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'Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar'

By ApunKaChoice Bureau
Film critic, ApunKaChoice.Com

South Indian director Priyadarshan returns with the “Hera Pheri” team of Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal opposite the Pardes girl Mahima Chaudhary in his latest comic caper “Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar”.

Priyan does manage to evoke genuine guffaws by giving a comic turn to realistic situations in what is essentially a heart-warming story.

Dayashankar Manorilal Pandey (Sunil Shetty), a simple village yokel comes to Mumbai to get back the possession of his ancestral property. Having spent all his fortune in marrying off his sisters back in the village, Daya is neck deep in debt. To relieve his burden, he plans to sell the house in Mumbai, which his father had rented out.

In that house lives Saraswati Pandurang Joshi (Mahima Chaudhary) and her family comprising a belligerent mother, a bubbly young sister (who dreams of emulating P.T.Usha) and a chubby school-going brother. The family has lived in the house for two decades at the miserly rent of Rs 80 per month and now refuse to vacate the premises.

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Daya is hell bent on getting back possession of his house!!!

Daya’s friend Babban (Sanjay Narvekar)–a street hawker with ready-made plans to get rich in a single shot–helps Daya into getting a loan of Rs.1 lakh from his feared boss Haribhau (Neeraj Vora).

With this money Daya plans to take the legal course and approach the court to get Saraswati and her family evicted. But the bovine Daya is ignorant of the city’s ways. A clever lawyer (Asrani) dupes him of his money and Daya finds himself standing at square one again.

Now steps in as Daya’s savior, his childhood friend inspector O.P.Yadav (Paresh Rawal) with whom Daya shares many fond memories (like cheating together in school exams). Daya is convinced that (if only) Yadav can help him get back his house. But once the rowdy inspector sets his sight on Saraswati he loses his entire swagger and mellows into a stuttering Romeo. Yadav’s loyalty keeps shifting from Daya to Saraswati. He forgets Daya’s misery and set about proving himself to be a suitable groom for her.

With the situation getting out of hand, Daya makes the last resort and moves into his own house. He plays many pranks on the stubborn tenants but they refuse to budge. Thereby slips into picture Joshi’s corpulent Mama Kane (Saurabh Shukla) and the sweet-and-sour battle of relationship keeps building up until it reaches its logical conclusion.

Bollywood’s beefcake hunk Sunil Shetty (once deemed as just an action hero) shows a flair for the comedy and plays a meek bumpkin with conviction. And the otherwise-glamorous Mahima matches him playing a simple (but nobody’s fool) homely girl.

But the scene-stealer (once again) is Paresh Rawal, the jack-of-all-trades. With the dexterity of a polished comedian, the Babu Bhai of “Hera Pheri” slips into the shoes of an aged Romeo prancing like a hero to woo his ladylove.

The side-cast comprising Sanjay Narvekar, Neeraj Vora and Saurabh Shukla shun puerile humor and manage to evoke laughter. And the music by Anand-Milind is lilting and gels well with the film’s light-hearted theme.

Rating: Worth a watch.

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