Guddu's epiphany toward the end (don't look so alarmed, you saw it coming a mile away!) comes a little too forced.

And then the final padhaav of the film, which becomes a victim of its own delusions of grandeur. Then the preachiness comes, then the retort (that reply to Motu by Pathak's Guddu is for the books to anyone asking someone to fit into a mould) but it gets lost in all the blah and bombast. And a couple of heroes who are caricatures in the truest sense of the word. It first insults your intelligence with a rather done-to-death, crappy premise with a shayari-spouting lion, a narcissistic villain and an assortment of animals that increase and decrease in number as it suits fit to the director and producers. What follows is Singha's death and how Motu Patlu try to convince Guddu to take his place. While Singha knows how to protect his turf from the mortals, a chance encounter sees Motu Patlu siding with Narsimha, before realising that they've been had. A hunter called Narsimha, who loves his takiya kalaam (so 70s, but still!) that goes thus: 'Koi samjhe na hum zero hain, hum villain nahin, hum hero hain!' Okay then.Īnyhoo, this Narsimha character is there to exact revenge on Singha and would rather see him dead. Meanwhile, the king of the jungle, Singha (another lion, but a lion in the true sense of the word, regal roar and everything) keeps his rather fraidy animal subjects safe from all dangers. Guddu passes by a jungle and after fooling Motu, makes a run for it. Well, a well-meaning scientist gives them wristbands that allow them to understand animals (In your face, FitBit and Dr Doolittle!) and they proceed to converse with the rather scaredy big cat, Guddu, who'd love nothing than to be free to live as he pleases.īut no, do-gooders Motu Patlu will have none of it and proceed to transport him to a national park. They have in their troupe, a Sindhi speaking gent, a Bengali babu moshai and a Tamil-spouting Singham cop. Cast: Vinay Pathak, Sourav Chakraborty What's it about:Ī vegetarian and mouse-fearing (aargh, the horror!) circus lion called Guddu Ghalib (Shukla) breaks free, enjoys his freedom, has a bit of fun with the maanav jaati, but is brought to book by a samosa-devouring rotund Motu and his rather slim, though somewhat less bhola companion called Patlu.

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