An Abbas Mustan directed comedy-mystery starring Akshay Khanna, Paresh Rawal, Johny Lever, Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in lead roles.
Akshay Khanna plays a detective inspector investigating the murder of Sonia Chang of 36 China Town, Goa. Just on the morning of the murder Mrs. Chang received a phone call from Bombay with the news that her missing son Vicky, still an infant, had been recovered by some persons who are willing to return him in favour of the Rs. 25 lakh award as declared in newpapers. Mrs. Chang readily agreed and threw a gala party celebrating the news (something quite unrealistic as no attempt was made to validate the news and the bereaved mother could not wait a day more before being re-united by her toddler son and seemed to enjoy the party not caring whether her son was really arriving by the morning). Well, all was going well till Raj and Priya, the persons who actually found Vicky reached Goa at midnight and when they entered the mansions they found the deadbody of Mrs. Chang. Moreover Raj seemed to get a glimpse of the murderer in the process. But unfortunately it was Raj who was arrested by the police and Sonia’s deadbody was found to be dumped in Priya’s bag. But as Akshay started to solve the mystery it seemed four more pesons, excluding Raj and Priya, who entered the mansions at around the time of the murder.
One of them was the wife of a seasoned gambler and confirmed loser, the former developing a grudge against the owner (Mrs. Chang) of the gambling house. Another was Natwar, an out-and-out gambler who had already lost four of his five hotels in gambling and was in dire straits financially. The third was Rocky, a high-society playboy and the fourth was the wife of Natwar, angry at Sonia advancing a loan of Rs.25 lakh to Natwar with his fifth hotel held in credit.
Now it depended on Akshay to solve the crime and save Raj and Priya with several other characters like the butler and the maid, the lawyer and the manager of the gambling den and an alcoholic all seeming to crop up to baffle any theory that the police was trying to set-up.
An enjoyable movie if the super simplification at parts can be compromised and Himesh Reshamiya’s voice is endured.
Akshay Khanna plays a detective inspector investigating the murder of Sonia Chang of 36 China Town, Goa. Just on the morning of the murder Mrs. Chang received a phone call from Bombay with the news that her missing son Vicky, still an infant, had been recovered by some persons who are willing to return him in favour of the Rs. 25 lakh award as declared in newpapers. Mrs. Chang readily agreed and threw a gala party celebrating the news (something quite unrealistic as no attempt was made to validate the news and the bereaved mother could not wait a day more before being re-united by her toddler son and seemed to enjoy the party not caring whether her son was really arriving by the morning). Well, all was going well till Raj and Priya, the persons who actually found Vicky reached Goa at midnight and when they entered the mansions they found the deadbody of Mrs. Chang. Moreover Raj seemed to get a glimpse of the murderer in the process. But unfortunately it was Raj who was arrested by the police and Sonia’s deadbody was found to be dumped in Priya’s bag. But as Akshay started to solve the mystery it seemed four more pesons, excluding Raj and Priya, who entered the mansions at around the time of the murder.
One of them was the wife of a seasoned gambler and confirmed loser, the former developing a grudge against the owner (Mrs. Chang) of the gambling house. Another was Natwar, an out-and-out gambler who had already lost four of his five hotels in gambling and was in dire straits financially. The third was Rocky, a high-society playboy and the fourth was the wife of Natwar, angry at Sonia advancing a loan of Rs.25 lakh to Natwar with his fifth hotel held in credit.Now it depended on Akshay to solve the crime and save Raj and Priya with several other characters like the butler and the maid, the lawyer and the manager of the gambling den and an alcoholic all seeming to crop up to baffle any theory that the police was trying to set-up.
An enjoyable movie if the super simplification at parts can be compromised and Himesh Reshamiya’s voice is endured.
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