All the Best: Fun Begins (2009)

You won't be disappointed!

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Rohit Shetty returns with the usual slapstick fare of comedy. Once again he has come out with another mindless offering of humour. It seems that he has made Goa the base for his movies. I don't think that Rohit deserves a high rating for being a comedy movie director. As I don't feel he understands the elements of comedy. He is truly not a master in this genre but he knows how to handle a camera. David Dhawan was more skilled with these type of movies. As again this movie is in the same vein as the 'golmaal' movie's. It is totally devoid of any situational comedy or humorous dialogues. Instead the movie completely relies on pathetic and childish behaviour from all that act in the movie. The overall atmosphere in the movie reminded me a lot of the movie 'No Entry', as the theme of identity confusion was very evident in both. The plot revolves more around Fardeen Khan as his brother thinks that he is married to Mugda Godse. But the truth is somewhat else. Both Fardeen and Ajay are notified by Sanjay Dutt that he will be staying over at his place due to a 4 hour plane delay. At that moment Mugda is away so Fardeen assumes that Ajay told him that Bipasha Basu is to stand in as the wife. When initially the housemaid was chosen by Ajay. From here onwards every attempt is made to sustain Sanjay's believe that Bipasha is Fardeen's wifeThe movie progresses with one plot track however this does not develop to a large substance. Many other characters enter in and out in the movie but their involvement is so restrained that one does find their presence to have any importance. The smaller characters do feel to deter our concentration away from the main stars. At times this does tend to side track the movie in a frustrating manner. As the movie is based on a play one wished that the running time of the movie was restricted to 2 hours. There was no need to go beyond that duration. The movie's pace does vary from time to time but the presence of Sanjay Dutt sustains ones attention. He is undoubtedly the centre of attention in the movie. His comic timing and charisma is very hilarious. It is due to him that one is encouraged to watch on. After giving a good performance in one of the best comedy of the year 'Life Partner', Fardeen khan disappoints despite being a integral part in the movie. However he gives good support to Ajay Devgan. Ajay on the other hand irritates. Mugda Godse leaves no impression in a very small role. There was potential to involve her however she was ignored. This was disappointing despite she gave an impressive debut in 'Fashion'. She has talent and did the best she could in the few scenes she had. Bipasha Basu looked very glamorous. Since 2007 she has toned her body very well. She exhibits her assets to a high extreme. Her acting ability has matured after so much time.The scenery and locales of Goa add a certain tropical appealing atmosphere to the movie. It is a change from seeing Mumbai.If you are in to brainless fun, this one is for you.

"All the Best" is a total time-pass comedy which is executed fairly well. Its confusion galore everywhere. All the lead actor do their parts quite well especially the comic timing between them is superb which makes "All the Best" a worthwhile fare. The only shortcoming is that the lead actors especially Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan seem to be over-aged for the characters and perhaps younger generation would have been ideal fit (viz. Ritesh Deshmukh, Tushaar).Johnny Lever attempts to gain lost ground portraying Sir Judah but is not quite impressive. Ashwini Khalsekar overdoes the South-Indian bit. Songs are catchy and presented quite well actually. The car race sequence deserves special mention - well action sequences is Rohit Shetty's forte anyway. Finally, just because the Golmaal series fetched him recognition and since then Rohit Shetty seems to have glued to the comedy genre which IMO is under- utilisation of his potential. I would be seriously looking forward to Mr. Shetty work on serious genre and contribute to the progress of Indian Cinema.

Rohit Shetty is THE David Dhawan of Bollywood today. Dhawan ruled throughout the 90's with comedies, and the 2000's belong to Shetty when it comes to comedies. 'Golmaal' was hilarious, while the sequel was plain average. 'All The Best' is Shetty's finest work after 'Golmaal'. It's silly, but funny and a fair entertainer nonetheless.Logic is not the question here, Entertainment is. I laughed my ass off at times, while sometimes I thought the humor went stale and plain bad. Shetty's direction is neat, handling the funniest of sequences with ease and style.Sanjay Dutt may be in a supporting role in 'All The Best', but he eats everyone up in here. He's excellent and his portions are the Highlight of this film, loved him. Ajay Devgn tries hard to make you laugh, he's okay. Fardeen Khan is good. Sanjay Mishra & Johny Lever are fantastic. Mishra's just chill n Lever's silence keep the proceedings alive. Bipasha looks a million bucks, which is a routine thing for the babe. Her performance is really good. Mugdha is wasted. Asrani is effective.On the whole 'All The Best' is a must see for those who thrust for a strictly time-pass fare.

Wow!! Heavy dose of laughing gas after a long gap in Bollywood! It was even better for me since I was stressed out this week :) This is definitely better than Golmaal Returns, this movie just keeps getting better as it progresses. Some punch lines are too good, and Johnny lever returns too! Like all good comedy movies, this works because the movie gives a decent share of funny lines to almost all characters. I found the character played by Sanjay Mishra funniest (the guy who used to play Shukla in Office Office). I am saving one star for the unfit climax but it hardly matters. Ajay Devgan has done it again!There's no need to read what the plot is etc. Just go and watch to have a good time!!