Joker
Joker
| 31 August 2012 (USA)
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In 1947 when the maps of India and Pakistan were being drawn, an oversight ensured that the village of Paglapur didn't find a place in either country. Over 60 years later, Paglapur is isolated, and in need of help. The residents seek help, but as a direct result of being left off the map, they find no one willing to accept Paglapur, and its problems, as their jurisdiction. The villagers decide they need to draw media attention to Paglapur, and in so doing, gain acceptance and help from those who had previously denied them.

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Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.
Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Pulkit G i just watched the movie yesterday night and was surprised how the movie was not at all as bad as everyone is reviewing it...its a simple story of how one person tries to get his village noticed and on the map of India so that there problems can be solved... and the best way they come up is to show that there are extra-territorial activities happening in their area... so that everyone takes notice of their small village..though the start of the movie does look bad, boring and slow.. it picks up the pace after mins or so and you actually start enjoying the movie..my advice to all would be at least give it a shot and find out for yourself how the movie is actually...
reviewleon This movie Joker is a very bad attempt by director sirish kunder. As far as the starcast, it seems like it is a huge budget movie but when you see the movie,there is not really a scene where you go wow. All the scenes, costumes etc seems like you have seen it before.Don't higher your expectation because it will go down within a few minutes after the movie starts.The actors acting is not that impressive as the supporting actors are terrible. The actress is as invisible as their is no script for her. She is there just to dance on some songs. Actually the concept of this movie was not that bad but the script & the director's vision makes it worse. It reminds you of the disaster movie called "Tismaar Khan", which was made by the director's wife Farah khan. For me it is all messed up characters from teesmaarkhan.
silvan-desouza Joker was announced with lot of expectations some years ago, it was supposed to be made in 3D but they changed their mind after dismissal response to Bollywood 3D films of Ra One, Don 2, Dangerous Ishq and it seems this is one reason Akki decided to remove all ties with this film and wash his hands off it, Donno if this is the reason as it's completely stupid. JOKER has a plot that could make for an interesting premise but sadly the film makes you cringe, the film had potential but Shirish Kunder who gave us a better Jaan-E-Mann some years back seems to be lost in some other world. There are some funny moments but the film hardly makes you cheer for the going-ons, Asrani's English gibberish is done to death decades ago by Big B(Namak Halaal) and recently in Bol Bachchan(in which Asrani also starred) Shreyas Talpade is given to mouth some gibberish which is a leftover of Tusshar in Golmaal Series. Everything is stale, nothing funny For once the comedy is low key but sadly the film which had potential seemed to be just made to earn some money. The character of Akshay is similar to Srk's in Swades but lacks the charm There is no emotional connect with the characters The songs are misplaced and fail to appeal. The item number seems forced in such a film The climax is one of the most stupidiest rubbish ever seenDirection by Shirish Kunder is bad Music is terribleAkshay Kumar underplays well but the role hardly seems challenging other then see him not doing his usual loud acts Sonakshi Sinha is even worst, in Rowdy Rathore and Dabaang she didn't have strong roles but at least was given some attention but here she just clings to Akshay's arm and dances when required. Asrani is okay, Shreyas Talpade is wasted Vindu Dara Singh annoys, rest include Anjan Shrivastav, Avtar Gill who are okay
Rusha C Joker, the name itself is a joke. When I had first seen the trailers and heard about the movie, I knew that it would not be worth it. Still after 'Rowdy Rathore', expectations were semi-high from its Jodi of Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha. Moreover, I had faith in its director Shirish Kunder after he delivered good movie like 'Jaan-E-Mann'. But alas his Joker is not even an inch closer to this expectation. This famous editor has proved that he can over-do himself as a director. Nightmare! The story-line is very lame.Here Akshay Kumar plays Agastya (please don't think of Jaan-E-Mann) a dedicated NASA scientist and Sonakshi Sinha plays Manali, his good-looking, understanding life-partner. Agastya returns to India and visits his homeland 'Paglapur' with Manali after hearing his dad breathing his last breath. He is utterly shocked by the downtrodden condition of Paglapur and then finds out that his dad's illness was just a fluke to get him back home and do something worthwhile to give a new lease of life to the ever neglected mad place. Apparently, the village has lost its identity ever since a Britisher forgot to place Paglapur on the Indian map. So, the administrators are also clueless as to under whose jurisdiction Paglapur exists. This situation has made the place remain devoid of the basic amenities like electricity, water which is why the inhabitants are going eccentric. In the meantime, Agastya emerges as the savior to improve Paglapur by re-gaining its electricity and water supply. He chalks out an absurd plan to grab attention of media followed by the administrators, and eventually the scientists from USA. However, here I find it interesting that how Akki decorates this scheme by dressing up few villagers with finely-cut vegetables to make them pose as 'aliens' in front of the whole bunch of reporters, all just to garner curiosity and make Paglapur the prime place in news. Eventually chaos occurs but of course the unexpected happens and Paglapur gets the due it long deserved. It's to be mentioned that alien's dancing in Bollywood style in the end of the movie left everybody in awe with a smile on their face (at least). Otherwise throughout the movie I kept looking for a single moment where I could go on smiling, if not laughing. Akshay Kumar's acting failed to impress because of Kunder's blunder direction. Sonakshi Sinha hardly has any role (ornamental purpose). Shreyas Talpade only kept on gibbering 'Kalaa Kalaa Guss Guss' which becomes irritating as the movie proceeds and so are the other villagers. The only 'feel-good' and energetic factor in the movie is when the dusky beauty Chitrangada Singh oozes out the hotness in the item number titled Kafirana. After a thorough analysis all I wonder if Kunder deserves another slap. A box office oriented slap (remember SRK slapping him at Sanjay Dutt's party early this year)? Well, let the viewers decide.
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