Badmaa$h Company

IF you walk into the theatre thinking "Ocean's 11/12/13", you'll walk out disappointed. Walk in expecting a Bollywood style fun con movie, and you'll get all your money's worth.

The USP of this film is quite simple. A cool and charming Shahid Kapoor. a Hot Anushka Sharma. I repeat, Hot Anushka Sharma and for those who didn't get it right the first two times, a HOT Anushka Sharma. Damn I can't get over the cute female. :P Ah yes, back to USP's of potatomash company. I mean badmaa$h Company; A good ensemble cast, reasonable storyline which is quite predictable yet thankfully does not make you feel like an idiot for shelling out Rs.120(Plus Rs10 convenience fee), nice comedy, slick scenes through most of the movie and decent acting too.

Starting off in the 1990's in India, the movie tells us the story of how 3 guys fresh out of college end up into the con business as they see it to be the quick route to success. Of course this is portrayed by way of the condition of the household of the middle class Karan Kapoor(Shahid) whose family struggles when his father falls sick and his mother has to pawn of her jewellery to tend to her ailing husband.(Doesn't all this sound a little too familiar? Hmm, am pretty sure i've seen it in some 1980's Rajinikanth movie. I wonder...)

Of course this being the 1990's our educated protagonist does not tend to the evil ways of the villainous smuggler or pick pocket. Instead he makes a smart move with a bright idea. Ropes in his two good friends and his girlfriend as well. All goes well for this quartet as they play around the rules having fun, making us laugh and making money in India and later on in the US.
Ok I shouldn't be divulging too much of the story beyond this. I believe this is quite a sufficient peek into the film. From here, it takes many twists and turns, with lots of Bollywood melodrama (It can't be too far behind can it? :P) mixed inside to break apart the gang. The movie then on is about how luck changes and how one overcomes it(As usual over the period of a song :P) and the gang gets together for one final goodwill job and all is hunky dory at this bollywood family. Like I said, it's not as slick as the Hollywood films that I so wanted to compare it to, but it has its own ground to stand on. Definitely worth a watch, for all the fun and entertainment it can offer over a span of 2.5 hours.

One more thing, Why is it that, all the tickets to this movie are sold out at Satyam and at PVR, but half the theatre is empty at INOX? Leaves me stumped....