Yes ,I have seen it,Ugly Aur Pagli is a bizarre and uncanny title. But catchy and attracts instant attention at the same time. It's for this reason that you expect Ugly Aur Pagli to be one wacky ride, what with the film promising 99 slaps and 1 kiss.
Besides, post Pyaar Ke Side Effects, unconventional stories with unconventional casting only got an impetus. Since Ugly Aur Pagli comes from the same production house that delivered P.K.S.E., you only expect the film to go a notch higher, or be at par, than the earlier experience. And that's where the film falls short of expectations.
Viewed as an individualistic experience, Ugly Aur Pagli has a few interesting moments. Don't look for a story here .for it's the moments and incidents that bind this 2-hour film together. So what if the writers and director seem inspired by My Sassy Girl? Mallika Sherawat and Ranvir Shorey are enough to make you forget the wafer-thin plot at times.
Sure, a few scenes do bring a smile on your face, they are genuinely funny and bizarre (Mallika wearing undergarments above her clothes in the college), but there're times when the humour falls flat. You just don't react to the on-screen antics, you sit motionless while absorbing them .Debutante Sachin Khot is let down, to a major extent, by a slipshod and sloppy script. Music (Anu Malik) is another sore point. Besides "Talli (well rendered by Mika, Anmol Malik and Hard Kaur) and to an extent,"'Karle Gunaah", the remaining songs should be given a skip.
Ugly Aur Pagli belongs to both Mallika and Ranvir. The best thing about Mallika is, she's a complete natural. She's spunky and spirited and that's one of the reasons why this role works. And it works only because Mallika is portraying it. Doubt if any other actress would've carried off the devilish streak so well. Her emotional side is also well captured in the concluding moments.
Ranvir Shorey - an incredible actor indeed! To play a submissive part convincingly requires complete understanding of the craft and Ranvir proves, yet again, that he's one of the most dependable actors around. Again, the best thing about him is that he's not pretending to act. Tinnu Anand and Sushmita Mukherjee are hilarious in their first scene. Bharti Achrekar is alright. Zeenat Aman is hardly there for one scene.
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2:27 PM on August 05, 2008