Happy new year- Reviews/BO #2 - Page 115

Originally posted by: RashmiMN

NO today I saw in Zoom, they confirmed it saying Budget was 80 crores itself...

Originally posted by: RashmiMN

Taran tweeted n he said HNY collected 38 crores on second day...😛

No tweets from him !!!

Originally posted by: RashmiMN

Taran tweeted n he said HNY collected 38 crores on second day...😛

Originally posted by: RashmiMN

No yaar.. My warning level has increased to 40% n I have limited msging.. That's Y...

Originally posted by: -RaeesRiks-

No its 90Cr approx

Originally posted by: YoMomma

Okay, so here I go... (may contain spoilers)

Overall, I'd say that the movie was an enjoyable watch, definitely worth it as a one-time watch (especially if you're a big fan of any of the actors part of the movie or a fan of slapstick comedies in general). It was genuine and it had a heart (aka a story, albeit a somehwat weak one). But the thing is that at least it didn't try to be some "sophisticated" action or epic romantic movie with superlative dance performances - you basically get what you see in the trailers (or you're surprised in a good way because you had zero expectations to begin with).

Loveddd the cast! Biggest thing - all shared a great camaraderie and it actually looked like the actors/actress were having fun. Deepika and Abhishek were HILARIOUS and awesome as the tacky/OTT Mohini and Nandu respectively. Sonu Sood was good too while Boman was mehh (quite annoying tbh). Vivaan...I kinda didn't notice him many times cuz of other actors' screen presence (like SRK, Deepika, Abhishek) but he was cute...not unbearable or anything like that either. Back to Deepika though - I've always had a problem with her dialogue delivery from many of her previous movies but I'm glad that once again (since her 2013 movies) she proved me wrong and did not give a cringeworthy performance. Also, she looked GORGEOUS on the big screen! SRK...he redeemed himself in my eyes after CE only because he didn't overdo his part. Surprisingly, there was not much overacting from him, which I liked. There was too much of a tribute to SRK the star and his previous movies which was funny in some scenes and then it was just like, okay we get it man, you're the King Khan. Let's move on already.

Flaws - LENGTH --> many sequences could've been taken out altogether, like...

- the whole SRK v. the Korean captain fight sequence on top of a building. Not to forget, who the eff even has rehearsals that high up anyway?!?!?! SRK also looked his ugliest in this scene...b/c with facial hair in the first half of the movie he looked FINEEE.

- the disco scene of AB, SRK, DP, and Boman where DP thinks that AB is Vicky and then SRK dances with her due to jealousy (huh?!!?)...they could've simply cut this whole scene and moved on to the next relevant one.

- the longgg scenes in the safe between SRK and Boman...I was like, cut the emotional/seizure drama and forced suspense and get out of the safe already! A little suspense would've been fine, like omgg is the safe gonna open? (of course it would open cuz it's like SRK's character v. the world lol) but the sequence was pretty dragged out.

- Sajid Khan's face 😳

- everyone's intro scene - including SRK's - was pretty longgg omg. They could've cut at least Sonu Sood's and SRK's intro scene by a good 5-7 minutes each.

^^^ cutting all those would've definitely taken off 30 minutes from the movie which would've been even better because MANNN, is 2 hours and 45 minutes long or WHAT.

Something which I found absolutely disgusting and terrible - how puke was actually shown every time Abhishek threw up. UGH GROSS! Draw the line somewhere!...I'm sure we, the audience, would've gotten the point if it was just implied. The puke stuff was actually worse than Sajid Khan's face. And of course, the usual jokes about other Asians were there...like how Koreans, Chinese, Japanese, etc. people all look the same. Smh.

Btw - what's up with the Saroj Khan gag? Is there some KJo and SLB kind of dushmani between Farah Khan and her that I'm missing? I've read that that scene (where the guys are trying to learn how to dance) portrayed her. Didn't like it at all.

I'll probably write up another post later listing my fav. scenes, which were manyyy.

Last point ----> I need to take a vacation to Dubai. Loved how it was captured in the movie, especially in the Satakli (😆) song. 😳

-edited to add-

I must really have a lot to say if I typed so much about HNY...don't remember the last time I did this for a Bollywood movie on I-F.