When Dharmendra first introduced this film to the media he said, this is not a dark comedy, its not a slapstick comedy, but it is a muscular comedy!
The best part about YPD is that its a black and white film, people will either hate it or love it. Its not a classic by any means but somewhere it kind of trips a wire and makes you laugh at even the silliness.
Yes, Sunny is desperately trying to bring back his glory days! Yes, Bobby trudges along like a new comer! Yes, Dharamendra is using this movie to fund his scotch! Yes, Samir Karnik's last film was Nanhe jaisalmer. All this and more, but the Deols behave as though they were never out of season. The confidence with which they roll out this cheesy paratha, is brilliant in itself.
I will not dwell into the story as there is no story. Its a film about brothers and their father and the situation they get into and the funny bone that they tickle. If Apne was a emotional drama with the three of them playing the exact relationship, YPD is just the opposite, a fun riot with a few strokes of emotional connect!
The Deols are obviously in a time warp. I can imagine them sitting down huddled together with family and friends drinking patiala pegs, phadoing kukkads and slapping each others backs just as they did in the 80s when Papa pataoed Hema in Sholay or Bhaiyya shuddered and delivered his 'Dhai kilo ka haat' dialogue. And thats what works for the film. It is as innocent as the Deols believing they are bigger than the Bachchans in the heartland, which is a fact though!
The biggest plus of the movie is that the Deols feel at home in this movie. It gives them license to speak punjabi, license to shoot in Punjab and more importantly license to do and say what they want!
Dharam was probably drunk most of the time but he effortlessly does his bits , almost to the point of nonchalantness. The scene where he says he's got the snacks but no ice, was probably not in the script and the camera kept rolling in the night. Him being drunk should be as accepted as Bachchan's pepper beard.
Bobby, the weakest link of the lot, knew that it was going to be tough one competing against Sunny and Papa. His romancing bits with Kulraaj are a little rough but then someone had to do it.
But I digress. Like Apne, this is a Sunny movie. He delivers the big guns, runs through people, uproots pumps, drinks a 'balti' of whiskey, acts as the dumb NRI sardar, and takes you through a journey meeting random characters in stupid situations.
The big revelation for me though was Mukul Dev. As the drunk brother (of Anupam Kher), he along with Kher provide a great foil to the Deols with outstanding punju wit. Add to that a Canada obsessed Sucheta Khanna and the support cast outdoes itself!
Full credit to Samir Karnik. To do a comeback movie with Bobby itself must have been nerve wracking. Add to that two more egoistic Deols, one of them a constant drunk and the other who has a two and a half kilo hand. The last two Deol hits have proven that they should stay away intelligent cinema and stick to what they do best, boxing and packing a punch!
Overall YPD celebrates the innocence of the 80s Bollywood. Its not a crass comedy, its not a dark comedy, its not a satirical comedy...it is just as what Dharam paaji suggests, a muscular comedy!
The best part about YPD is that its a black and white film, people will either hate it or love it. Its not a classic by any means but somewhere it kind of trips a wire and makes you laugh at even the silliness.Yes, Sunny is desperately trying to bring back his glory days! Yes, Bobby trudges along like a new comer! Yes, Dharamendra is using this movie to fund his scotch! Yes, Samir Karnik's last film was Nanhe jaisalmer. All this and more, but the Deols behave as though they were never out of season. The confidence with which they roll out this cheesy paratha, is brilliant in itself.
I will not dwell into the story as there is no story. Its a film about brothers and their father and the situation they get into and the funny bone that they tickle. If Apne was a emotional drama with the three of them playing the exact relationship, YPD is just the opposite, a fun riot with a few strokes of emotional connect!
The Deols are obviously in a time warp. I can imagine them sitting down huddled together with family and friends drinking patiala pegs, phadoing kukkads and slapping each others backs just as they did in the 80s when Papa pataoed Hema in Sholay or Bhaiyya shuddered and delivered his 'Dhai kilo ka haat' dialogue. And thats what works for the film. It is as innocent as the Deols believing they are bigger than the Bachchans in the heartland, which is a fact though!
The biggest plus of the movie is that the Deols feel at home in this movie. It gives them license to speak punjabi, license to shoot in Punjab and more importantly license to do and say what they want!
Dharam was probably drunk most of the time but he effortlessly does his bits , almost to the point of nonchalantness. The scene where he says he's got the snacks but no ice, was probably not in the script and the camera kept rolling in the night. Him being drunk should be as accepted as Bachchan's pepper beard.
Bobby, the weakest link of the lot, knew that it was going to be tough one competing against Sunny and Papa. His romancing bits with Kulraaj are a little rough but then someone had to do it.
But I digress. Like Apne, this is a Sunny movie. He delivers the big guns, runs through people, uproots pumps, drinks a 'balti' of whiskey, acts as the dumb NRI sardar, and takes you through a journey meeting random characters in stupid situations.
The big revelation for me though was Mukul Dev. As the drunk brother (of Anupam Kher), he along with Kher provide a great foil to the Deols with outstanding punju wit. Add to that a Canada obsessed Sucheta Khanna and the support cast outdoes itself!
Full credit to Samir Karnik. To do a comeback movie with Bobby itself must have been nerve wracking. Add to that two more egoistic Deols, one of them a constant drunk and the other who has a two and a half kilo hand. The last two Deol hits have proven that they should stay away intelligent cinema and stick to what they do best, boxing and packing a punch!
Overall YPD celebrates the innocence of the 80s Bollywood. Its not a crass comedy, its not a dark comedy, its not a satirical comedy...it is just as what Dharam paaji suggests, a muscular comedy!
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