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'Joru Ka Gulam' Another Govinda-backed slapstick

By N K Deoshi
Film critic, ApunKaChoice.Com

Another Govinda-starrer rolls out of Bollywood’s celluloid dream factories. And if it has Govinda in the lead role it has to be a comedy and that too a slapstick one.

‘Joru Ka Gulam’ is the story of a youngster Raja (Govinda) who, along with his friend Kanhaiya (Johny Lever) makes living out of conning people at the airport. Their godfather Mama (Ashok Saraf), who lives along with them in a small house, has taught them the art of stealing.

In the same city lives a rich business tycoon Dhyaneshwar Pitambar (Kader Khan) who is desperate to get his four daughters married. But his daughters have their own conditions. Each time a proposal comes their way the four daughters – particularly the youngest, Durga (Twinkle Khanna), the most notorious of all – play tricks and have their way. Ultimately, Dhyaneshwar in desperation offers to give a dowry of 5 crore to whosoever marries his daughters.

One day, while operating at the airport, Raja and Kanhaiya are able to get away with the luggage of some Raju Patel (Ali Asgar), an NRI from America who has come to India to marry one of Dhyaneshwar’s daughters. Seeing Raja with Raju’s belongings, Dhyaneshwar mistakes him for his son-in-law-to-be, and takes him home. There, when Raja gets apprised of Dhyaneshwar’s problem, he makes a plan to win Durga’s heart and marry her.

But there is another problem. According to their family astrologer all the daughters must get married on the same day, otherwise they will never lead a happy life. This further worsens the problem for Raja who has secretly started loving Durga. Now, how Raja goes about to win Durga’s heart and also solve Dhyaneshwar’s problem is what ‘Joru Ka Ghulam’ is all about.

The film also has Aashish Vidhyarthi who plays the role of a don obsessed with the idea of becoming a villian in films. All the songs in the film are fast paced and foot stomping numbers. Aadesh Shrivastava’s music and Sameer’s lyrics (that border on frivolity) gel quite suitably with the theme of the film.

In a way producer-director Shakeel Noorani has endeavored to step into David Dhawan’s shoes by creating almost the same ambience in ‘Joru Ka Ghulam’, as one is likely to find in a typical Dhawan movie. Govinda’s timing of comedy is once again commendable and there are a couple of scenes where Twinkle seems lagging behind.

Advisable to watch if you care for some slapstick and belly-churning comedy

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