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Absurdity, illogicality & buffoonery scale new altitudes in TSeries and Panorama Studios' Pagalpanti. Not just your cell phone, even your brain needs to be put on 'switched off' mode at the commencement of this film because Pagalpanti throws logic to the winds. Most of the on-screen characters indulge in buffoonery. There's a conscious effort to pack one joke after another. Yet, the film doesn't work because the writing is ridiculously silly and the jokes are bland/unappealing.

Director Anees Bazmee's fundas are very clear: Ask no questions and abandon all faith in logic, reason and rationale. Only then can you relish the film. Frankly, Pagalpanti is more style than substance. There's no meat in the screenplay. It's an awful, awful film!

Director Anees Bazmee chooses to once again make a film he is most comfortable making and sticks to the staple formula of action, comedy and full-on masala. But Pagalpanti will be rejected by the masses and connoisseurs of cinema alike. Thumbs down!

Three writers (Anees Bazmee, Rajiv Kaul and Praful Parekh) are credited with having worked on the script, and yet all they could come up with is a moronic plot to deliver yet another unmistakably mind-numbing comedy. Pagalpanti is simply unpardonable!

While we viewers have witnessed the most ridiculous films in the recent past, Pagalpanti hits a new low when it comes to writing. The soundtrack (Tanishk Bagchi,Sajid Wajid, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Naeem-Shabbir) is equally monotonous. The sole silver lining is the cinematography (Sunil Patel) and striking locales of London.

In the past, every Anees Bazmee movie had a number of memorable sequences that made you jump with joy but Pagalpanti is not only saddled with a frail plot and powerless screenplay, even his execution is below the mark. It's Anees Bazmee's weakest film so far. While viewing the goings-on, you look at Pagalpanti in disbelief and wonder, is this an Anees Bazmee directed film?

It's an oft-repeated fact that the dialogue is the lifeline of every film. No film can survive on star power. That's another problem with Pagalpanti. Soon after the characters are established, most of the jokes fall flat and fail miserably at evoking mirth. The writing, as mentioned above, is a sore point. One expected more from these talented writers (Anees Bazmee, Rajiv Kaul and Praful Parekh).

From exciting car chases, high-octane destruction scenes to an entire act involving industrial strength glue, nothing works at all, thanks to a weak plot. Also, not all actors can carry off comic roles with flourish. Sadly, this is also the case with Pagalpanti.

There are a lot of characters in Pagalpanti, one sillier than the other. Anil Kapoor plays the flashy gangster with his trademark loudness. Arshad Warsi is the funny guy with witty one-liners. John Abraham exudes charm despite his goofy character. Pulkit Samrat once again plays up on his boyish charm. Ileana D'Cruz, Kriti Kharbanda and Urvashi Rautela are reduced to looking pretty and mouthing silly lines. Saurabh Shukla, Zakir Hussain and Inaamulhaq are impressive.

Be smart, exercise your right to avoid Pagalpanti with all your might. Even with an enviable star cast and heavy-duty action, the film fails in its endeavour because it is more of a chaos than a film. A damp squib which will bore the viewers to death!

An out-of-luck youngster Raj Kishore (John Abraham) and his friends Junky (Arshad Warsi) and Chandu (Pulkit Samrat) are hired by gangsters Raja (Saurabh Shukla) and WiFi Bhai (Anil Kapoor) in a bid to recover their damages.

But all goes not well.

At one point in the film, John Abraham declares, "Zaroori nahi ki har cheez ka matlab ho." - This is the Pagalpanti movie is all about.,, 0 Meaning.

The movie is funny in parts and flat in others.

There are far too many songs placed randomly that only add to the runtime.

Towards the end, it turns patriotic.,, that seems more forced.

Even with a huge starcast and heavy-duty action, Pagalpanti never really manages to pull off more than a few laughs.

PAGALPANTI REVIEW :-

Comedy genre has been one of the most favourite zone for family audiences and we got to see some evergreen comedy films from Anees Bazmee. The writer and director who gave a couple of high repeat value films in last decade has gone little down in this decade. However his films were not that dull to bash him totally, but the expectations were kind of high and may be that's why those films didn't work on higher side. PagalPanti is his another attempt where he goes all out with multistarrer cast and high production value but the overall content doesn't reach to that level. PagalPanti has some mad moments where you will really laugh from heart but sadly those moments comes on rare occasions.

The film starts with 3 characters Chandu (Pulkit Samrat), Junky (Arshad Warsi) and Raj Kishore (John Abraham) who are helmed unlucky by others. Wherever they go something bad happens to the people around and they stuck in crisis everytime. The 3 losers somehow goes to fool 2 gangsters Raja Sahab (Saurabh Shukla) and Wifi Bhai (Anil Kapoor) but get trapped by thier fate. All 3 losers have 1 love interest each Janhavi (Kirti Kharbanda), Sanjana (Ileana D'Cruz) and Urvashi Rautela as Kavya. The story goes forward by introducing several characters on negative side such as Niraj Modi (Inaaamulhaq), Tulli seth (Zakir Hussain), Bulli Seth (Ashok Samarth) and Baba Jani (Mukesh Tiwari).

To be Frank, there is always a less scope for acting in such comedies and more scope for the expressions to act. Arshad Warsi does it perfectly and that's why he stand out in the film among all actors. John Abraham lacks the same but he gets final touch in his style while Pulkit Samrat is funny since the beginning of the film. Anil Kapoor seems waste because his character was not well written and as we have seen him doing some hilarious characters in previous Anees Bazmee films (like Majnu Bhai), this Wifi bhai is below par. Female cast of the film gets very less to contribute. Kriti Kharbanda has full fledged comic role, she is with us from the start and she never goes out of story. Ileana D'Cruz has come and go moments whereas Urvashi Rautela appears after the interval and she looks super duper hot. Rest of the supporting cast performs below expectations and mostly goes unnoticed.

There are so many twists in the story and therefore screenplay looks good. The problem appears in the runtime which is damn too long while the same story could have been told in 2 hours. There are so many varieties in comedy genre, there is situational comedy, there's slapstick comedy, there is humorous comedy etc. Pagalpanti is combo of all comedies because it is situational at some moments, it is humorous at some moments and it is also slapstick at many occasions. While doing this mixture, writer fails to keep it engaging because every funny scene is followed by flaws. If the rhythm had been kept intact then we might have witnessed one of the finest comedy of this decade. Those flaws mostly came through songs as not a single song suits the situation and spoils the funny mood generated by the situation.

Director Anees Bazmee is lacking high repeat value comedies like he gave in last decade and PagalPanti continues the same. The film starts with illogical scenes but then it really makes you laugh with solid punchlines and situations that are turned into Fiasco. The second half of the film is bit slow and barely funny yet the overall impact doesn't go too down. Additionally, the patriotic theme in the climax looks unnecessary when you are making such a mindless comedy. If one has to keep his brain away (as makers have warned us already) then PagalPanti can be enjoyed once by family audience and especially by kids. Overall, this one is a below average comedy with some high time laughters and also includes some kiddish stuff in it. But somehow it makes you laugh for some time and that's what we are expecting from the film.

RATING- 4/10*

This movie makes me feel like Thanos should've killed us all.

Full of nonsense, overacting and waste of time and money. The worst movie can ever be possible. Just Ignore and don't waste your time and money.

Its a waste of time and money, no strong story or even the acting seems so unreal. I was so disappointed.

Please watch this movie at your own risk. This movie is one of the worst movies of aneez sir

1980s and 1990s movies were better edited than this crap..i made it to the intermission and then what followed was a 15 minute blurr of stupidity by which time i was forced to walk out. The last time i walked out on a movie was 'thin red line' as it was so dull..this time it was the stupidity of the story and no plot. This does not even categorize as slapstick.

Even Kalank was a better movie than this drama. Suffering from headache after watching this movie. So sorry

"Pagalpanti" was made by the same filmmaker who had made 2entertaining movies some time before in "No Entry" and "Welcome". However he made it a point to make sure that his script matched in title of the film in totality. The film was a complete disaster from the word go! The only faint spark in the movie was Arshad Warsi who is very smooth when it comes to comedy. If IMDB would allow me to give a rating of 0/10 I would readily do so for this movie. 0/10

I didn't watch this movie in the theatre just because of it's ratings and reviews. 5 of my friends did, out of which 1 didn't like, and 3 found it excellent. Or else, John Abraham and or Anees Bazmee movies are always my most awaited. Anees is a genius, he is more than a genius, we all have seen that in Welcome, No entry and Singh is Kinng! His characters, the situations created by him are all next level. However, still, none of his movies are high rated. So, yes, comedies are highly underrated. Drama and art could be said overrated. This movie has exceptional comedy, from the first minute to the last second. However, some are really very foolish, which is why ratings go low. But they are all fun. John Abraham, Arshad and Illeana were fantastic, Anil Kapoor was sometimes good sometimes foolish. Urvashi was the worst. Saurabh Shukla, as always, entertained us to the next level this time with comedy. First half was a little better than the second, being a little funnier and sensible. Maybe, the reason for me was Urvashi Rautela. It will entertain you if you are not an artistic movie guy

Likes current trade in bollywood that brainless comedy again and again, this is another installment in the rows. However it is much better than previous stupid movie ' Housefull 4" because there is no adult comedy or wife confusing drama ( used for lot of times) or vulgarity in the movie. It can be seen by whole family. Many viewers object that there is no story in the movie. Then which movie in bollywood in recent year has a good story. (Except a few )? Even in a comedy movie you never expect a story. Further comes to entertainment. Pagalpanthi gives you lot of entertainment. Although we have seen many sequences before it enjoys us. Acing side is okay. Two songs are good. Highlighted part is ' Niraj Modi'. A parody character based on Neerav Modi is acceptable. It poured lights on corrupt Indian Banking system. As me it is a good attempt to know viewers who is and what is Nirav Mode in real. Another hot attraction is a Bhoot song of Urvashi Rautela. She takes away your sleep in the night after seeing that song. Overall movie is once watchable. Avoid Housefull 4 and see this one.

Avoid watching this, absolutely crap level of humor.

I am a big fan of bollywood movies. I can only request you, please do not waste your time and money behind this movie. I still dont believe in this trending time of bollywood, how is it possible by a director to create such an disgusting movie with great cast and set!!! hope you never get chance to make another movie Mr Director.

Try to make it funny but looks stupidity 😏 Houseful is better than this movie

The movie will make you cry. That is how bad it is.

I couldn't bear the movie after a certain point and i didn't care what the climax held. Acting is like the worst. Some of the starcast it would be a blot to call them actors. There are songs and dances stitched in between scenes simply to add as fillers. So much for a comedy movie didn't even get a single laugh. Actors like Arshad Warsi, John Abraham and Illeana simply wasted. Wonder if money was the only concern for them to accept These respective roles. I thought Illeana would make a wise choice about movies given her acting abilities and beauty but she just chooses roles where she is merely a prop.

The good thing is that Pagalpanti (Madness) stays true to its title till the very end of the film, and maybe I could even say that it outsmarts itself as it plods along for I have not seen such high levels of tasteless and humourless tomfoolery in Hindi cinema in a few years. TN.

Worst movie i have ever seen. First movie ever we thirteen people together decided to leave in interval.

While I was convinced about the reviews that the movie was bad before watching it, I am glad I went ahead and saw the film. The film is a laugh riot (though silly at few scenes) with nice songs, locations, and comedy. I don't understand why some people are becoming eternal naysayers the moment 'bollywood' tries to be the quintessential 'bollywood'!

A nice family entertainer after a long time.

To regular filmgoers this will be very bad but it's good forgettable comedy movie

I want to rate it in negative and I want to case in the court about this rubbish thing to be banned.what a rubbish

I am stunned. I don't know what to say. Please delete this movie forever from every destination. This will end humanity.

Never seen such a waste of movie. how they can make that kind of movie. Don't watch.