EMI Movie Review
Nov 7th, 2008 by Ashok
EMI directed by Saurabh Kabra starring Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, Urmila Matondkar, Neha Uberoi, Ashish Chaudhary and Malaika Arora Khan is a situational comedy. Sanjay Dutt does a Bhai role yet again.
Socially relevant films narrated with a touch of comedy has worked big time at the boxoffice. The makers have tried to do something similar, hoping probably to emulate the super sucess of the 2 Munnabhai films. But the end result is a movie that takes in own time in establishing all the characters and stories and finally folding it all in a hurry.
EMI also includes a few unnecessary item numbers, irritating characters (Aashish Chaudhary who hasn’t yet gotten over Dhamaal) and a love angle between Sanjay Dutt and Urmila Matondkar that simply adds to the runtime. Infact, the whole Urmila episode is so utterly senseless.. It goes like.. Urmila’s husband who is insured for 2 crores, commits suicide. In an attempt to claim the insured amount, Urmila lodges a FIR complaint, which is rejected. She then approaches a goon, who promises to prove to the court that her husband was murdered. But then all this comes at a price! The goon demands 10 lakhs as advance and what does she do? Well you guess it right, she takes a personal loan to pay him! Is it really that easy to get loans worth 10 lakhs, without assests or a income proof? Things dont stop there.. A year later, the goon passes away and she is now directed to another goon who can help her out! Just when you think, it cant get worse than this. She falls in love with the recovery agent himself!
To the positives, the sole reason to catch EMI at a theatre nearby is Sanjay Dutt. Apart from the brilliant Sanju Baba in his by now trademark Bhai role, the rest disappoint. Arjun Rampal has limited scope to perform. Urmila Matondkar too has almost nothing to do. Malaika Arora oozes sensuality.
To sum up, watch EMI only IF your a die hard Sanjay Dutt fan. Else, just wait for the DVD.
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