Of late, churning out comedy films seems the way to go. However most often comedy in bollywood constitutes of a couple of actors thrown in, mindless nonsensical matter and loud over the top scenes, slapstick comedy and jokes with a sexual undercurrent. In spite of all this, the comedies were appreciated to a large extent in films like No Entry, Masti, Kya Kool Hai Hum etc. Also a lot of these comedies borrow parts from successful Hollywood films. However not every comedy film can manage to get audiences funny bone tickled.
Tom, Dick and Harry directed by Deepak Tijori is a comedy that involves poking fun at a section of society who is physically disabled. Not many may find this very idea funny. Add to this a concept which is partly borrowed from Hollywood, a couple of sexist jokes about gays, women and making fun of prominent personalities in society. The film is about the lives of three physically handicapped people, Dino Morea (Tom) who is deaf, Anuj Sawhney (Dick) who is blind and Jimmy Shergill (Harry) who is dumb. The film also stars Celina Jaitley, Kim Sharma, Gulshan Grover and Shakti Kapoor.
The story revolves around three physically impaired guys, Tom, Dick and Harry who live together as paying guests. The deaf Tom and the mute Harry try to make a living out of selling condoms, a third blind guy Dick joins the guys and keeps flirting with transvestites. Meanwhile a beautiful undercover cop, Celina comes to live in a bungalow opposite the guys. The three physically impaired guys are besotted with Celina, but she seems least interested in them. Each one of them tries to impress her in their own weird way. Then there’s Kim Sharma, the machiwali (fisherwoman) who is besotted with Tom and will do anything to get him. She keeps jangling her bosom in front of anyone and that’s the butt of a few jokes.
Then there’s the ripped of wannabe villain who is completely borrowed from Austin Powers Dr Evil, he is Suprano (Gulshan Grover). He makes crude jibes at filmmaker Ramgopal Varma. The bald villain is basically into the flesh trade and supplies girls internationally. Tom, Dick and Harry unknowingly and unwittingly get into the path of this evil man. They seem to foil up all his plans and finally Suprano decides its time to teach the three physically impaired heroes a good lesson.
Tom, Dick and Harry is an outright disaster which has crude jokes and a crass sense of humour. The script is the feeblest part of the film and the screenplay too is handled badly. The story and plot is too immature and the element of humour is not handled well in the film. Humour is substituted with taking potshots at well known people and various sections of society. The humour also gets overtly uncomfortable at times as it borders on vulgar and cheesy. The use of parodies is done in a tasteless manner.
Some of the jokes manage to elicit a meager response at times, but that too is quite infrequently. The music by Himesh Reshammiya is very good and is just about the only appealing thing in the film. However the songs too don’t have a logical placement and are just randomly fitted into the script. Cinematography is nothing to rave about and is just mediocre. A lot of the scenes seem patched together without a thought for flow and continuity. Dialogues are interspersed with double meanings and are bawdy most often. Dino Morea gives an unconvincing performance in spite of all the effort, Jimmy Shergill’s comedy timing is not up to the mark and Anuj Sawhney seems to be the best out of the lot. His performance in this mundane script seems fine. Celina Jaitley is pretty but her acting is poor. Kim Sharma manages to perform okay in her mediocre role. Gulshan Grover performs his weird don act, but is below his usual benchmark in this one and the rest of the cast are merely used as fillers.
Tom, Dick and Harry scores weakly in the script, screenplay as well as the acting. Deepak Tijori’s attempt at a time pass comedy has fallen flat and he seems to have botched up the entire film. If a senseless story and poor jokes appease you in the name of comedy, then try at your own risk. At the box-office, a film that will in all probability score poorly.
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| Reviewed By: Rachel Fernandes |
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