In a year loaded with debutants, Mashhoor Amrohi , grandson of the legendary Kamal Amrohi and son of lyricist Tajdar Amrohi comes across with ‘Hum Sey Hai Jahaan’. The film earlier titled ‘Hum Laakh Chupyaaein Pyaar’ comes almost devoid of promotions which may prove really costly for the awareness level and in turn the run at the box office.
Synopsis…
Chancing upon life as a drifter and a con man, Sameer Khanna (Mashhoor Amrohi) makes his way to Singapore and finds a job with Gary Rosario (Jackie Shroff), an underground racketeer of night clubs. In need of money and with Gary refusing to help him out, Sameer comes up with a vicious plan to kidnap Esha (Vishaka Singh) , the beautiful daughter of a multimillionaire actor, Gyaneshwar Singh (Shehzad Khan).
Destiny has different plans for Sameer as he starts falling for Esha. He takes off to Sentosa Island, with the dual motive of spending some quality time with his new found love and getting her away from her dad and asking him for a ransom.
Complications arise as Gyaneshwar Singh rings up Esha’s godfather-Gary Rosario who puts his best man Sameer ( the kidnapper himself) on the mission. Further complications arise as Sameer and Esha cross paths with drug lords Dabar(Mukesh Rishi) and Pran Panwara(Kiran Kumar) .
Relax! The film isn’t as serious as it sounds. One might wonder that with the good old villains like Mukesh Rishi , Kiran Kumar and Prem Chopra , we are headed for a typical hero beats villains of the 80’s style. But Mashhoor Amrohi maintains a very much modern outlook towards his approach and does well majorly with the first half. Mashhoor’s script isn’t something unique or so but it is his storytelling that makes you sit right through.
Let’s be honest. With the movie being devoid of promotions, one would expect yet another disastrous comedy flick or so, but Mashhoor is quite successful in holding you through. One of the key elements being his acting skills which are tremendously impressive for a man directing as well as acting in a flick. Mashhoor is splendid with his lines and his comic timing is quite a watch .
The biggest hassle that comes across is that the film somehow looses out majorly in the 2nd half and tends to drag. The film starts of really well right from the proclamation of all characters being fictitious at the start of the film, this time in French carrying a line ‘Just in case the film goes to Cannes’. Quite a witty and unique approach. The film also has several clean and witty lines but an overload of references drawn to actors from bollywood makes it eventually die out.
Also it’s great to see the likes of Kiran Kumar , Prem Chopra and specifically McMohan back with pivotal roles after a long gap. But the constant addition of characters to the film isn’t a good technique in carrying the screenplay forward.
Debutant Vishaka Singh is pretty decent. She is simple and isn’t bad with her Hindi unlike several other debutants.
Jackie Shroff is ok. Shehzad Khan overdoes it. Kiran Kumar , Mukesh Rishi , Prem Chopra get a little monotonous after a while. Mac Mohan is tremendous and he’s still got a lot of zest. Suved Lohia is another revelation with comedy.
Cinematography by Amirr Sayed is ok. Editing by Shakthi Hasija isn’t great.
On the music front Mashhoor’s father -Tajdar Kamaal Amrohi, does contribute to the lyrics with ‘Marhaba’ and ‘Tu andhere Mein’ but the album has two really wonderful compositions by Sidhart Suhas. ‘Baaton Mein’ crooned by Shaan and Sunidhi brings in that serene romantic presence. ‘Hum Laakh Chupaayein’ brings back Kumar Sanu with a number that grows on you.
On the whole, ‘Hum Sey Hai Jahaan’ would have been a 3 plus rating film had it been for a better and more crisp 2nd half. The movie looses out with the overdose of jokes . But it’s clear that Mashhoor may not be a very good director but don’t be surprised if loads of producers are found knocking at Mashhoor’s door for their ‘Hero’. Go ahead and watch Mashoor’s style.
