Welcome to the mad world of Anees Bazmi’s comedy capers.
Anything and everything can happen here. You can get two Arjun Kapoors at the price of one. And you can get a priceless Anil Kapoor, so pitch-perfect in his comic timing you wonder which came first, Bazmi’s comedy or Anil’s comic timing.
To be fair, much of the humour in Mubarakan comes from Anil’s chemistry with his real-life nephew. Arjun (in a double role, no less) and Anil seem to whip quite a commotion in the trailer. Under Bazmi’s swift and sly direction, the trailer just flies.
Arjun is cast as twin brothers — the roguish Karan in London and straitlaced turbaned Charan in Punjab — almost like a new avatar of Salman Khan’s Raja and Prem in David Dhawan’s Judwaa. And who says the two shall never meet?
We were also happy to spot the very gifted but habitually neglected Pavan Malhotra. He is bound to make an impact even in the crowded cast of Bazmi’s oddball characters.
But clearly when it comes to verve and mojo, Anil steals the thunder and lightening. In his turbaned avatar, Anil is an unstoppable riot. It’s hard to tell from the trailer who is in love with whom. But there are two heroines around and they seem to have precious little to do except act coy, helpless, confused and occasionally splutter to empowered life.
In one shot Eleana D’Cruz ticks off one Arjun for his keenness to marry her when she loves the other Arjun.
Come again?
Mubarakan contains mistaken identity, and cluttered chaotic goofy fun.
