Tania Zaetta. Give a dash of crude invitations for intimacy. Don’t forget a slow tempo to complement a weak script. And a music score that borders on listlessness.

And you have all the ingredients for a forgettable masala film ready. Shivdasani does not disappoint. He delivers a film he also forgot: it has been lying in the cans long enough for termites to set in. For all the comic timing of Warsi, it is a no-win situation. Take it in black and white.

Z. U. S

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