Masand's verdict: Ugly Aur Pagli, corny comedy

ODD NOTE: There's a simmering sadness to the film that is both rare and unique.

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Ugly Aur Pagli is not your typical romantic comedy in the sense that there's a simmering sadness to the film that is both rare and unique.

It's difficult to understand and empathise with Kuhu's sadistic streak because the filmmaker fails to explore her personality well enough to explain this side. Doesn't help of course that Mallika Sherawat isn't the least bit convincing when she's doing drama.

Watch her in those emotional scenes and you cringe, because the fakeness in her performance is hard to shake off. She's fantastic at comedy though, and keeps you hooked through the film's lighter moments, aided of course by the tremendously gifted Ranvir Shorey who is unquestionably the star of this film.

It takes an extremely intelligent actor to play dumb so well, and Ranvir does it almost effortlessly.

In the end, Ugly Aur Pagli doesn't quite work because it's corny and contrived and it tries too hard. For a romantic comedy to work, you have to like the couple enough to want them to end up together, but honestly there's little to like about either Kabir or Kuhu. He's a doormat and she's an overbearing kid. Apart from a few decent jokes, it's unlikely you're going to enjoy this film much.

I'm going with two out of five for director Sachin Khot's Ugly Aur Pagli, shame on him and his writers for ripping off a film from start to finish and yet failing to come up with something half-way entertaining.

My advice: head to the nearest bar, down a few shots of tequila like Kuhu does in the film, and then go watch this film. Perhaps you'll enjoy it while you're talli (intoxicated) yourself.

Rating: 2 / 5 (Average)

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