WILL HUMSHAKALS BRING BACK SAJID KHAN’S LOST PRESTIGE?

Sajid Khan was considered as one of the sought-after filmmakers after he delivered three back to back hits – Heyy Babyy, Housefull and Housefull 2. But all this changed after his fourth film, Himmatwala, flopped miserably. What made matters worse is that Sajid appeared overconfident and arrogant and was sure that Himmatwala would prove to be one of the biggest hits of 2013. Needless to say, his critics had a field day in ‘celebrating’ Himmatwala’s failure and in criticizing Sajid’s loudmouthedness. Fortunately, Sajid didn’t attempt to hit back at these people and went completely underground. He channelized the energy into scripting his fifth film, Humshakals, that is all set to hit theatres tomorrow.

While Heyy Babyy, Housefull and Housefull 2 were urban comic capers, Himmatwala had a rural setting and concentrated more on drama and action than Sajid’s forte – comedy. With Humshakals, Sajid gets back to making a laugh riot. The setting is unheard of: triple role of three heroes! And with Sajid at the helm of affairs, one can imagine that the madness and laughter quotient will be at an all-time high! The male actors – Saif Ali Khan, Riteish Deshmukh and Ram Kapoor – appear confident and ‘mad enough’ to pull of such a role. Esha Gupta, Tamannaah Bhatia and Bipasha Basu are the female leads while Satish Shah, Chunky Pandey, Darshan Jariwala and Suresh Menon complete the rest of the cast. Himesh Reshammiya has provided the music for the first time in a Sajid Khan film.

While the film looks entertaining, a section of audience who abhors Sajid Khan cinema will be staying miles away from the film. If response is positive, some of them will see the film but if it’s not, then it can prove detrimental to the film’s success. Except Caller Tune, the other songs haven’t worked big time. Also, the Himmatwala debacle is fresh in everyone’ minds. Not to forget, the cost of the film is high and the film needs to do pretty good business at the box office to break even.

As of now, an average-to-good opening is expected tomorrow and hopefully, the film will grow on Saturday and Sunday. I respect Sajid’s filmmaking abilities and here’s hoping Humshakals brings out the best from this filmmaker!

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