Review: Tere Bin Laden - Page 3

Director: Abhishek Sharma
Cast: Ali Zafar, Pradhuman Singh, Sungandha Garg
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Osama Bin Laden is back. He has put on weight and is looking younger with botox. And he is all set to attack you with some side-splitting moments in this crime con-medy Tere Bin Laden .

Set in Pakistan, Ali (Ali Zafar) works as a television reporter for local news channel but wants to migrate to the US for better prospects. After being deported from US once and having his American visa rejected seven times, Ali approaches a travel agent who assures him of an entry to America if he can manage a couple of lakhs.

That's when he stumbles across Noora (Pradhuman Singh) whose facial features come too close to Osama Bin Laden. Ali hatches a plan to shoot a fake video of Osama with Noora and sell it to news channels for big money. So he hires services of a makeup artist (Sugandha Garg), an Arabic scriptwriter (Chirag Vohra), a dubbing artist (Rahul Singh) and a cameraman (Nikhil Ratnaparkhi) to create the video footage that creates big furor across the globe.

Unfortunately his plan backfires when Pakistanis are forbidden entry into US due to security reasons after Osama's reappearance. Further an American intelligence officer (Barry John) arrives in Pakistan to trace Osama's whereabouts.

It's impressive how an Indian director makes a film entirely set in Pakistan and takes several digs at Pakistan's infrastructure and America's intelligence in a smart and subtle manner. Writer-director Abhishek Sharma humorously pulls off every politically incorrect aspect that we unofficially know about the two nations through the comic genre of his film. This one is India's very own Hot Shots Part Deux .

Slapstick in some scenes, satirical in most and silly at times, Tere Bin Laden clicks primarily because above all its farce, it has an entertaining story to narrate. The writing is witty, funny, crisp and moves at a brisk pace so much so that one doesn't look for too much of conviction in the bigger picture.

The con game in the film is redolent of the con-comedy Khosla Ka Ghosla . Also the song ' Ullu Da Patha ' written by Jaideep Sahni is in the vein of ' Chak De Phatte ' written by him in Khosla Ka Ghosla . The dialogues have an authentic Urdu touch to it but with pungent Punjabi punches, it's not difficult to appreciate the humour. Noora's rendition of Arabic lines as Osama is hilarious. So is the scene where his most priced possession, a murga turns into a martyr. Thankfully the film doesn't divert into unnecessary romance track or forced song-n-dance.

Showcasing comical flair like Riteish Deshmukh and a faade like Shahid Kapoor, Pakistani actor Ali Zafar effortlessly glides through his role. Pradhuman Singh is hilarious while pulling off an Osama Bin Laden. Barry John pretty much justifies the firang character he plays. Blessed with impeccable comic timing, Piyush Mishra is uproarious. The ensemble character cast of Sugandha Garg, Nikhil Ratnaparkhi, Rahul Singh and Chirag Vohra play their parts well.

Tere Bin Laden is laden with some laugh-out-loud moments. Entertaining, enjoyable and surely worth a watch!