Desi Boyz (2011)
45
out of 100
Desi Boyz gets FR Rating of 45 based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Eros International Media Ltd, Next Gen
Director
Rohit Dhawan
Cast
Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Chitrangda Singh, Omi Vaidya
Music
Pritam Chakraborty
Producer
Vijay Ahuja, Krishika Lulla, Jyoti Deshpande
Story
Rohit Dhawan
Screenplay
Milap Zaveri, Rohit Dhawan
Dialogues
Renuka Kunzru
Recent Critic's Reviews
Desi Boyz has an entertaining first half and decent performances as its plusses, but a tedious and least compelling second hour stands out like a sore thumb. Leaves a lot to be desired!
This is supposedly meant to be a happy film, since we’re talking about exploited men after all. It'd become Chandni Bar if there was a woman dancing or sleeping around for an orphaned nephew! There’s a swingin’ dance track in there, Subah Hone Na De, possibly the zingiest Bollywood discotheque number I’ve heard since Char Baj Gaye, the copy of Black Eyed Peas’ My Hump, which apparently made the aptly titled film Faltu a commercial success earlier this year. This is how such movies work. So you never know.
Debutant director Rohit Dhawan tells his story in a light vein and never compromises on the fun quotient. He seemed to have learnt his craft from his father, David Dhawan, well, but never plays it over the top like him. Moreover, he keeps the drama dizzily moving on and peppers it with a feisty screenplay, with some funny one-liners thrown in here and there.