All the Best - Review

One look at the promos & All the Best didn't look like the most promising film this Diwali....but Rohit Shetty & Ajay Devgn have sprung a surprise & ATB has emerged the clear winner, trouncing Blue & Main Aur Mrs Khanna.

ATB is the story of how Veer (Fardeen Khan) lies to his brother Dharam (Sanjay Dutt) about his marriage to Vidya (Mugda Godse) in order to get some additional pocket money for himself. The idea is suggested by Veer's buddy Prem Chopra (Ajay Devgn) who is married to Jhanvi (Bipasha Basu).
Dharam has never met Vidya & the story begins when he comes to Goa & mistakes Jhanvi to be Vidya. Then begins a maniacal journey of lies, humour & madness. Throw in a mute money-lender goon (Johnny Lever), a crazy lessee (Sanjay Mishra) & Vidya's hyperactive father (Asrani) & you have all the ingredients for a fun ride.

The first half of this film breezes past & is absolutely hilarious. It has the typical leave-your-brain-behind kind of comedy that has you in splits. The second half of the film slows down a bit & had it been trimmed by 15 minutes, ATB would be a terrific outing. Nevertheless, the film does entertain.

Of the performances, Sajay Dutt delivers a stellar performance. He has great comic timing & does full justice to his role. Ajay Devgn too, is top notch & has great scenes with Dutt. Fardeen matures as an actor & this movie can be considered one of his better performances. Bipasha is apt & Mugda non-existent. A special mention for Sanjay Mishra & Asrani, both of whom are fantastic. Johnny Lever is patchy.
Rohit Shetty shows again that comedy is his forte. The Ajay Devgn-Rohit Shetty combo delivers a hat-trick. The movie is vibrant, colourful & fun & for the most part, hilarious. The music is mediocre & action scenes interesting.

To conclude, All the Best is a thoroughly entertaining fare & while it may not be your best comedy film, it does not disappoint. At the box office, one sees it slowly picking up with word of mouth but still loosing ground to the much hyped Blue.
I would strongly recommend everyone to catch this fun film, a paisa-vasool one at that. ATB- the dark horse this Diwali.

Critical: 3.5/5
Commercial: 3.5/5