Okay, this is an accident of freak, but a good hindi movie for a change

I agree that this must be one of the countable few hindi movies, which are actually fun to watch. The three central characters are all adorable and relatable indian middle-class guys in financial trouble, all for different reasons. Thats actually the reason why they are relatable. Baburao representing the middle-aged slow marathi, shyam represents the morally righteous but upstanding young man(think kyle) and raju, the i-will-do-anything-for-money-so-kiss-my-ass corrupt but adorable prick(think cartman). All the lesser characters are also well thought out and beliveable. The movie is light inspite of all the heavy stuff happening because it never takes itself too seriously. It works for all its worth and now it is a TV favourite back here in india.

But I have a few problems with this movie (as with any other :) ). If indian movies want to be taken seriously, they are gonna have to drop the act and come clean. There was no need for a single song to sustain this movie. All that the songs did was to break the flow, kill the tension which could have been left in, and demean a perfectly honest attempt at making a good quality movie. Further, they try to buy too much sympathy for all the characters, which was not needed as nobody was gonna judge a comedy for being politically correct anyway. And not to mention, it became irritatingly unrealistic towards the end, with all the gun-fights and throwing around the little girl. And dont even get me started on the acting skills of akshay and sunil, they are both pathetic. I would say for the international audience that if you have to read subtitles, better watch the original south-indian flick RAMAJI RAO SpEAKING(if at all you can get it), as that one might not be plagued by the commercialism and watering down of bollywood, but then again, south india is also india afterall, so who knows...